West of England headlines: Bristol rave plane and helipad issues
Published on May 9, 2026.
A proposal for more buses to serve Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has been thwarted by government regulations regarding the hospital's helipad. The future of the £61,000 painting "Our Common Ground" is uncertain. Bath and North East Somerset Council plans to use the old post office building as a venue for the new Fashion Museum. A new model railway has been installed at Gloucester Station, covering the steam locomotive age of the 1880s and modern day.
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