Headlines: App scam and Pontins manslaughter charge

Wendy Jones, shown here with two of her grandchildren, died after a visit to Pontins Brean Sands
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What have been the big stories in the West this week?
A petition calling for urgent safety measures to be installed on the A37 has garnered hundreds of signatures, with Somerset Live, external reporting on how there have been several deaths on the road in recent years.
Hundreds turned out for a rally in Bristol, external in support of trans people, with speakers including the city's Green MP Carla Denyer, following Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
A nightclub in the city, external has ramped up security, requiring everyone who enters to carry two forms of identification in a bid to stop needle spiking, with private paramedics also hired to patrol the dancefloor.
Michael Jackson's former bodyguard Matt Fiddes, who lives in Swindon, said a group of mice had turned his Ferrari into a "£200k mouse house", external after chewing through the wiring.
Six teenagers have been charged after a 14-year-old boy was attacked outside a school, the Swindon Advertiser reported, external.
Finally, the Weston Mercury, external has asked why Weston-super-Mare has such a high number of shoplifting incidents, with rates double the national average.
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Something longer to read
Ahead of Easter Sunday, Bristol 24/7 published a feature asking 'Is Bristol a godless city?, external' Starting out with some of the city's familiar street art, the article takes a look at the statistics behind the population's relationship with religion.
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