Some 170 workers at three Somerset Royal Mail delivery offices, Clevedon, Yatton and Bridgwater, are to stage 24 hour strikes on Saturday, July 11, in protest at unagreed cuts in jobs and duties.
The postmen and women, CWU members of the Bristol and District...
Comment on this storyLONG Ashton Independent Ladies Association (LAILA) celebrates its first birthday on Wednesday, July 15, at 7.15pm in the Village Hall and welcomes newcomers.
SIX months after Woolworths closed its branch in Clevedon, a new shop will open in its place. Proper Job has been fitting out the store...
DANGER from increased traffic and the loss of the village's heart were the biggest fears expressed at a meeting last week to discuss...
TWO dads joined forces with friends on a gruelling 24-hour challenge to raise £11,000 for deaf children. Alex Siegle and Nigel Callagha...
A PARADE and Drumhead service was held at Clevedon seafront to celebrate both Armed Forces Day and the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Hundr...
THE world record wasn't broken but the British record for the biggest three-legged race was awarded at Backwell School's summer fair....
THE total bill for North Somerset councillors' allowances rocketed by 30 per cent last year to more than £750,000. Councillors were...
A GUNSMITH from Tickenham is setting up a poacher watch to combat the alleged increasing problem of illegal deer lamping in North Somer...
A BODY found in the Bristol Channel at Clevedon seafront could be one of the two men who went missing from Weston. Portishead Lifeboat recovered the body, confirmed as male, at 1.30pm on...
This Backwell centenarian bears a remarkable resemblance to the late Queen Mother. She is in fact Joy Clifton-Hughes of, Lawnside,...
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The NSAA head coach finished second in the 100m after a poor start in a disappointing 11.51 seconds to collect another medal.
His second medal of the day came in the 200m. Millard cruised around the...
Comment on this storyCLEVEDON Town have been handed home draws in the FA Cup and FA trophy this season. The first qualifying round of the FA Cup will take place on September 12 and the visitors to the Hand...
STRATTON 1st XI 72 WRINGTON 1st XI 76-3 Wrington won by seven wickets AFTER losing the toss and being asked to bowl, Wrington made a fine start, with Dan Tapson reducing the visitors for...
THE Clevedon Golf Club 36-hole Club Championship saw an exciting play-off finish at the weekend. Alex Godley stormed away in the first...
THE second Clevedon Marine Lake Aquathlon took place on Sunday, June 21. The event saw 22 individual competitors and four teams, with eight swimmers doing one lap and, with a four-minute...
ELLIE Wallace of Backwell Swimming Club powered her way to a gold medal and two speeding tickets at last weekend's Gloucester Open...
Under 13 NAILSEA B 100-4 FRENCHAY 82 NAILSEA batted first on the slow wicket at Frenchay, with Harry Tidball top scoring with 17, well supported by Ben Marshall (12) and Sam Richards (11)....
PORTISHEAD United under-9s finished as runners-up in the Clevedon United six-a-side tournament. They went through their group stage,...
NAILSEA Croquet Club hosted the preliminary rounds of the European Team Championships on Thursday and Friday of last week. Teams from England, Scotland, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium,...
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Entry is free to get a glimpse of The Curzon Collection at the Clevedon cinema in Old Church Road on Saturday, and Sunday, July 11-12.
Permanent displays of projectors 16mm, 35mm and other film gauges make up part of the...
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NAILSEA and Backwell are hosting the 6th annual Beer and Cider Festival, which this year support Children's Hospice South West. More...
A SAND sculpture festival opens in Weston at the weekend. It will have taken 13 sculptors, 15 days and 400 tonnes of sand to create the...
HITS from the late Michael Jackson will be among those played at a 1980s disco night tomorrow. Cadbury House Hotel, in Congresbury, is...
FRESH from playing the Wireless Stage at Glastonbury festival, Cable Co play in Portishead. The band, based in Glastonbury, which has a reputation of one of Somerset's strongest rock bands,...
THE most charismatic footballer of the 1990s stars at the Curzon this week. Not for Eric Cantona the standard post-match footballer's...
AN exotic taste of the Caribbean comes to Portishead next Saturday. The White Lion, in conjunction with Larsens Cafe, is hosting a...
