• 'Outrage' as town police station could be sold off

  By postscripter

  Good old predictable Barry Walters must have a very sore finger logging in with all his aliases and...

            

   

  By The Post at 05:00 on 11/05/12

  

  PORTISHEAD police station could be sold off – with officers being relocated to force headquarters in the town. Avon and Somerset police have confirmed they are considering selling off the station at the junction of Wyndham Way and South Avenue and moving staff up to the constabulary's headquarters at Valley Road. The station, which is currently only open to the public by appointment, is a base for five police officers, seven...

• Victorian pier's appeal to pay for new visitor centre

  By dicktator

  More publicity for the apparition seen in the winter may help increase the number of visiting ghost...

            

   

  By The Post at 05:00 on 09/05/12

  

  AN appeal to raise £1.6 million for a new visitor centre on Clevedon's Victorian pier has been launched. Members of Clevedon Pier and Heritage Trust are asking local residents and businesses to back the funding drive to fund a purpose-built visitor centre on the pier. Trustees have already applied to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for £675,000 towards the cost of the project. The scheme has been given provisional...

• Bristol battered by high winds and heavy rain

  By DaveinSA

  Climate Change is real and it is happening faster and faster. I left the UK because the weather was...

            

   

  By The Post at 05:00 on 30/04/12

  

  BRISTOL has been battered by heavy rain and winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour – and the wet weather looks set to continue. Yesterday the view outside the window was grim, with torrential rain showers and strong winds making it a good day to stay indoors. A deep area of low pressure had formed over France during the weekend and slowly started moving up across the channel towards Devon and Cornwall, pushing strong north...

• Food bank to give families helping hand

  By artglad

  I'm alright Jack. I don't see what the problem is, the rich don't complain. It' their own...

            

   

  By The Post at 05:00 on 05/05/12

  

  A FOOD bank has been set up in Clevedon to help the increasing number of people who are struggling in the current economic climate. The initiative, set up by a team of volunteers under the umbrella of Churches Together in Clevedon, will be officially launched in June. The group has already secured a warehouse at Hither Green Industrial Estate in the town where supplies of food are being stockpiled. The demand for a food bank in...

• Tree dying after yobs strip bark

  By RodneyKing

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  By The Post at 05:00 on 28/04/12

  

  A CRACKDOWN is being launched on vandals who run amok in ancient woodland in Clevedon. Hooligans have been on the rampage in privately-owned Clevedon Court Woods, which are owned by the Elton family, starting fires and damaging trees. During one attack an ancient beech tree was stripped of its bark and is now expected to die. The damage was discovered by the estate's gardener. The 300 acres of woods are owned by the Elton family,...

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