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BBC News
7 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Headlines: Dog mauled at harbourside and fly-tipper caught
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 Bristol Live article about an Avon and Somerset Police operation to seize illegal e-bikes and scooters over the weekend racked up dozens of comments. Officers seized 10 of the vehicles in total. Best of Bristol shared one of the defining pictures of this year's balloon fiesta – Oggie the dragon looming large over the city's rooftops. Controversial plans to build 21 office units on green belt land next to the M5 have been approved, according to Gloucestershire Live. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media Salisbury Cathedral has announced that it will once again be running a special pet service, where "all creatures great and small" are welcomed to visit the historic building to be blessed. More than 18,000 people have watched a video shared by Wiltshire Council of a fly-tipper from London being caught in the act by police while attempting to dump waste near Trowbridge. Somerset County Cricket Club has announced that the new Brian & Julie Foxwell Trust will support 100 "high potential" cricketers at state schools.
BBC News
11-08-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
'Flying green dragon at Balloon Fiesta' and 'large snake spotted'
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 People loved seeing the enormous Oggy the Dragon balloon at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, Bristol Live Live pays tribute to Patrick Hawkins, founder of the County Classics Motor Museum in Taunton who died last infamous Trief kerb in Salisbury is giving some drivers a headache, according to Salisbury Journal. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media A large black snake has been spotted in Swindon, with the owners asking to let them know if it is are "teething problems" in Weston-super-Mare as people get used to changes to bin collections in the area, including picking up soft a 17-metre digital screen is now ready at the Forum in Gloucester, and is described as the "first of its kind in the city".
BBC News
10-08-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bristol Balloon Fiesta partners with youth mental health charity
Bristol Balloon Fiesta has partnered with a South West youth mental health charity for this year's charity, Love Squared, said it had a "wonderful big, very colourful, tent" by the balloon launch site, where families can do arts and crafts and learn about the services it thousands of people are expected to have visited Ashton Court Estate between 8 and 10 August to watch more than 100 balloons take off. Love Squared's deputy safeguarding lead, Essi Pentti, told BBC Radio Bristol: "There is so much stigma around talking about mental health, particularly with young people, and we are trying to break down that stigma by having a very visible platform there." The charity provides education and mentoring to children and young people across Bristol and the South West, at schools and in the Pentti said: "There are such huge waiting lists for services, so we're trying to help children achieve the best they can and support them with their mental health through mentoring." They continued: "The pressures on children today are so huge. School is tricky, social media is so big, there is a lot of stress when it comes to academic performance. "Particularly post-Covid we've seen such a rise in young people struggling with their mental health." A 250-mile static bike ride will also be held in the charity's tent at the are invited to pedal a few miles towards the total to help raise money for the charity's services.
