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BBC News
a day ago
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Headlines: 'Wildflower meadow' and 'nightmare cat'
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories A five-year-old girl is in a coma following a house fire on Saturday in Queens Drive, Swindon, the Swindon Advertiser travelling northbound on the M5 faced hours of delays and miles of congestion on Sunday after the Avonmouth Bridge was partially closed for emergency road surface repairs. All lanes are now open again, said O'Sullivan released a fresh appeal to find her 23-year-old son, Jack. He was reported missing in Bristol 18 months ago, reported Bristol Live. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media Several roads near Cirencester were closed by police earlier following a serious collision on the A417. Motorists were urged to avoid the area and to plan their journeys in Coastguard in Watchet said it had been tasked to "multiple incidents" last week, including one where a dog fell off the harbour into the sea and transformed Fleming Way in Swindon is almost ready to open to buses. Services will begin running from 31 were held in Taunton over the weekend to mark Somerset County Cricket Club's 150th Greenbridge roundabout has turned into a wildflower meadow. It replaced a previously failed planting people have been interacting with a post about Raisin, a "nightmare cat" who keeps escaping his catio.
BBC News
2 days ago
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Long traffic delays on M5 northbound due to Avonmouth Bridge fault
Drivers leaving the South West have been caught in more than three hours of queues caused by emergency repairs to a bridge. Three lanes of the M5 northbound are closed after a faulty bridge join was discovered on the Avonmouth Bridge, near junction 18, at about 07:00 BST. Queues are currently stretching 14 miles (22km) back to junction 21 for Weston-super-Mare.A National Highways spokesperson has said the lanes are expected to remain closed for several hours. A temporary fix was initially carried out but it soon became clear a permanent solution was "quickly needed", the spokesperson explained the warm weather is affecting the speed at which the repairs can be carried out, with materials used to fix the issue taking longer to cure.
