News, sport, weather and travel from across the West of England on Tuesday 13 June, 2017
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A £500k improvement scheme has been announced in a bid to cut congestion on the A39 in Somerset .
The main sticking points along the commuter route are two light-controlled junctions with the B3116 and A368.
The plan is to widen the road at the former (known as the Two-Headed Man) so there are dedicated turning lanes in each direction.
There will be a public consultation on the plans at Marksbury Village Hall on 20 June from 4pm to 7pm.
Ruth Bradley
BBC Somerset politics reporter
Image source, Taunton Deane Borough CouncilA redevelopment of the Brewhouse Theatre has been talked about for more than a decade. The theatre's chief executive said today it's time to "stop procrastinating" and start this work, which she says would be part of the economic, social and cultural regeneration of the town.
An artist's impression was up on a screen in the auditorium at the Brewhouse this lunchtime, showing how a £20m extension and refurbishment could look from the outside, across the river.
The estimated cost of the work is £19.2m which would be raised through grants, donations from local people and possibly a loan from the council.
The team behind the plans, which are at an early stage, say the refurbished Brewhouse could generate £4.5m for the local economy per year.
They'd like to be starting building work in 2020 with it completed in 2021.
Residents in Portishead are heading back to the polls later to decide on a controversial new skate park.
The town is hosting its own referendum to decide if a new facility should be built, following a decade of campaigning.
Those in favour have accused Portishead Town Council, external of overdeveloping the town whilst overlooking facilities for young people.
But councillor David Oynes says the town council is in favour of a new skate park.
"I wish that the group that wants the skate park had been able to engage with the council in a positive way," he said.
"So that we could have looked at the situation together and found a site and then progressed it."
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Image source, GoogleA man is on the run after escaping from police by fleeing across two lanes of traffic on the M4 in Wiltshire.
It follows a police chase earlier today along the busy motorway after officers spotted a suspected stolen vehicle on the A419 near junction 15 of the M4.
Wiltshire Police said during the pursuit the driver "made contact with police vehicles in a bid to avoid being stopped".
"As a result of his actions, a 70-year-old female driver collided with a number of other vehicles. She sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene before going to Great Western Hospital as a precaution.
"When the vehicle was stopped, a 17-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle."
Cheltenham Borough Council is looking to improve its car parks across the town, following a consultation.
A 14-year strategy has been produced that will see the authority reviewing charges and providing better signage.
However, no new car parks are planned.
The council has a £400k budget to implement the proposals, which will be voted upon at a cabinet meeting tonight.
Image source, Historic England A giant chalk carving of a kiwi has been granted protected status on the centenary of a World War One battle.
The 130m-tall (420ft) Bulford Kiwi, on Bulford Hill near Stonehenge, was carved by New Zealand troops who were stationed there.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has made it a scheduled monument on the advice of Historic England.
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The monument was carved by New Zealand troops at the end of World War One.
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Image source, James FlynnThose who love a spot of nature therapy are being urged to get out walking during this year's Festival of Nature.
The event is publicising a series of new after-work walks, longer walks along the River Avon between Bristol and Bath and a special sunrise to sunset walk between the two cities on the longest day of the year.
And tomorrow walkers are encouraged to embrace the forgotten landscape of the Severn by joining others to take the 9:16am train from Bristol Templemeads and walk along the beach.
Police are trying to find out why a man was left lying in a Bristol street with serious head injuries.
The victim was discovered by passers-by on Twenty Acres Road, Southmead, just after midnight on Monday morning.
A police spokesman said: "At this stage, officers are keeping an open mind as to whether he might have been assaulted or suffered the injuries as a result of a fall.
"We are keen to speak to anyone who was in the Twenty Acres Road area late on Sunday evening or the early hours of yesterday."
The man remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Image source, GoogleNextbike, which has been operating in Bath for several years, has claimed several dozen YoBikes are being used by people in Bath, without having the appropriate permission from Bath and North East Somerset Council.
Banes council said it is aware of the issue and is working to resolve the situation.
Nextbike's managing director Julian Scriven said: "Sadly, YoBikes is a dockless or free-floating scheme... you can drop them anywhere."
"For the residents here, where public places are restricted and the pavements are very narrow, one poorly-placed bike can inconvenience a lot of residents."
But Will Trafford from Yo Bike says measures are in place to stop people from dropping them off just anywhere:
Yo Bike responds to a rival firm which says Yo Bikes can be dropped off anywhere.
Nottinghamshire make 429-9 as they beat Somerset by 24 runs in a scintillating One-Day Cup quarter-final at Taunton.
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These little chaps are being looked after at the Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital near Salisbury.
Engineers have been assessing the damage done to the world's last remaining Sea Vixen, after it crashed landed in Somerset last month.
The aircraft, known as the 'Foxy Lady', was returning to RNAS Yeovilton after an airshow when its landing gear failed.
The 1950s high-speed combat jet, landed on its belly on the runway and caught fire.
Brian Johnston, from Royal Navy Historic Flight, says they won't know if it will fly again until a full assessment has been carried out
"There's quite a bit of work to do and we haven't finished our investigations so we may come across some structure which we can't remake," he said.
Watch: Problems with the landing gear meant the plane had to land without wheels.
Image source, Avon and Somerset PoliceDeakon Wilkins was last seen leaving Motion nightclub in Bristol in the early hours of 14 January
An inquest concludes Deakon Wilkins drowned but not how or why he came to be in the water.
Deakon Wilkins, 24, from Weston-super-Mare, vanished after leaving Motion nightclub in Bristol in the early hours of 14 January.
His body was found on 5 February after a high-profile social media and leafleting campaign by his family.
The coroner returned a verdict of death by drowning but said it was not known how or why he entered the water.
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Image source, PAA further wave of strikes by workers at car giant BMW is "almost certain" if a long-running dispute over pensions is not resolved, a union has warned.
Unite officials from BMW car plants in Cowley, Goodwood, near Chichester, Hams Hall in the West Midlands and Swindon called for a new offer to be made after union members rejected a proposed deal.
The dispute, over BMW's plans to close its final salary pension scheme, has already led to strikes, hitting production of engines, the Mini and Rolls-Royce cars.
Unite expects to meet BMW bosses in the coming days for fresh talks.
Image source, GettyStaple Hill's traditional parade of Father Christmasses won't be going ahead this year.
The committee that organises the parade says it has become too expensive and complicated to stage.
It added that the rest of the annual Christmas On The Hill event will go ahead as usual.
Ian Boulton, Labour councillor at South Gloucestershire Council, says he appreciates people will be disappointed by the news
"It's got so large and it's difficult to organise," he said.
"There's still plans for lots to go on, it's just going to be slightly different this year."
Image source, Getty ImagesGloucester have confirmed back-row forward Carl Fearns will remain with Lyon, despite signing a deal to move to the Premiership side this summer.
The Cherry and Whites announced in November that Fearns, 28, would move to Kingsholm on a three-year deal after the conclusion of the 2016-17 season.
But Lyon offered him "significantly increased personal terms".
More details of where the £4.7m budget cuts will fall in Bristol have been outlined by the city council.
The areas where savings being proposed by the Labour mayor Marvin Rees are:
The Conservatives have already attacked the library cuts, describing them as "devastating" and saying that they would have a "terrible impact" on library-users.
In October 2016, Mr Rees warned cuts of £92m would have to be made to Bristol City Council's budget by 2022, with further savings of £33m before the end of the the 2016-17 financial year.
