North Somerset news

• Hire boats crush and kill swan and cygnet at lock

  22-05-2026 12:02 via bbc.com
  Bath Swan Rescue want boat hires to hand out leaflets, advising boaters how to safeguard wildlife.
  
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• Memorial services held for helicopter crash crew

  07-06-2026 17:06 via bbc.com
  
  Services are held to remember three members of the Royal Navy who died in a helicopter crash.
  
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• Football gives people with Parkinson's 'new lease of life'

  07-06-2026 12:56 via bbc.com
  
  The first South West walking football tournament for people with the disease kicked off on Saturday.
  
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• Singer celebrates weight loss at bodybuilding event

  07-06-2026 08:22 via bbc.com
  
  Jane Bennett is entering her first competition after the sport helped her lose nearly 10 stone.
  
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• In Pictures: Cricketing triumph and bubble cars

  07-06-2026 08:17 via bbc.com
  
  A selection of photographs from across the West this week.
  
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• Summer Fest at the Beach day one in pictures

  06-06-2026 20:14 via bbc.com
  
  The first day of the festival features Five, Blue and Dizzee Rascal, among others.
  
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• Bath beat Leicester to secure home semi-final

  06-06-2026 18:45 via bbc.com
  
  Bath hold on to beat Leicester Tigers to secure second place and seal a Prem home semi-final against Exeter Chiefs next week.
  
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• Grade-II listed bingo hall to close this weekend

  06-06-2026 16:35 via bbc.com
  
  The 94-year-old former theatre building in Taunton will close on Sunday.
  
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• Prem play-off spots up for grabs in final round - who needs what & team news

  06-06-2026 11:02 via bbc.com
  
  After 17 rounds of action the Prem's regular season ends on Saturday with two key games in the play-off shake-up.
  
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• 'I failed to see people like me enjoying the outdoors'

  06-06-2026 08:18 via bbc.com
  
  Soul Trail Wellbeing aims to reconnect people from ethnic minority backgrounds to the great outdoors.
  
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• Newspapers: DIY safety warning and dead river fish

  06-06-2026 08:14 via bbc.com
  
  A round-up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England.
  
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• T20 Blast round-up: Gloucs beat Somerset & Roses win for Yorks

  05-06-2026 23:32 via bbc.com
  
  A round up of Friday's T20 Blast action which included Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali inspiring Yorkshire to a 106-run win over Lancashire Lightning.
  
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• Hundreds of Hinkley workers suspended after 'unofficial strike'

  05-06-2026 19:17 via bbc.com
  
  Staff walked out due to concerns about an alleged "dangerous" crane lift, a union says.
  
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• Thousands set to attend new beach festival

  05-06-2026 18:10 via bbc.com
  
  Summer Fest on the Beach will host big acts like Craig David, Dizzee Rascal and Blue this weekend.
  
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• Water feature turned off because weather was too hot

  05-06-2026 15:58 via bbc.com
  
  Somerset Council says the fountain cannot work in temperatures above 25C without extra treatment.
  
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• King 'profoundly shocked' by navy helicopter deaths

  05-06-2026 15:12 via bbc.com
  
  Tributes continue to be paid to three crew members killed in a crash in Devon.
  
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• 'Hideous revelation each day' as attacks hearings end

  05-06-2026 14:56 via bbc.com
  
  Hearings over the Nottingham Inquiry began on 23 February and concluded on Friday.
  
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• Somerset apologise for floodlight failures

  05-06-2026 14:46 via bbc.com
  
  Somerset have apologised to fans for three episodes of floodlight failure during their Vitality Blast match against Glamorgan.
  
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• Injured Hennessey to miss Wales' summer games

  05-06-2026 14:08 via bbc.com
  
  Centre Louie Hennessey is ruled out of Wales summer internationals to undergo treatment on a damaged shoulder.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'inspirational' Yeovilton pilots

  05-06-2026 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lily-Mae Fisher was Britain's only female Royal Navy commando.
  
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• CPS considering charges over fatal crash

  05-06-2026 12:13 via bbc.com
  
  A boy died in July when a coach carrying school children came off the road on Exmoor.
  
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• A message of solidarity from Mothin Ali.

  05-06-2026 11:30 via youtube.com
  
  A message of solidarity from Mothin Ali.
  
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• “The fundamental problem we have in this country is that we’re building on 40 years of deindustriali

  05-06-2026 10:22 via youtube.com
  
  “The fundamental problem we have in this country is that we’re building on 40 years of deindustriali
  
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• Council told to improve adult social care services

  05-06-2026 10:16 via bbc.com
  
  The watchdog rated Somerset Council as "requires improvement" in how well they deliver social care.
  
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• Chippies turn to new species amid 'massive' cod price rise

  05-06-2026 07:11 via bbc.com
  
  Experts say cod has turned into "white gold" as the prices keeps going up.
  
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• How Shearer's Euro 96 goal could help solve woman's murder

  05-06-2026 07:10 via bbc.com
  
  Melanie Hall disappeared after a night out in 1996. Her remains were found in 2009 by a motorway.
  
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• Glamorgan beat Somerset with last-ball boundary

  05-06-2026 00:08 via bbc.com
  
  Glamorgan record a Vitality Blast double over holders Somerset with a thrilling four-wicket win off the last ball at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
  
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• "They [Reform] are a party that has a problem with women and they need to sort it out" - Sarah Wakef

  04-06-2026 23:41 via youtube.com
  
  "They [Reform] are a party that has a problem with women and they need to sort it out" - Sarah Wakef
  
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• Royal Navy crew killed in helicopter crash named

  04-06-2026 20:01 via bbc.com
  
  Tributes are paid to Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, and Petty Officer Owen Green, 24.
  
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• Van Graan relishing final-day showdown

  04-06-2026 18:02 via bbc.com
  
  Bath director of rugby Johann van Graan says the final round Prem Rugby match-ups show how the league is in a "great place".
  
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