'Estate's financial woes' and 'safari park lion dies'

Hestercombe House and Gardens has gone into administration

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

Hestercombe House and Gardens, a historic estate near Taunton, has gone into administration, Somerset County Gazette reports.

A former Swindon police officer has been barred from the profession after he crashed a colleague's personal car at a station and failed to report it, the Gazette & Herald reports.

And Bristol Live covered a story about a surprise party held for a woman who has spent years cleaning up her local park in Knowle.

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What to watch on social media

A new ceramic painting cafe has opened in south Bristol.

Gloucester MP Alex McIntyre posted about the keys to the new City Campus being handed over to the University of Gloucestershire.

And a 19-year-old lion at Longleat dubbed the "Queen" of her pride has died peacefully in her sleep - just weeks shy of her 20th birthday.