Tiles fall from Burnham pool wall (Burnham Times)

02/01/2009: Burnham Pool was closed on Tuesday after about 1,000 tiles fell under water from the side of the pool. more »

Landlord calls time as recession bites (Burnham Times)

02/01/2009: A landlord of 17 years has called time on his career by closing one of Burnham's biggest pubs - blaming the recession and greedy leaseholders. more »

Bottle jobs at risk (Bridgwater Times)

01/01/2009: Bridgwater mp Ian Liddell-Grainger hopes a Bridgwater manufacturing firm will be able to impose new work patterns to save jobs. more »

Woolworths in Bridgwater to close (Bridgwater Times)

01/01/2009: Woolworths in Bridgwater closed its doors for the last time on Tuesday, with the loss of 23 jobs. more »

End of the road for woolies (Clevedon Mercury)

01/01/2009: All 800 Woolworths shops nationwide will close by Monday, including the three in North Somerset. more »

Staff tearful as woolworths closes its doors for last time (Frome and Somerset Standard)

01/01/2009: It was the end of an era when Woolworths in Frome finally closed its doors this week.The workmen moved in to dismantle the remaining shelves, counters and shop furniture, as one of the largest shops in the town shut up shop on Monday. more »

Bridgwater post strikes called off at the eleventh hour (Bridgwater Times)

25/12/2008: A postal strike in Bridgwater were called off at the 11th hour after Royal Mail met workers' demands halfway - and claimed the vote for action was flawed. more »

Chris bows out as charity shop opens (Clevedon Mercury)

25/12/2008: Congresbury is to have its first charity shop. more »

Clevedon and Nailsea woolworths closure confirmed (Clevedon Mercury)

25/12/2008: Almost 40 workers at North Somerset branches of Woolworths face redundancy immediately after Christmas. more »

More of morlands will bite the dust (Central Somerset Gazette)

24/12/2008: More derelict buildings on the former Morlands factory site in Glastonbury will be demolished in a bid to save the lives of bored youngsters, who have been breaking in to party and explore. more »