Somerset's week in threes: asylum hotels, spooky sites and pharmacy privacy
Three new Somerset stories all turn on the number three: asylum hotel occupancy, eerie sites in a national guide, and pharmacies without private rooms.
Home Office figures reported by Somerset County Gazette and Bridgwater Mercury show the number of asylum seekers in Somerset hotels has fallen from 220 to three [1][2]. Weston Mercury and Somerset County Gazette reported a new guide naming three Somerset sites among Britain's spookiest places, citing their 'unsettling histories' [3][4]. Healthwatch Somerset, meanwhile, found one in three pharmacies in the county have no private consultation rooms, with many patients feeling 'embarrassing or uncomfortable' speaking to pharmacists in public [5][6]. Read together, the reports show a recurring 'three' across asylum accommodation, tourism and local health services.
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- Somerset County Gazette: Number of asylum seekers in Somerset hotels falls from 220 to just three
- Bridgwater Mercury: Number of asylum seekers in Somerset hotels falls from 220 to just three
- Weston Mercury: Three Somerset sites named among Britain's spookiest places in new guide
- Somerset County Gazette: Three Somerset sites named among Britain's spookiest places in new guide
- Somerset County Gazette: One in three Somerset pharmacies have no private consultation rooms
- Bridgwater Mercury: One in three Somerset pharmacies have no private consultation rooms
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