'Dog soft play centre opens' and 'longest NHS strike continues'

A soft play centre for dogs has opened in Somerset

Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media.

Our pick of local website stories

A 106-year-old newsagents in Burnham-on-Sea, which has been run by the same family for over century, has closed, Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News reports.

A thief who plagued a Greggs branch and stole from Home Bargains has been sentenced, the Swindon Advertiser reports.

And a new escape room in Dursley will bring the town's industrial history to life, according to Stroud News and Journal.

Finally, a soft play centre for dogs, with slides, tunnels and climbing frames, has opened near Midsomer Norton, Somerset Live reported.

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National Highways has helped children create Christmas decorations from rubbish. The litter-turned-glitter is on display at motorway services across the county.

Voluntary assistant kitman, Tom Foley, is celebrating after attending 1,000 Bristol Rovers games.

UNISON phlebotomists have marked 250 days of strike action in Gloucester - the longest strike in NHS history.

Finally, sixth-form students from Lydiard Park Academy could be studying in Swindon's historic landmark, Lydiard House, Swindon Borough Council said.