The Bristol and Portishead Line first opened in 1867, after first being proposed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1839. Credit: ITV News Work to reopen a disused railway line between Bristol and ...

Dan Norris has denied that funding for the Portishead station could yet be stymied by a spending review this summer. The mayor of the West of England said he was very confident the station plan ...

The West of England Combined Authority has put forward £27m to bring back the Portishead Railway line, with work on the long-awaited project set to start in the summer. The line closed in the ...

Some of the instruments donated also shared a stage with Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones. The spaniel has joined Avon and Somerset Police's dog unit after arriving from a rescue home.

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In the past 10 years Portishead RNLI volunteers have been called out 396 times, saved 14 lives, assisted 347 people and 17 dogs. There has also been a huge increase in support from the local community ...

For all the marvellous musical innovators that have emerged from the southwestern city of Bristol, the one claim that continues to be associated with the place I call home is the fact that it exists ...

The West of England Combined Authority has committed £27m to resurrect the Portishead Railway line. Work on the long-awaited project is set to start in the summer - some 61 years after the line's ...

The West of England Combined Authority has today (March 14) agreed to spend £27m to get the Portishead Railway back on track. Work on restoring the railway line between Bristol, Pill, and the ...

Sandy Philpott, the Portishead shop manager at GWAAC, said: “Our new shop offers local people a full range of pre-loved items from gifts to clothes to bric-a-brac. “And it sits right in the heart of a ...