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Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media.
A medieval bridge is to get new protection as part of a £150,000 flood protection scheme, Somerset Live reports.
The Tarr Steps on Exmoor, near Withypool has had to be rebuilt four times in the last 13 years.
Swans and their cygnets are getting caught in a silt trap at a pond in Saintbridge, according to Gloucestershire Live.
Low water levels caused the birds to get stuck when they were foraging for food.
The building of the former Lloyds Bank in Burnham-on-Sea is up for sale, the town's news site states.
The bank closed the branch last autumn due to "declining use".
Pictures of Exmoor National Park after heavy rains swept away a footbridge features on ITV West Country.
The footbridge over the Danesbrook near Hawkridge was scattered as far downstream as Dulverton.
Family of Air India crash victims feel 'abandoned'
Father calls for gas heater ban after son's death
Man charged with murder after 'DNA match' 60 years on
A bat survey in the Avon Gorge recorded 54,000 calls from 11 different species.
The research was conducted to determine what kind of lighting to install on the Clifton Suspension Bridge to ensure it has the least impact on the environment as possible.
Carla Denyer, Green MP for Bristol Central, has been snapped with Queen guitarist Brian May as part of a campaign to end the culling of badgers to tackle TB in cattle.
In a post on X she accused the Labour government of reneging on a pledge to end the cull.
A campaign to save old fashioned ironmonger WH Mogford & Son in Westbury-on-Trym is popular in the neighbourhood's Facebook group.
We Love Westbury on Trym is urging locals to use the store to prevent its closure.
Rumours Bristol City are close to appointing Austrian Gerhard Struber as new head coach abound in several Bristol City fan groups.
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