• 20p charge to spend a penny as loos taken over by a private firm

  By CityClarky

  Unless someone is stood there, it's under the barrier for me

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 21/05/13

  

  PEOPLE are to be charged 20 pence to spend a penny in a number of public toilets in North Somerset. North Somerset Council is to sign a seven-year lease agreement for five of its public toilets – four in Weston-super-Mare and one in Portishead – with operator Healthmatic. The new contract will come into force in October and for the first year people needing to answer the call of nature will be charged 20 pence. People...

• Fighting for justice 'destroyed' former Great Britain powerlifter

  By Charity1913

  There's so much more to this story....I find it extremely difficult to believe 'Jennifer' was...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 16/05/13

  

  ONE of Britain's strongest women has received more than £150,000 after a five-year battle with her former employer which she blames for destroying her life. Jennifer Nicoll, 46, took Abbeycare Homes to an employment tribunal in 2011 after being bullied out of her part-time carer's job at Gough House in Weston-super-Mare. Although the single mum-of-three, who represented Britain at powerlifting, won her case she was awarded only...

• Legend makes a flying visit

  By Stagnate

  Sadly, it is the last remaining airworthy Avro Vulcan in the UK but not the last Vulcan in existance...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 21/05/13

  

  THE last remaining Vulcan V Bomber will be taking to the skies at the annual Weston-super-Mare Air Day this summer. The iconic aircraft (above), used by the RAF between 1956 and 1984, will take to the skies above the resort on June 22. The aircraft was last used operationally on the famous Black Buck raid on Stanley Airfield during the Falklands conflict in 1982, shortly before it retired from service. The Vulcan joins an expanding...

• Weston-super-Mare's Bournville estate branded a hot spot for illegal tobacco

  By mycrowsoffed

  Well I never - in other shocking news we can exclusively reveal that bears really do s*** in the...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 21/05/13

  

  A WESTON-SUPER-MARE estate has been described as an illegal tobacco hotspot by Trading Standards chiefs. A litter pick of the Bournville Estate in the seaside resort revealed that 12 per cent of all collected cigarette packaging was illegal. The litter pick was carried out by North Somerset Council public health officers, youth workers, staff from housing provider Alliance Homes and members of the Bournville Area Residents Associatio...

• Pill residents set up food band to help those struggling to feed families in North Somerset village

  By DecemberDawn

  The work these people do to aid others is amazing and I deeply hope no one is using these Food...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 21/05/13

  

  A FOOD bank has opened in Pill to help people struggling to put food on the table as a result of the current economic climate. The independent food bank has been set up by village councillor Don Davies and chairman of governors at Crockerne Primary School, Elspeth Davis. The food bank is the fourth in North Somerset to launch over the past two years, with similar initiatives running in Clevedon, Portishead and Weston-super-Mare. The...

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