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Mothers and daughters pampered at Weston school

Mothers and daughters pampered at Weston school

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Beauty students from Weston College joined a family learning festival at Windwhistle Primary School to give lessons to girls and their mums.

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North Somerset Council steps in to save bus route

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Part of a bus route due to be axed in Weston-super-Mare has been saved after North Somerset Council stepped in.

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Weston shoppers are dedicated followers of fashion

Weston shoppers are dedicated followers of fashion

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Hundreds of shoppers queued along Weston-super-Mare High Street yesterday to be among the first people inside a new store.

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Bristol City Council accused over help centre closures threat

Saturday, November 14, 2009

People who use help centres threatened with closure have accused Bristol City Council of carrying out consultation after decisions have been made.

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Gifts flood in for Operation Christmas Child in Bristol

Gifts flood in for Operation Christmas Child in Bristol

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Hundreds of gift filled shoeboxes have been donated to Operation Christmas Child but more are needed to help children less fortunate.

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The key bringing empty North Somerset properties back into use

Saturday, November 14, 2009

A series of drop-in sessions to give advice and help to owners of empty properties to bring them back into use are being held across North Somerset.

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Tropicana pool plans scrapped at Weston

Lateset Tropicana plans have failed

Friday, November 13, 2009

​Plans to redevelop the site of Weston-super-Mare's long-derelict Tropicana open air pool have fallen through.

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Weston man to face murder trial

Friday, November 13, 2009

Andrew Mealing, 26, of St Margaret's Terrace, Weston-super-Mare, pleaded not guilty to the murder of fellow resident John Hughes, 62, between April 18...



Weston-super-Mare £10,000 drugs bust

Friday, November 13, 2009

Police in Weston-super-Mare have unearthed cannabis with an estimated street value of £10,000 following a drugs bust.

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Squad lists for non-league football teams in and around Bristol

Friday, November 13, 2009

Who made the squad for your local football team?

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Weston-super-Mare

Weston comes from the Anglo-Saxon for the west tun or settlement. Weston's oldest structure is Worlebury camp, on Worlebury Hill, dating from the Iron Age.
Early in the 19th century, Weston-super-Mare was a small windswept village of about 30 houses behind the sand dunes which had been created as an early sea wall after the Bristol Channel floods of 1607.
Weston owes its growth and prosperity to the Victorian boom in seaside holidays. The first hotel was built in 1808 which is now the Royal Hotel.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his family lived in Weston for a number of months whilst he was supervising the construction of the Bristol and Exeter Railway.
The Grand Pier was opened in 1904 after local traders were unhappy that visitors were not coming as far as the centre of Weston-super-Mare. On July 28, 2008, the pavilion at the end of the Grand Pier was completely destroyed by a fire.

Population   71,800
OS grid ref   ST324615
Parish   Weston-super-Mare
District   North Somerset
Postcode   BS22-BS24
Dialing code   01934
Police   Avon and Somerset
Fire   Avon
Ambulance   Great Western
Euro Parlilament   South West England
UK Parliament   Weston-super-Mare









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