Burnham-On-Sea News - November 2007

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Santa arrives in town in style!
A BURNHAM schoolboy’s Christmas wish came true on Saturday morning (December 1st) when he escorted Santa in the real Chitty Chitty Bang Bang motor car to a local garden centre in time for his first grotto appointment of the festive season. Jack Kilcoyne, 6, was nominated by his family. More...

Two more drugs arrests in town
POLICE made a further two arrests in Highbridge on Friday (November 30th) in connection with their ongoing investigations into drug dealing in the town. Burnham-On-Sea.com learns two people - a male and female - were held after a drugs warrant was executed in Morland Road. More...

28 evacuated after nursing home fire
TWENTY eight residents have been evacuated from a Burnham-On-Sea nursing home after a major blaze left 25 rooms damaged on Friday night (November 30th). Burnham-On-sea.com reported earlier how a blaze had broken out in a first floor room at Hillview Nursing Home in Berrow Road. More...

Fire hits Burnham nursing home
FIRE crews from across the region rushed to a Burnham-On-Sea nursing home on Friday evening (November 30th) after a big blaze. Several residents at Hillview Nursing Home in Berrow Road were rescued by firefighters after a fire broke out in an upstairs room at the building. More...

Burglars target shop for second time
BURGLARS have made a second attempt to break into a shop in the centre of Burnham-On-Sea in less than a week. Burnham-On-Sea.com exclusively reported last week how a large quantity of cash had been stolen from stationery shop Bastins in the High Street (pictured) in a night-time raid. More...

Winter opening at hospital
WINTER opening hours have come into operation for members of the public seeking treatment for minor injuries or ailments at Burnham-on-Sea War Memorial Hospital. During the summer months the hospital’s Minor Injury Unit (MIU) extends its opening hours. More...

Xmas safety drive is launched
A NEW drink driving safety campaign has been launched in Burnham-On-Sea this week in a bid to make the festive period a safer one for Christmas party-goers. Revellers are being urged to take a taxi rather than risk accidents or losing their driving license. More...

New bid to build Berrow chalets
Exclusive: NEW plans to build a dozen holiday chalets at a Berrow holiday park have been submitted this week. John Fowler Holidays has applied for full planning permission to construct 12 holiday chalets, within a pair of two-storey blocks, at Sandy Glade Holiday Park. More...

Xmas safety drive is launched
A NEW drink driving safety campaign has been launched in Burnham-On-Sea this week in a bid to make the festive period a safer one for Christmas party-goers. Revellers are being urged to take a taxi rather than risk accidents or losing their driving license. More...

Praise for town Coastguards
A TEAM of Burnham-On-Sea Coastguards who helped with flood relief work in Gloucestershire during the summer have been formally thanked by the UK's Chief Coastguard. The Burnham team helped to provide much-needed water supplies to flood-affected areas in July. More...

Improve 'UK's ugliest roundabout'
THIS Highbridge roundabout has been labled 'Britain's ugliest' by local councillors this week as they launched fresh calls for urgent improvements to the 'hideous' structure. The lop-sided traffic island on the Bristol Road was opened outside Highbridge's Asda supermarket last month after being hastily finished. More...

Free parking to lure shoppers?
BURNHAM-On-Sea shoppers will able to park for free in the town at weekends during the run-up to Christmas as part of an initiative to help shops. Sedgemoor District Council's scheme will see charges waived at all car parks from December 1st to 23rd. More...

Four arrests in town drugs busts
BURNHAM-On-Sea police have this week warned drug dealers in the town that there is no place to hide after a series of warrants were carried out. During the last four weeks four warrants have been carried out in the Abingdon Street, Smith Way, Huntspill Road and Worston Lane areas with four people arrested. More...

New N-plant for Hinkley Point?
BRITISH Energy has named Hinkley Point, near Burnham-On-Sea, as a possible location for one of its 'next-generation' nuclear plants. The firm said on Tuesday (November 27th) that it had also earmarked Sizewell in Suffolk, Bradwell in Essex and Dungeness in Kent. More...

Wish comes true for Jack!
A BURNHAM-On-Sea schoolboy’s Christmas wish will come true this Saturday (December 1st) when he escorts Santa in the real Chitty Chitty Bang Bang motor car to a local garden centre in time for his first grotto appointments of the festive season. Young Jack, 6, was nominated by his family. More...

Child injured on road crossing
A CHILD was taken to hospital with leg injuries after a car collided with the youngster and his mother as they crossed a Highbridge pedestrian crossing on Tuesday afternoon (November 27th). Paramedics and police were called to Church Street at 4pm, as pictured here, after a car collided with the pair. More...

Success for town judo experts
BURNHAM and Highbridge Ju Jitsu and Judo club have enjoyed success at the UK's National Bushido Championships. Against senior competitors from all over the Great Britain, Burnham's Matt Bloska and Nick Williams fought into the finals in their weight categories. More...

MP steps up Parkway pressure
BURNHAM'S MP Heathcoat-Amory has this week piled pressure on Somerset County Council to complete construction of the town's Frank Foley Parkway. The unfinished road, pictured, should run between Burnham’s Love Lane and Highbridge’s Pepperall Road. More...

Fuel spill after road accident
A BURNHAM-On-Sea fire crew rushed to the M5 motorway roundabout at Edithmead on Monday evening (November 26th) after an accident led to fuel spilling onto the road. The accident involved a motorbike and a car, but there were not believed to have been any injuries. More...

Woman attacked at Apex Park
BURNHAM-On-Sea police have issued an appeal for information after a 37-year-old woman was the victim of a robbery in the town last Thursday (November 22nd). The woman was walking along Southern Avenue and another footpath that runs by Apex Park lakes. More...

Tributes for Burnham teenager
TRIBUTES have this week been paid to Nathan Edwards, the Burnham-On-Sea teenager who was killed in an horrific car accident near Bristol last Tuesday. Nathan, 17, was killed in a crash at Long Ashton, near Bristol, on November 20th. The former King Alfred School student was a talented tennis player. More...

MP tackles Chancellor over CDs
BURNHAM-On-Sea MP David Heathcoat-Amory has tackled the Chancellor of the Exchequer over the loss of 25 million Child Benefit records by HM Revenue and Customs. The MP asked Alistair Darling what other organisations have access to personal information. More...

End in sight for lorry noise?
Beleaguered residents of a Burnham-On-Sea street whose lives are plagued by heavy goods vehicles thundering past their homes have welcomed the news that new road signs could soon be introduced directing lorries along alternative routes. We were first to highlight the problem of lorries in Abingdon Street. More...

Pensioner shaken by vandals
VANDALS attacked a house in the centre of Burnham-On-Sea on Saturday evening (November 24th), smashing the front window of the property. The elderly owner of the house in Oxford Street was left "shaken" by the incident which occurred around 4-5pm, according to neighbours. More...

Pool shut by staff sickness
BURNHAM-On-Sea's swimming pool was closed to the public on Monday morning (November 26th) after an outbreak of sickness among its lifeguards resulted in the facility being partially closed. Swimmers were turned away from the pool in Berrow Road (pictured). More...

Brent Knoll Run photo special
ALMOST 120 runners from across the South West took part in the annual gruelling race from Burnham-On-Sea to the top of Brent Knoll and back on Sunday (November 25th). The 5.5 mile Brent Knoll Run has been held for more than 20 years, having originally been started as a small race attached to the village's summer fete. More... | Photo gallery | Results