Cows on train track near Bridgwater delay trains
An incident involving a train and a cow in Somerset caused major delays yesterday.Services across the region were hit due to the accident which happened between Highbridge and Bridgwater shortly before 9am yesterday morning.Rail services were disrupted in Somerset and Wiltshire as the delays had a knock on effect on services across the West.A statement from First Great Western said: “Owing to animals on the line between Weston-super-Mare and Taunton, Taunton-bound lines are…

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Roads in Wraxall and Failand could be designated as quiet lanes
Roads in two North Somerset villages could officially be designated as ‘quiet lanes’ in a bid to improve safety.Wraxall and Failand Parish Council is hoping to get Horse Race Lane, Failand and Sandy Lane and Failand Lane given the special status.The move follows concern about the speed of traffic, a number of accidents over the past several years and follows an increase in the number of cyclists, pedestrians and horseriders using the lanes around the villages.Meetings have already taken place…
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One man dies and another left fighting for life after accident…
One man has died, another has been left fighting for his life and third man taken to hospital after a two vehicle smash in Swindon.
Emergency services raced to Thamesdown Drive, near to ASDA Walmart, at around 6.30am on Sunday after reports of an accident.
A man in his 30s, who may have been thrown from a vehicle, was treated on a nearby verge before being declared dead at Great Western Hospital.
A man, aged in his 20’s, was also treated at the scene and taken to the same hospital in a…

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Passengers at Bristol Temple Meads station shocked by "naked…
A naked man caused quite a stir at Bristol Temple Meads earlier today.

Or at least he appeared to be wearing nothing to the passengers who caught a glimpse of him at around 3:30pm.

But the man could have been wearing a skin coloured fancy dress costume, according to staff at the station.

A platform attendant said passers-by had a ‘bit of laugh’ at the man as he ran around Bristol’s main railway station and off into the city.

Jane Nutman, 53, Redcliffe, who works as a cleaner, said she…

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