7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (309+ words) Scaffolding has come down to reveal the latest progress in a long-awaited town centre redevelopment. The transformation of Weston-super-Mare’s former TJ Hughes building is moving forward. New windows have been installed as part of the redevelopment, now known as Fairfax…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (462+ words) Businesses have said the move would directly hit holidaymakers (Alamy/PA) Plans to give England’s mayors the power to impose tourist taxes will be “hugely damaging” and hit British holidaymakers hard, hotel and tourism firms have warned. Premier Inn owner…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (393+ words) Building a new recycling centre in Weston-super-Mare across the road from the current one is set to cost more than the restoration of Birnbeck Pier. North Somerset Council voted on August 8 to begin work on plans for a new recycling…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (350+ words) A North Somerset recycling collection lorry (Image: North Somerset Council)i> A new recycling centre and depot needed in Weston-super-Mare is expected to cost £56m. A North Somerset Council report warned that the council’s core waste depot was on land subject…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (752+ words) Andy Burnham has blamed the rising cost of borrowing and market turbulence on the Tory record on ballooning debt and declared “we are turning that corner”. He took his first Prime Minister’s Questions after Government long-term borrowing costs were sent…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (463+ words) More than one million pensioners are now paying income tax at 40% or more, after the number hit by higher rates more than doubled in just five years. New figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request by former pensions minister…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (332+ words) I was interested to see in last week's Mercury the plan put forward by Daish’s to re-develop the front of the Sandringham Hotel. I was the previous owner of the Sandringham Hotel which was purchased in 1979 and at that time…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) A much-loved community charity has been saved from closure thanks to a surge of funding support. Community Scrapstore North Somerset, based on Gazelle Road in Weston-super-Mare, announced in June that it faced shutting down due to rising costs and funding…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (368+ words) Energy complaints taken on by the industry ombudsman surged by 16% in the first half of 2026 as billing concerns disputes soared amid pressures on household finances, the latest figures have shown. The Energy Ombudsman said it accepted 46,532 cases in the six…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (387+ words) Melrose has revealed plans to launch a compensation programme worth up to 100 million US dollars (£73.4 million) following a chemical incident at its GKN Aerospace site in California earlier this year. The FTSE 100 firm said the claims programme is expected to…...