<h1>West of England Daily Local News Digest</h1>
<p>Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media.</p>
<h2>Our Pick of Local Website Stories</h2>
<p>A meeting is taking place on Friday following a spate of arson attacks in Fishponds, Oldbury Court and Frome Vale, according to <strong>Bristol Live</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>The West Somerset Free Press</strong> has spoken to a campaigner who claims the cost of building less than a mile of a cycle lane on the A39 could have fixed 45,000 potholes instead.</p>
<p><strong>Bristol Live</strong> spoke to a musician from Bristol who used to perform in pubs and has landed a gig at Glastonbury Festival this week.</p>
<p>And <strong>ITV West Country</strong> featured some of the punters arriving at Worthy Farm, including one woman who went to the very first Glastonbury Festival in 1970.</p>
<h2>What to Watch on Social Media</h2>
<p><strong>Nailsea</strong> residents are unhappy as they say visitors are parking down a residential road to avoid paying for car parks.</p>
<p>An illustration graduate from <strong>UWE Bristol</strong> was one of the artists involved in designing a sculpture for this year's <strong>Gromit Unleashed</strong> trail.</p>
<p>And the Harry Potter and Star Wars star, <strong>Warwick Davis</strong>, has been pictured with fans who met him while shopping in Swindon.</p>
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