'Harvest Moon' and 'fox stuck in Specsavers'

Image of the harvest moon - white and large against a black sky. Image source, Reuters
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The October Harvest Moon made for some incredible photographs

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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

Photos of an October Harvest Moon, external starred in an article from Bristol Live.

A new pedestrian and cycle route in Standish, external – part of the Gloucestershire's cycle project – has been completed and is the top post this morning for Stroud News & Journal.

Whitchurch village could be turned into a town, external under proposed housing plans, says Somerset Live.

Puppies Sonni and Loki - Gloucestershire Police's newest recruits - are beginning their training,, external reports Gloucestershire Live.

And love locks on Pero's Bridge might be sold for scrap metal, external to help pay for a sculpture, reports Bristol Live.

Our top three from yesterday

What to watch on social media

Danny Kruger's spoken out about the 'major security breach' at Larkhill, external, broken by LBC yesterday, writing to the Defence Secretary.

A fox stuck inside Weston-super-Mare's Specsavers, external is getting a lot of traction this morning.

Swindon Town Football Club boss Ian Holloway has been nominated for League Two Manager of the Month, external.

Some lovely pictures of the lunar halo seen across the West yesterday - with this great example in Bath, external.

And this Reddit thread with a graphic from Strava, saying Bristol has the most running clubs of anywhere in Europe per capita, external.

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