Mid-August roadworks warning for West country drivers
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Two sets of roadworks are set to delay journeys in Gloucester and Bristol from next weekend.
Work on the year-long project to upgrade the Elmbridge Court roundabout on Gloucester's ring road will begin on Monday 22 August, with the first six weeks described as "the worst for congestion".
Meanwhile a section of St Augustine’s Parade in Bristol city centre will be reduced to three lanes for two weeks from Sunday 21 August, while work on the MetroBus project continues.
Family hopes lessons have been learned after son's death
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The family of a man who killed himself two days after a telephone assessment by a mental health nurse have welcomed a coroner’s call for improvements to the way patients are assessed.
Coroner Maria Voisin told the inquest she will be calling on Oliver’s care to be re-examined to ensure future deaths are prevented.
Speaking after the inquest a family statement said they hoped "lessons have been learned...so that no other family has to live with the pain of losing a loved one in these circumstances".
Warning to contractors after Yeovil gas leak
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Wales and West Utilities is warning contractors to double check before starting any digging in the road.
It comes after a gas pipe was damaged near Yeovil Town Football Club last week, causing several hours of disruption for people living nearby.
Ten homes on the Abbey Manor estate had to be evacuated and engineers had to work through the night to replace the pipe.
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Perseid meteor shower in the skies tonight
This photo was taken over Ashton Windmill in Somerset ahead of the meteor shower which is due to reach its peak between Thursday and Saturday.
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Former Kids Company staff now working for free, BBC finds
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Two sets of roadworks are set to delay journeys in Gloucester and Bristol from next weekend.
Work on the year-long project to upgrade the Elmbridge Court roundabout on Gloucester's ring road will begin on Monday 22 August, with the first six weeks described as "the worst for congestion".
Meanwhile a section of St Augustine’s Parade in Bristol city centre will be reduced to three lanes for two weeks from Sunday 21 August, while work on the MetroBus project continues.
Family hopes lessons have been learned after son's death
The family of a man who killed himself two days after a telephone assessment by a mental health nurse have welcomed a coroner’s call for improvements to the way patients are assessed.
Oliver Ford, from Weston-super-Mare, was found dead last August. His mother Sarah Ford had referred him to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Coroner Maria Voisin told the inquest she will be calling on Oliver’s care to be re-examined to ensure future deaths are prevented.
Speaking after the inquest a family statement said they hoped "lessons have been learned...so that no other family has to live with the pain of losing a loved one in these circumstances".
Warning to contractors after Yeovil gas leak
Wales and West Utilities is warning contractors to double check before starting any digging in the road.
It comes after a gas pipe was damaged near Yeovil Town Football Club last week, causing several hours of disruption for people living nearby.
Ten homes on the Abbey Manor estate had to be evacuated and engineers had to work through the night to replace the pipe.
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Oliver Ford inquest: Coroner calls for better mental health assessments
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Chief Somerset reporter
The Avon coroner Maria Voisin has called for improvements in the way vulnerable mental health patients are assessed, especially at weekends.
It follows the death of 25-year-old Oliver Ford, who was found dead two days after being assessed by a nurse over the phone.
An inquest heard that no formal risk assessment was carried out and as the call was made on a Friday, Oliver would not have been seen until Monday.
Mrs Voisin said she would be writing to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust to ask them to review weekend cover.
Earlier the inquest heard that Oliver was found hanging in woodland near Clevedon last August.
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Take a look at this interview with Siobhan O'Connor who's won a silver medal in Rio.
She's from South Gloucestershire and started her swimming career aged eight at Keysham Swimming Club.
Early this morning the 20-year-old finished just 0.3 seconds behind Hungarian world champion Katinka Hosszu, who set an Olympic record, in the 200m individual medley.
Perseid meteor shower in the skies tonight
This photo was taken over Ashton Windmill in Somerset ahead of the meteor shower which is due to reach its peak between Thursday and Saturday.
It's a composite image made from 728 photographs taken over three hours by Ben Birchall.
Former Kids Company staff now working for free, BBC finds
Staff from the now defunct charity Kids Company have been working for free to help vulnerable youngsters - a year after its closure, the BBC has found.
Kidsco was set up in London by Camilla Batmanghelidjh and folded in 2015 amid concerns about financial mismanagement.
The charity raised £42m in its nine years with an estimated £2m spent in Bristol helping hundreds of children and young adults in the city.
Jane Ivall is one of eight therapists who used to be paid by Kidsco and is helping vulnerable youngsters but says it has been hard without money.