Newspaper & Trending: Cathedral light display wows onlookers

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 £100m recycling plant in Avonmouth is due to shut by the end of the year, according to Somerset Live. The paper says Virdor opened in 2022 and recycles 80,000 tonnes of plastic a year

• A picture of a machete found in the hedge of a play park in Swindon has been shared by the Swindon Advertiser

• Mandatory roadside eye checks as part ‘Cassie’s Law’ has been covered by many of our local papers

• And there is a beautiful Facebook Live from the Salisbury Journal showing this year’s light display at the Cathedral

This knife was found in a children's play park

What to watch on social media

• There have been widespread reports of fireworks being set off in a shop in Kingswood. Avon Fire & Rescue says it responded to an incident of this nature last night

• Work on Gay Street in Bath featuring a sign saying ‘No Access for Motorised Vehicles’ has had led to hundreds of comments in this local Facebook group. It's part of a trial by the council which stops traffic entering the street from George Street - details of which are here

• And a ‘missing link’ between the Pier to Pier Way and the Strawberry Line cycle paths has been completed, according to this post by North Somerset Council. It is in use from today