Headlines: Bus conversion and 'parking plagues'

This disused bus will now be used as a classroom for schoolchildren in Bristol

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A new parent and baby bay has been opened at Bath's Royal United Hospital. It has been named the Lori Grace room, in memory of Lori Robertson, who died in a car accident shortly before starting a role as a paediatric nurse there.

Bristol 24/7 featured a double decker bus which has been converted into a classroom. The bus, at Blaise Primary & Nursery School in Henbury, will be a space for 30 pupils.

A "plague" of illegal parking in Trowbridge was the focus of this Wiltshire Times article, reflecting calls for "stronger enforcement" in the centre.

Gloucestershire Live reported on concerns that Gloucestershire Constabulary is paying its chief constable more than £150,000 while he continues his national work on the National Police Chiefs' Council. This comes as the police force faces a £12.3m funding gap.

And a single mum has become the first female fire fighter in Winscombe for more than 30 years, reports the Weston Mercury. She told them that she wanted to show her children that "anything is possible".

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Gloucestershire Live ran an article on discord in the county over plans to potentially split it into two new unitary authorities. The area's Labour MPs and councillors say devolution could unlock more funding for the area, but Conservative County Council leader Stephen Davies says the plan will waste taxpayer's money.

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