Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury

Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury

The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury is a weekly newspaper that requires a subscription and serves Weston-super-Mare along with nearby regions in Somerset and North Somerset, England. This publication has a rich history, having been founded on April 1, 1843, and was primarily family-run for a significant portion of its existence. Today, it is owned by the publishing firm Archant.

Local
English
Newspaper

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Domain Authority
60
Ranking

Global

#169205

United Kingdom

#7794

News and Media

#422

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Articles

  • 5 days ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Molly Kirk

    A MAN has died following a two-vehicle collision in Weston-super-Mare. The collision happened in Uphill Road North at approximately 11.35pm on Friday, June 20. Officers have said they understand a red Audi A3 was being driven towards Uphill and the purple Mercedes C240 was heading in the opposite direction towards Weston town centre at the time of the collision, which occurred near the junction with Moorland Road.

  • 6 days ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Molly Kirk

    Live Severe delays and delays increasing reported on the M5 Southbound between J21 A370 (Weston-Super-Mare) and J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way (Clevedon). Automatically injected HTML goes here Piano meter debuggerData returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles.

  • 1 week ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Molly Kirk

    A road traffic collision occurred on the M5 Northbound at around 9.22am today (June 20) near Burnham-on-Sea, leading to emergency services being called. South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust sent a double-crewed ambulance to the scene and took one patient to Weston General Hospital.

  • 2 weeks ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Peter Archer

    "It’s the reason I don’t like coming into town," she said. "I’ve lived in Weston all my life and it could be such a lovely place, but it’s spoilt by people like him." Foul language from an angry, bare-chested, middle-aged man had destroyed the atmosphere on what was otherwise a pleasant afternoon in the sunshine. He looked menacing, sat drinking on a bench in the centre of town and yelling at people nearby who had objected to his bad behaviour.

  • 2 weeks ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Clinton Rogers

    Martians at the Glastonbury Festival (don’t think they were real), people planting flowers in deep potholes in the road (trying to make a point), and one memorable protest involving a scarecrow and a megaphone (can’t even remember what it was about). But lately, something far less amusing has been getting up my nose - literally and figuratively. I’m talking about dog mess.

Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury journalists