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'Carnival's heartfelt tribute' and 'tap champions'

News imageBBC A carnival cart is travelling along the street in Burnham-on-Sea. It is brightly coloured with white lightbulbs and the driver is a clown. The cart has 'circus' written on a large sign at its front.BBC
The Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea Carnival attracted about 25,000 spectators to its procession on Monday

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A video of a carnival club pausing mid-procession for a special tribute to a long-time supporter who died this year was shared by burnham-on-sea.com.

And Swindon Advertiser says a dental practice in the town is accepting new NHS patients, prioritising families with children under 18, at a time when availability generally is very low.

Gloucester's MP Alex McIntyre has been criticised by city council leader Jeremy Hilton after abstaining in a vote on the UK's withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights, according to Punchline.

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Bristol Live has shared a video of the Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, championing trans rights as human rights at rally in Bristol on Monday.

A £1m traffic lights plan for Calne bypass has been branded "a waste of public money", according to Calne News.

Swindon Police say a man who repeatedly breached his criminal behaviour order in the town centre has been jailed.

Also in Wiltshire, a mural has "transformed" the Borough Fields Shopping Centre public toilets after repeated vandalism, according to Royal Wootton Bassett & Cricklade Police. It was painted by local artists after the neighbourhood policing team ran a design competition.

A tribute has been shared for Robin George, Honorary President of Warminster Highbury Youth FC by the club.

Two students at a school in Somerset, Leah and Flo, have been crowned two-time tap world champions.

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