Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury

2 days ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Milly Vincent

Kevin Thompson, 61, of Totterdown Road, pleaded guilty on January 28 to making and distributing indecent images of children between 2015 and 2023. After visiting Thompson's home and seizing many devices, Avon and Somerset Police uncovered 32 category A images, 27 of which were movies [one over an hour long] with subjects aged 11 to 12 on average and some as young as two, the court heard.

3 days ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Joshua Searle

The Office for Product Safety and Standards warned that the Asda product presents a “risk of injuries” (Image: Chris Radburn/PA Wire) A George at Asda product has been recalled from all stores across the UK, and anyone who has purchased it has been urged to “stop using it immediately”. The supermarket giant has pulled the product from its stores and is asking anyone who owns it to return it to a store for a full refund.

4 days ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Peter Archer

Weston-super-Mare’s main shopping area is meant to be a central focus of the town, a place to meet friends, relax in cafés and, oh yes, shop. Yet it lacks definition and direction, unless you accept the frequent slurs on social media which define the High Street as a depressed and uninviting place with no future. The surge of online shopping, which was boosted by the COVID pandemic and lockdowns, sounded the death knell for traditional retail.

1 week ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Peter Archer

Poor-quality rented housing scars parts of Weston-super-Mare and afflicts the unfortunate people consigned to tatty flats and bedsits. They deserve a better place to live. Conditions are a catalogue of neglect and decay which can result in tenants giving up and contributing to perpetual squalor. Crumbling buildings, leaking roofs, damp and mould, inadequate heating and cramped spaces are accompanied by rubbish strewn across outside areas. No one seems to care.

1 week ago | thewestonmercury.co.uk | Clinton Rogers

But EasyJet and Ryanair seem to be conspiring to raise my blood pressure to new heights. It all starts with the price. A flight to Spain for £50 - bargain. Oh, you want a seat? That’ll be extra. And you want to bring a cabin bag? That’s a lot extra. And a bag in the hold too? Before you know it, you seem to be buying shares in the airline. Ok, you’ve got over the shock of a £50 flight now costing closer to £200. Then you get to the airport.