Headlines: Reaction to 200-year-old store closure

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News imageA shop front of a department store with yellow 'Closing Down' posters in the window.
There was sadness as Jolly's department store announced its closure after 200 years

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There has been a strong reaction to the news that Jolly's in Bath is closing after 200 years of trading, some of which has been collated by Somerset Live.

One comment reads: "My grandmother used to work there as a seamstress, and made men's shirts for a shilling (5p) a time, this must have been prior to 1900."

Is Swindon Christmas Market "absolutely dead"? The Swindon Advertiser says a lack of stallholders is having an impact this year.

There were updates on the recovery of a fox found tangled in a football net in someone's garden, reported by Burnham-on-Sea.com.

And a five-month makeover for the M&S Cribbs Causeway cafe has been completed in time for Christmas, says Bristol Live.

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Police want to return coats to those who gave them to a motorcyclist following a collision on the A3102 near Tockenham.

Customers in Calne Tesco are loving the man dressed as santa who is helping people do their shopping and occasionally manning the checkouts.

And Weston-super-Mare FC has announced it's starting a youth club next year called 'The Dugout'. It's free and will be based at The Optima Stadium.

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