I'm starting with @SomersetLive this week as the Local Democracy Reporter for Bath & North East Somerset and North Somerset. Local and want to get in touch with a story? Feel to contact me by DM or email john.wimperis@reachplc.com #LDReporter

RT @TristanCorkPost: BREAKING: The Portishead Rail Line, which we've been reporting is going to or should reopen for 25 years, IS going to…

Here's a breaking #LDReporter story, the Portishead line is back on track. The government has decided it will give the green light to the reopening of the railway between #Bristol, Pill, and #Portishead The first trains could be running in 2027

The coroner concluded the death was an accident — but this does not mean nobody was held responsible A year ago, I reported on Grand Pier Ltd pleading guilty to health and safety failures You can read that story (from January 2024) here:

I'm now also tweeting my stories on #Bluesky You can follow me there at #LDReporter

@omaha_111 @SomersetLive Hi Oli, I am: I created the account a while back but didn't get round to doing anything with it, so thanks for the nudge

An independent has taken a council seat off the Lib Dems in B&NES — by just four votes. Meanwhile one candidate was in Australia and another almost lost a bet and had to shave off his beard. Here's the full #LDReporter story on the Saltford byelection:

But parents say they want to keep Newton House, which they trust to look after their loved ones. I have been covering this since #Keynsham dad Richard Franklin shared the news in December. Over 2.4k have now signed his petition to save Newton House:

Plans for a US health tech company's European headquarters in North Somerset have been approved It will create 2K skilled jobs and £140m GVA — but will be built on the narrowest part of the Bristol green belt Read the full #LDReporter story here:

RT @SomersetLive: 'It ain't me. [...] I've been trolled.'

@HarryTheSpiv Thanks Harry!

Here's the link again to my piece on what the full story is now: