Western Daily Press

Labour Eats Into Tory Poll Lead

Labour has eaten into the Conservative poll lead, a poll has revealed in fresh evidence that the governing party enjoyed a better public response to its party conference. David Cameron's Opposition still enjoyed an 11-point lead in the YouGov survey for the Sunday Times but Labour picked up three points to trail by 41 per cent to 30 per cent.

Grass Is Greener

A third of married Brits wish they were with someone else - and nearly half would rather be single, a study has revealed. Researchers who polled 3,000 adults found 35 per cent yearn to be with someone other than their partner.

Man Bitten by Shark at Aquarium

An investigation is under way after a 23-year-old aquarium employee was bitten by a shark while at work. An ambulance was sent to Deep Sea World based in North Queensferry in Fife, near Edinburgh, after staff called about the injury at 2.45pm on Saturday.

Formality of Ties Dying Out

Look in any charity shop and you can see racks and racks of ties for sale. Men have stopped wearing them except for most formal occasions, or if their job demands neckwear.

Campaigners Take to Streets to Highlight Climate Change

Scores of campaigners, a mini Big Ben, a frog and a West MP took to the streets in the fight against climate change. More than 100 campaigners marched around Gloucester city centre on Saturday to raise public awareness of environmental issues.

Here Are Your Train Times - Shame You're at a Bus Stop ; It Was a Case of Wrong Place, Wrong Transport Mode, for Baffled Residents

Sometimes you would be forgiven for getting trains and buses mixed up - what with the number of rail replacement bus services laid on by train operators. But residents living in one Dorset town were left completely baffled when train timetables were put up in the bus station.

Charity Line Up

People are being asked to put their best foot forward for a line dancing fundraiser for the Forever Friends appeal. Line dance enthusiasts are asked to take their teddy bears to the CC Stompers Dance Afternoon to be held at the Bath Pavilion on October 27.

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Easy Answers Not the Solution to Modern Life

I've said it before and I'll say it again: my generation is the luckiest one of all. We were too young to fight in the war, we had a healthy wartime diet which has led to longer life expectancy, we were the first to get free medical treatment, first to get free education at grammar schools and universities, we found jobs easily, grew up at a time when drink and drugs were not available or affordable, we missed AIDs, conscription, recession, we bought cheap houses, were able to save for a comp...

Restaurant Disaster Was All Our Fault - for Arriving On Time

As every cook knows, timing is everything, especially if you are giving a dinner party. You want the courses to flow and not make people wait half an hour between starter and main course, or to serve things half raw or burnt to a crisp. Guests make allowances for amateur cooks, but not when you're paying Pounds 25 a head, with wine, to lunch at an idyllic country hotel with a reputation for fine cooking, and swanky service.

Paper Rounds Now Done From the Car

The traditional way for school kids to earn money is to do a newspaper round Get up at dawn, sort the papers, drag round a heavy bag from door to door, avoiding dogs and finger-munching letterboxes and then off to school. Not any more. The papers round my way arrive by car. Mum drives her son from street to street, she sorts the papers and hands him one, he gets out of the car, delivers it, and then is driven off to the next address.

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Fund Donates Pounds 8,000 for Health Services

The Community Medical Equipment Fund has approved four requests totalling Pounds 8,000 for health services in Somerset. During a meeting last week, the fund granted Pounds 5,000 for a specialist bed for the new wing of St Margaret's Hospice in Taunton, and Pounds 2,000 for a set of steps for the Burnham-on-Sea disabled swimming club, to allow a greater number of disabled swimmers to enter the swimming pool without the use of a hoist.

Gate Traps Cat

New Flight Caters to Ski Market

A regional airport is to start its first international services this winter. From December 19, Swiss airline Baboo will operate Saturday services between Oxford airport and Geneva, aimed at the ski market.

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