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BBC News
24-06-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Burst water main closes Keynsham Bypass and cuts supply to homes
A major road has been closed and homes left without water after a huge water main burst. The westbound carriageway of the A4 Keynsham Bypass, near Bristol, has been closed after a section of the road was completely flooded. It is not known how many homes have been affected, but Bristol Water has confirmed a crew is on the site of the incident and is making efforts to redirect water from other areas into Keynsham and Saltford. The closure has caused significant disruption to morning traffic heading into Bristol, with long queues from the Broadmead roundabout in Keynsham trailing back to Saltford.
BBC News
13-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Antique bread oven leaves Somerset restorer 'speechless'
A specialist antique oven restorer, commissioned to overhaul an abandoned Victorian bread oven for a TV show, said it was "fantastic" to get it baking again. Olly Osborne, from Saltford, Somerset, said he had "long been fascinated" by the historical value of heritage Osborne is thought to be the only specialist antique oven restorer in the UK."I'd read about steam tube ovens, but I'd never seen one and I was basically speechless - it was a really fantastic find," he said. The oven - a 19th Century revolutionary steam tube model - was found tucked away in a derelict grocer's shop by the producers of Channel 4 series Our Yorkshire Shop: A Victorian Renovation. Mr Osborne said he had a particular interest in the the special place ovens have traditionally played in people's lives."They weren't just a random appliance built by robots in a faraway land – but something that was connected to the community. 'Ovens tell a story' "They represented the household chores and the household story happening around those fires – bathing babies, cooking dinners, having baths; it was such a hub of domestic life."They were built by hand, by people, with materials that were brought out of the ground and forged into shapes and they have a much greater story - a greater connection," he said, adding that he has worked on a variety of equipment."I do everything from canal boats and gypsy caravans, to living vans towed behind steam engines, little cottages, potting sheds, railway stations, big houses and museums."We're doing a restaurant over in Los Angeles at the end of the year - we get around," he said. The television series - set in Masham, a small town in the Yorkshire Dales - followed Mr Osborne over several months as he worked on the ancient oven. Mr Osborne, who said he had been taken aback when he first saw the heritage oven, managed to fire it up and get it baking efforts can be seen in Our Yorkshire Shop: A Victorian Restoration on Channel 4, Sundays at 20:00 BST.
