Tourism push and public-safety reports overlap in Weston-super-Mare’s news week

Dan Aldridge MP wrote in the Weston Mercury that Weston-super-Mare can become a major tourist destination again [2]. BBC News reported that a six-storey cardboard model of Birnbeck Pier will stand alongside the real structure [8][9]. The North Somerset Times, Weston Mercury and Somerset County Gazette reported that Paul James Taylor has spoken about the need to act in a crisis after he claims he was assaulted in Weston-super-Mare [1][3][4]. The Weston Mercury reported that concern was growing for a missing woman named Hollie, who has links to Weston-super-Mare [5]. The North Somerset Times and Weston Mercury reported that a family is seeking answers after a loved one died from an asbestos-related disease [6][7]. The Weston Mercury also carried death notices and funeral announcements from families of loved ones who had passed away [10].