West of England Daily News Roundup: Local Stories & Social Media Highlights
Here’s our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media.
Our Pick of Local Website Stories
A meeting is taking place on Friday following a spate of arson attacks in Fishponds, Oldbury Court and Frome Vale, according to Bristol Live.
The West Somerset Free Press 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.
Bristol Live spoke to a musician from Bristol who used to perform in pubs and has landed a gig at Glastonbury Festival this week.
And ITV West Country featured some of the punters arriving at Worthy Farm, including one woman who went to the very first Glastonbury Festival in 1970.
Our Top Three from Yesterday
- Crowds pour in as Glastonbury Festival gates open
- Thousands of Glastonbury Festival-goers flock to Worthy Farm
- Locals welcome confused Glastonbury Festival-goers
What to Watch on Social Media
Nailsea residents are unhappy as they say visitors are parking down a residential road to avoid paying for car parks.
An illustration graduate from UWE Bristol was one of the artists involved in designing a sculpture for this year’s Gromit Unleashed trail.
And the Harry Potter and Star Wars star, Warwick Davis, has been pictured with fans who met him while shopping in Swindon.
