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'Suit spotted on Traitors' and 'air raid shelters found'

News imageStudio Lambert Image of Claudia Winkleman, wearing a brown tweed suit and sitting with her legs crossed in a leather chair in front of an ornate marble fireplace.Studio Lambert
The Gloucestershire tailor's brown tweed suit was worn by Claudia Winkleman on Celebrity Traitors

Here's our weekly round up of stories from across local websites in the West of England.

What have been the big stories in the West this week?

Somerset Council outlined repair plans for Burnham-On-Sea's historic Low Lighthouse amid fresh concerns about its condition.

Four abandoned air raid shelters were discovered under four schools in Bristol this week.

A man with additional needs who mistook Prince William for Prince the pop star and asked him to sing "Purple Rain" has written to the royal to apologise.

Footage of a copper beech tree that was planted on Victoria Square in Clifton Village in 1860 and toppled by Storm Boelo has been shared on social media. It had recently been earmarked for felling because its roots had been infected by a fungus.

And new powers aimed at cracking down on persistent anti-social behaviour have come into force in Weston-super-Mare.

Top five local stories for the BBC in the West

Something longer to read

For more than a decade, Bristol City Council and Avon and Somerset Police have been collaborating on mass data gathering programmes used to profile tens of thousands of people in the city – including 55,000 families on the controversial Think Family database and app.

Bristol City Council says its mass data gathering tool is designed to protect, not profile the 55,000 families it monitors.

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