Hillview Carnival Club’s hopes of putting on a memorable entry in this year’s parades have been given a boost, thanks to a generous donation from Burnham Lions. The lions donated £1000 to Burnham-based Hillview who have had to vacate their base. Hillview’s secretary, Tina Marshall explained: “We’ve been offered a piece of land at the back

A £1.8m project to repair a flood-damaged river wall in Somerset is nearing completion. In November 2011, part of the river wall at West Quay in Bridgwater collapsed after heavy rainfall. Nineteen properties had to be evacuated when the wall collapsed. The wall is being restored with original stone and a new drainage system behind it

A man has been arrested on suspicion of production of a controlled drug after police received reports of a strong smell of cannabis coming from Baker Street, Weston-super-Mare. When investigating, a man ran from one of the houses on the street, leaving it unsecure. Inside, police found 600 cannabis plants, along with pressure cookers believed

Burnham lifeboat station was honoured by a visit from Nicholas Leach, Assistant Editor of Ships Monthly. During his visit, he joined in with a programmed training exercise, involving the Bridgwater pilot vessel and both Burnham lifeboats, Staines Whitfield and Puffin. Nicholas, who lives in the West Midlands, has written many books on lifeboats, and also

A 21-year-old man from Worle will cycle for three days and nearly 200 miles to raise money for a charity that funds research into Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Josh Grigolo, chose to do the ride to raise money for Brace, and will be riding in support of his granddad who suffers with dementia.