Dolphin dies after it washed up and became stranded on beach near Weston-super-Mare

Six-foot-long common dolphin dies after it washed up and became stranded on beach near Weston-super-Mare Dolphin died after it was stranded at Sandy Bay near Weston-super-Mare today The six-foot-long dolphin showed signs of life blowing air through its blowhole It died shortly after it was found despite help from marine mammal medics By Clare Mccarthy For … Read more

Newborn baby is found dead in garden in Weston-super-Mare as police launch urgent search for mother

Newborn baby found dead in a garden in Weston-super-Mare ‘must have been dumped by someone who climbed over the wall’, say neighbours – as police search for mother Body of a newborn baby boy was found by a member of the public this morning Avon and Somerset Constabulary is treating death as unexplained at this … Read more

Hospital in Weston-super-Mare shut to new patients ‘sees 40% of staff test positive for Covid-19’

Forty per cent of staff at a hospital in Weston-super-Mare closed to new admissions because of a spike in Covid-19 patients have symptoms of the infection, it has been claimed.  A memo leaked to a local newspaper revealed Weston General Hospital, which has around 2,000 staff, warned of a high rate of coronavirus cases among … Read more