Work starts on flushing tonnes of silt from Weston-super-Mare s Marine Lake
The work is part of a £300,000 project to revitalise Weston-super-Mare s seafront Marine Lake
14:22, 20 APR 2021
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Work has begun to start flushing out thousands of tonnes of silt at Weston-super-Mare s Marine Lake.
The lake has been temporarily closed off, with fencing put around its walkways, in the hope high spring tides will start to naturally wash out the build up of silt.
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4:00 PM April 16, 2021
Ben Smith training for the 401 Foundation USA Challenge, which is due to take place in 2021. Picture: 401 Foundation
- Credit: 401 Foundation
Ultra-endurance athlete Ben Smith is set to take on his next monumental challenge following its postponements due to the pandemic.
In 2015-16, Portishead-based Ben self-funded a challenge which saw him run 401 marathons in 401 days, raising more than £330,000 for two anti-bullying charities, Stonewall and Kidscape.
Next year, on May 10, he will set off on his next challenge - to run and cycle 14,000 miles across 50 US States in 104 days. He will run a marathon in every state of America and cycle between each one, with an aim of raising £500,000 for charity.