First Great Western cuts first-class seats on Bristol to London…
Commuters from Bristol, Bath and other West Country stations to London are to get more space on First great Western services after the firm announced it is to cut the number of first-class seats. Along with the cost of tickets and punctuality, packed carriages on the service from Paddington to Temple Meads has long been a major grumble for commuters and passenger groups, with first-class carriages often nearly empty. But the train company is hoping that the deal struck with the Government will…

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Kennet and Avon canal shut for a week after stag party capsize…
The busiest stretch of the Kennet and Avon canal will be closed for the rest of this week after a Welsh stag party managed ‘the quite rare feat’ of capsizing their hired narrow boat at a lock in Bath.
The lock and some 250 yards of the canal at Widcombe will have to be completely drained to enable a heavy-lifting crane to pull the barge upright – and that will mean a major fish rescue operation will need to be undertaken first.
The man in charge of the operation said he did not expect the…

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Cheltenham bus crashes into bridge on Hyde Lane
A pedestrian “missed death by inches” when the top of a bus was sliced off as it hit a bridge in Cheltenham this morning.

The bus hit the bridge in Hyde Lane as it travelled from Swindon Village to Bishop’s Cleeve.

Philip Green, who was walking his dog under the bridge at the time, said: “It showered me with debris. It could have killed me. I’ve never walked so close to death. I escaped death by inches.”

Harriet Tweddle, who was waiting for the bus, said: “I was standing waiting for the…

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