Major Bristol Airport upgrade and £4.3m coin hoard

The hoard was purchased for £4.3 million by The South West Heritage Trust.

PA Media A hoard of stacked silver coins displayed in front of a black background. — The hoard was purchased for £4.3 million by The South West Heritage Trust.

The sale of a hoard of coins and the deflation of a large lunar facility have made headlines in the West this week, along with the collapse of a house in Highworth.

Found by seven metal detectorists in Chew Valley in 2019, The South West Heritage Trust bought the hoard of 2,584 silver pennies from the time of the Norman Conquest for £4.3 million. as reported by the Chew Valley Gazette.

The coins, which are the most valuable hoard ever discovered, will go on display at the British Museum from November 26, before touring museums across the UK and finally arriving at their permanent home at the Somerset Museum in Taunton.

Bridgwater Town Hall The fabric of the moon, white and grey, deflated in the water. It is tied with black rope. — The moon was damaged after Storm Ashley

A queue at the EasyJet counter in the check-in hall at Bristol Airport — Bristol Airport launches £400m upgrade

Bristol Airport is embarking on a more than £400m investment program to improve customer experience. according to Bristol Live.

“More space will be added to the terminal” and some “key changes” are being made to the way customers arrive and depart the airport.

“For those of you who have been traveling recently, you may have noticed the extensive development works taking place in front of the terminal building.

“This is the location of our new flagship project, which includes a new expanded public transport zone, a private vehicle drop-off and drop-off section and a new multi-storey car park,” said Dave Lees, chief executive.

One Direction filmed their ‘You & I’ music video at Clevedon Pier in 2014

PA Media Floral tributes left on Clevedon pier in memory of Liam Payne. There is also a printed image of the boyband and a file for fans to leave their written condolences. — One Direction filmed their ‘You & I’ music video at Clevedon Pier in 2014

Tributes were left at Clevedon Pier following the death of One Direction star Liam Payne, 31, who died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.

Reported by the North Somerset Times, The Pier, where the boyband filmed the music video for ‘You & I’ in 2014, said they had been inundated with tributes.

The Westbury ‘steel giants’ were initially scheduled to remain on site for 28 days.

Statues of military personnel on military grounds in Salisbury. In the center there are two female figures staring at each other. On the left, the statue of a woman with her hair up and smiling looking at a female figure on the right. The figure on the right is holding a pair of binoculars. — The Westbury ‘steel giants’ were initially scheduled to remain on site for 28 days.

The artworks warning people about the dangers of military terrain will be up until the end of the year after the public asked them to stay.

As part of the Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) Respect the Range campaign, the ‘steel giants’ at Westbury were initially planned to remain in place for 28 days, the Salisbury Journal.

Aardman is co-developing a new 3D stop motion animated television series starring Pingu.

Aardman/Mattel The animated penguin, Pingu. He has a red nose. His arm is above his head and snow-covered peaks can be seen in the background. — Aardman is co-developing a new 3D stop motion animated television series starring Pingu.

Bristol 247 reported Aardman are co-developing a new 3D stop motion animated television series starring Pingu.

The television series will be co-developed by Bristol-based Aardman’s Sarah Cox and Alan Thorpe, and Sidney Clifton, Rob David and Melanie Shannon for Mattel Television Studios.

As part of the city’s “livable neighborhoods” initiative, the plan will include new bus gates and bollards in East Bristol.

Bristol Town Hall An illustration of flower bed bollards on an old bus door. There is a pedestrian walking away on the sidewalk on the left. Residential houses are shown on the right of the image. — As part of the city’s “livable neighborhoods” initiative, the plan will include new bus gates and bollards in East Bristol.

Bristol live shared readers’ views on the new traffic measures being implemented in east Bristol.

As part of the city’s ‘liveable neighbourhood’ initiative, the scheme will introduce new bus gates, bollards and one-way systems covering Barton Hill, Redfield and St George.

The gradual implementation will begin on Monday.