Headlines: Jockey's comeback and green cycle lanes

Jockey Jack Kennedy rides towards the camera on a black horse, with mud on his clothing and faceImage source, PA Media
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Cheltenham Festival is a popular talking point with the event getting under way on Tuesday. This video by the racecourse focuses on jockey Jack Kennedy, documenting his recovery after his sixth leg break., external

South Gloucestershire's first green cycle track, external was laid at the weekend. The idea is to make the lane look more distinctive.

A clip from BBC's Politics West posted by Charlie Watts on Bristol's shortest cycling lane has had some decent views on X.

Fleming Way continues to be one of the big discussion points on Swindon pages and groups, as buses tested the new road layout at the weekend, external.

And Salisbury Cathedral shared this image to mark five years since the first lockdown – showing it as a vaccination centre, with the word 'hope' illuminated on the floor, external.

An aerial picture of construction work as two buses try out part of the roadImage source, Swindon Borough Council

Our top three from yesterday

Our pick of local website stories

There are plans for an 18-storey tower block in St Philip's , externalsays Bristol Live. It would replace a warehouse on Wincombe Trading Estate. You can read our write-up here.

More student housing, this time in Bath as the £13m Hollis Wharf development is "nearing completion", external, according to Somerset Live.

And "don't rip up Cheltenham's flagstones", external, says the chairman of the local civic society. Andrew Booton is accusing the town and county councils of "trying to fix Cheltenham on the cheap" with tarmac, Gloucestershire Live reports.

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