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Weston knocked out of Premier Cup

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Frome Tn 3 Weston-super-Mare 1: Weston were bundled out of the Somerset Premier Cup by a resolute Frome.

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North Somerset to get new children's centres

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Millions of pounds are to be invested into new state-of-the art children's centres across North Somerset.

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Bristol party to mark Woolworths' 100th birthday

Bristol party to mark Woolworths' 100th birthday

Thursday, November 12, 2009

On what would have been popular high street store Woolworths' 100th birthday, former Bristol employees got together for a big party.

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Six-year-old Bristol children committing crime

Six-year-old Bristol children committing crime

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Three six-year-old children were among more than 70 boys and girls under 10 suspected of committing crimes in the Bristol area.

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New Weston-super-Mare pier 'will be world's best'

New Weston-super-Mare pier 'will be world's best'

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The new pavilion at Weston-super-Mare's Grand Pier is starting to take shape.

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Weston junkie who robbed OAP, 79, jailed for five years

Weston junkie who robbed OAP, 79, jailed for five years

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

A junkie mother-of-four who robbed a 79-year-old woman in her own home leaving her battered and bruised has been jailed for five years.

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Weston Playhouse panto on the way to smashing box office records

Weston Playhouse panto on the way to smashing box office records

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Box office records for this year's pantomime at Weston-super-Mare's Playhouse could be smashed with tickets sales already up on last year.

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Somerset Premier Cup test for Weston

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Yatton win battle at the bottom against St Mary's Old Boys

Yatton RFC

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Yatton had to dig deep for a 20-5 home win over St Mary's Old Boys that could well prove to be crucial in the battle to avoid relegation from South...

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Weston-super-Mare's Kewstoke Toll Road improvements

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Improvements to make Weston-super-Mare's Kewstoke Toll Road safer are to go ahead.

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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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