Tourism has always been key to Weston’s local economy. Thousands of local jobs and livelihoods depend on it so, for months, I’ve been speaking to firms that were worried our summer visitors might not come back once the lockdown is over. The spectre of ‘three winters in a row’, where…
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Olivia Finch and Jack Clark of WCSA interviewed Weston super Mare MP John Penrose. They covered issues on climate change and associated problems accelerated by COVID-19. Both the students have years of experience of interviewing, despite their age of 15. Olivia was one of the founding members of the school’s…
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I haven’t had a Christmas card from CNM Estates, the current owners of Birnbeck Pier, for quite a while. Not that I’ve been expecting any, to be honest, because I’ve been pretty clear they were terrible owners who were letting an important local landmark collapse into a rotting ruin. I’ve…
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