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Burnham-on-Sea

A photo of the Banksy piece of art. A metal bollard is in the foreground on the pavement, while a painting of a lighthouse is on the wall superimposed with a quote "I want to be what you saw in me".

New Banksy art and football club sold

A round up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England.

A peregrine chick in a plastic box. It is looking upwards with it's beak open. It has white fluffy feathers and a grey beak.

Headlines: Peregrine names and night buses

A look at what stories are trending across the West of England on Tuesday 20 May.

A black and white photo showing a group of people, mainly children, in 1950s clothing, sat around a table smiling at the camera, with union flags hanging in the background.

Exhibition of historic seaside town photos opens

Pictures dating back 140 years go on display to mark the anniversary of a local history group.

A group of five women stand together in front of stone buildings in hiking gear wearing vests reading "Mary's March". They are all wearing knitted teal headbands, except the older woman in the centre who wears a pink headband. Her vest reads "Mary's march, walking for cancer aged 90."

Woman, 90, completes eight-day Hadrian's Wall hike

Mary Nicholson, from Somerset, completed the 85-mile challenge to raise money for a cancer unit.

Colin Morris holding two blue balloons that say 80 and standing in front of a birthday cake smiling at the camera

Family newsagent owner celebrates 80th birthday

Colin Morris has worked at GW Hurley Newsagents in Burnham-on-Sea for more than 50 years.

A row of semi-detached houses. A fire has broken out in one of the houses with flames and smoke coming out of the top of the roof.

Firefighters tackle blaze spread across two houses

Firefighters are at the scene working to stop the fire from spreading any further.

The Burnham United AFC building. It is a white house with red doors. The sky behind it is blue. There is green grass in front of it.

Football club saddened by 'senseless' burglary

A subs bench and a small bouncy castle were among the items stolen.

The front entrance of the Bristol Royal Infirmary Hospital

Headlines: Nursing pressures and canal restoration

A look at what stories are trending across the West of England on 8 April 2025.

A building with a roof of red tiles and white walls stands among well maintained gardens and with a silhouette of a soldier in front of a war memorial with names on it.

Minor injuries unit moving to medical centre

The town's community hospital is moving on a trial basis to help avoid closures.