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July 1, 2026

Weston-super-Mare to be 'swallowed by the sea' by 2050

Good Morning Bath — Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Weston-super-Mare is one of a number of seaside town predicted to go underwater within years
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Weston-super-Mare to be 'swallowed by the sea' by 2050

• Weston-super-Mare is one of a number of seaside town predicted to go underwater within years

Almanac · Daily readings

Today in Bath and North East Somerset

Conditions in your area this morning.

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16°C
Partly cloudy · High 21° · Low 15°
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Local news · 9 stories

The local news that matters this morning

Here's the local news from the past 24 hours, made easy to digest.

Somerset Livetoday

MP praises NHS staff at Somerset community hospital who saved her husband’s life

• "Community hospitals are the backbone of local healthcare"

SomersetLive / Bath Chronicle — Bath sectiontoday

'It's only a matter of time before somebody dies' - urgent warning over Bath swimming spot

• 'I have watched people lie down on a 90mph mainline railway to take a selfie.
• The next person who does that may not get up'

SomersetLive / Bath Chronicle — Bath sectiontoday

Gordon Ramsay opening restaurant in Bath this summer after daughter marries in city's Abbey

• The culinary legend's latest outpost will open later this summer

SomersetLive — What's Ontoday

'I visited the UK's worst-rate shop on Tripadvisor - it's absolutely vile'

• George's Plaice has been rated the UK's worst fish and chip shop on TripAdvisor - but one YouTube reviewer decided to find out for himself whether the reviews were justified
• St. George's Plaice has been rated the UK's worst fish and chip shop on TripAdvisor - but one YouTube reviewer decided to find out for himself whether the reviews were justified

Bath Echo RSS feedtoday

Plans to build houses in the back garden of Charlcombe Grange

• The scheme is for two split-level detached houses in the “extensive rear garden” of the property.

SomersetLive — Local Newstoday

Fresh hope to save Somerset library from closure

• Its funding has been cut by North Somerset Council but now the town council could save it

SomersetLive — Local Newstoday

Migrant workers on life in Bridgwater as Hinkley Point sees new arrivals and new debates in town

• Benjamin and Mounia moved from Paris to Somerset just over three years ago

SomersetLive — Local Newstoday

Weston pub could be turned into homes and shops after years

• Developers have been trying to buy it for years

SomersetLive — Sporttoday

Billy Rowley and Yeovil Town won't face FA poaching players probe

• “There is no ongoing investigation into Yeovil Town or any members of its staff.

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America 250 at American Museum & GardensTomorrow · American Museum & Gardens, Claverton Manor, Bath · Total Guide to Bath eventsAmerica 250 at American Museum & GardensArt for Beginners Course at Bath CollegeToday · Bath College · Total Guide to Bath eventsArt for Beginners Course at Bath CollegeBath Boules at Queen SquareTomorrow · Queen Square, Bath · Total Guide to Bath eventsBath Boules at Queen SquareCircularity: Championing materials reuse at 30 Duke StreetToday · No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath, UK · Total Guide to Bath eventsCircularity: Championing materials reuse at 30 Duke StreetConfident Communication Course at Bath CollegeTomorrow · Bath College, City Centre Campus, Bath · Total Guide to Bath eventsConfident Communication Course at Bath CollegeCookery: Food Around the World at Bath CollegeTomorrow · Bath College, City Centre Campus, Bath · Total Guide to Bath eventsCookery: Food Around the World at Bath CollegeCrescent Jazz LiveToday · Montagu’s Mews, The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset, UK · Total Guide to Bath eventsCrescent Jazz Live
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Local Almanac · This day

Did you know? · Bath

John Wood the Elder died less than three months after the first stone of Bath's Circus was laid, leaving his son to complete the landmark to his design.

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