Headlines: Dinosaur thefts, Robbie concert and duck races
Headlines: Dinosaur theft and concert preparations
Part of these railings are to be removed to allow concert equipment into the Royal Crescent in Bath
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Two large animatronic dinosaurs from a Bristol company have been stolen from a car park in Essex, reports ITV News West Country. Raptors World had named the costumes Rexy and Yoshi and said it has been hit "incredibly hard" by the theft.
Parts of the railings at the world famous Royal Crescent in Bath have been removed in preparation for an upcoming Robbie Williams concert, according to Somerset Live.
Burnham-on-sea.com reported on local darts star Gary Anderson winning the European Darts Grand Prix for the second year in a row over the weekend
And the Swindon Advertiser was at the scene of a popular rubber duck race in Wroughton, which saw hundreds of plastic ducks "race" down the River Ray.
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