The sale of single-use plastic bottles was banned, but thousands of items of plastic waste were left behind.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A nurse has postponed her attempt to finish swimming the 220 miles of the River Severn as she has to go back to work.

Image source, Melissa Compton

Weather conditions and illness has put Melissa Compton behind schedule since beginning the challenge, in Wales, last month.

She had reached Gloucester and was close to her finishing line of the Severn Beach in the Bristol Channel.

But low tides stopped her completing the swim at the weekend now she says the weather and choppy waters mean it's not safe today.

The 39-year-old's got to go back to work at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital tomorrow and said she'll finish when she can but spring tides and a bore are due.

Image source, Melissa Compton

The incinerator near Gloucester is gearing up for operation later in the summer with test burning.

Farmer says alpacas give a similar effect to spending time with dolphins to increase relaxation.

A Bristol ice cream parlour gets a premises licence in case its dessert contain too much rum.

Image source, Longleat

Four zebra foals have been born in the last month, with two more on the way, keepers at Longleat Safari Park say.

“This is definitely one of the best years ever here for the sheer number of foals being born,” said Head of Section Ryan Hockley.

“The four youngsters are all doing well and we’re expecting the other two to arrive any day now."

Image source, Longleat

Test burning is due to get under way at a £633m incinerator as bin lorries drop off the first deliveries of household waste.

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Ben Woolvin
BBC South West Home Affairs correspondent

A public consultation on controversial proposals to close fire stations in Devon and Somerset has started, external.

Seven stations in Devon and one in Somerset have been earmarked for complete closure while another eight could lose one of their engines.

The plan might also mean the removal of whole-time night cover at Paignton, Barnstaple and Exmouth, while a further 14 stations could see their current daytime cover of two on-call engines reduced to just one.

The service said it wanted to bring an outdated service into the 21st Century and fire incidents in both areas had decreased 36% between 2008 and 2018.

Unions said closing any stations would be a mistake and expressed concerns about a lack of fire cover which "could put lives at risk".

Stations under threat in Devon include: Appledore, Ashburton, Budleigh Salterton, Colyton, Kingston, Topsham and Woolacombe.

In Somerset, Porlock station is also under review.

Division One leaders Somerset make 408 against Hampshire as James Hildreth hits his first ton of the campaign.

The creative team behind Stormzy's Glastonbury 2019 headline show explain how they made it a hit.

The naturalist takes to the Pyramid Stage to thank festival-goers shortly before Kylie Minogue's performance.

Freya Ridings performs Lost Without You at Glastonbury 2019

The Killers play This Charming Man with Johnny Marr at Glastonbury.

Janet Jackson performs Rhythm Nation at Glastonbury 2019

The Killers perform Mr Brightside with Johnny Marr at Glastonbury 2019

The Kaiser Chiefs headlined a concert in Salisbury as part of events to mark Armed Forces Day.

The US band play a surprise set, taking fan requests at the Park Stage on Saturday.

Motorists in Somerset are facing delays of up to an hour after emergency repairs were carried out.

Verity Sharp finds out how a converted cattle shed has become home to an opera festival. Builder and property developer Martin Graham decided to build his own 500-seater opera house in the village of Longborough, in the Cotswolds, so that he could stage his favourite Wagner operas, ‘The Ring Cycle’, which he first watched on the television - and became hooked. But Martin’s love for opera and classical music started when he was a little boy growing up in the village. A man named Jack started to tell him all about Beethoven and Strauss and for Martin the seeds were planted. Verity arrives during the dress rehearsal as it’s on this day that people from the village, along with children from the local primary schools, all attend the performance. For two pupils who attend Longborough Primary School, Poppy and James, it’s going to be particularly exciting as they are going to be performing for the very first time. They are providing the screams in ‘Das Rheingold’- first of the four music dramas that make up Wagner’s ‘Ring Cycle’. With the festival now running for over 20 years, Verity finds out what locals make of an opera house in their village and how it’s inspired and impacted the life of one photographer.

Producer: Perminder Khatkar

Bristol City agree a deal to sign goalkeeper Daniel Bentley for an undisclosed fee from Championship rivals Brentford.