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Residents in Weston-super-Mare to get greater access to Covid tests The mobile test unit at Locking Road car park is being expanded to offer a greater number of tests to the local community The mobile coronavirus testing unit set up in Locking Road car park in Weston-super-Mare. (Image: Nicholas Page Hayman) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you prov...

“For those who do still need to drive to the site, we are offering free parking for anyone getting tested. "The extended opening hours will allow greater access to the tests, help people with symptoms take the appropriate action to self-isolate and assist NHS contact tracing."   The testing centre will be at the back of the car park, with the rest of the spaces open as normal for pay and display public parking. The site and where people should park will be well signposted. Director of public...

Why Covid case numbers across North Somerset have only just started falling We are seeing outbreaks in care homes, other healthcare settings and schools 15:14, 21 JAN 2021 THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains ...

Rapid ‘pop up’ Covid test hubs to open in Portishead and Bradley Stoke Community lateral flow testing is used to find people who have Covid-19 with no symptoms. 12:13, 15 JAN 2021 THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have mor...

Clevedon coronavirus test unit out of action as virus cases soar across district Government teams are understood to be working to get cover for the Clevedon site to ensure testing can continue. 11:59, 7 JAN 2021 Updated THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters ...

Range Rover driver fails to stop after Christmas Day Weston-super-Mare crash The driver of the Range Rover failed to stop at the scene Updated THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your da...

A CAR failed to stop after colliding with a van on Christmas Day (December 25) in Weston-super-Mare. The white Range Rover and silver Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a road traffic collision at 6.50pm at the junction of Locking Road and Earlham Grove. An Avon and Somerset Police spokesperson said: "Witnesses to a road traffic collision between a white Range Rover and silver Vauxhall Vivaro van in Weston-super-Mare on Christmas Day are being asked to come forward. "The driver of the...

Police have launched a dashcam and witness appeal following a collision in Weston-super-Mare. - Credit: Archant Witnesses to a road traffic collision on Christmas Day in Weston are being urged to come forward by police.  The collision took place between a white Range Rover and silver Vauxhall Vivaro van at the junction of Locking Road and Earlham Grove at around 6.50pm.  Police say the driver of the Range Rover failed to stop at the scene, prompting a dashcam and witness appeal as...

Terry Hillman. - Credit: Neil Hillman A well-known Weston businessman has died at the age the age of 94.  Terry Hillman took over his father’s business - Hillman’s Motorcycles, in Locking Road – and worked there until he retired in 1988.  Hillmans Motorcycles, which Terry took over from his father. - Credit: Neil Hillman Terry was also very active with the local YMCA, Sea Cadets, Weston RNLI and Weston Bay Yacht Club (WBYC), where he was commodore in the 1970s and hosted a visit by the...

POLICE are hunting a cyclist who rode up behind a 16-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her. Officers are appealing for witnesses to the incident in Weston-super-Mare last month. The girl was walking from the seafront towards the Earlham Grove and Locking Road area at about 5.30pm on Wednesday, November 18, when the incident took place. Police say a man on a dark-coloured mountain bike followed her and approached her from behind before sexually assaulting her by touching. He then rode...