Glastonbury helicopters, The Wave and scooter raid

Rachel Candlin
BBC News, West of England
PA Media A young woman with blonde hair and an extravagent headress made of flowers watches Supergrass at the Glastonbury Festival. She also has elaborate designs painted on her facePA Media

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People living near Glastonbury Festival are fed up with the high number of helicopters being used to get to the event, according to Somerset Live. Residents claimed as many as 85 had landed in the vicinity in one day. The festival encourages people to choose sustainable transport options to get to the site.

Gloucestershire Live has reported on the family who died in a crash on the M5 last month, who were returning from holiday, leaving an eight-year-old girl orphaned.

Multiple e-bikes and e-scooters have been seized by police in a crackdown on overpowered modified vehicles, as reported by Bristol Live.

Gloucester City Council has agreed to go ahead with the sale of Gloucestershire Airport, at Staverton.

The Salisbury Journal reported on a £5m hole in Wiltshire Council's finances, caused largely by an overspend in adult social care.

The £26m inland surfing lake The Wave, in South Gloucestershire, has closed after a financial row.

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Something longer to read

The Bristol Cable walked the streets of Bristol with resident, Anela Wood, who is blind, to understand how everyday pavements become dangerous obstacle courses, from overgrown bushes to silent e-scooters.

Reporter Jaldeep Katwala talked to Ms Wood about her work with Sight Loss Councils, with whom she's pushing for lasting change in how public spaces are designed and cared for.

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