North Somerset Magistrates Courts A MIDDLE-aged woman used a false name in two shops in Weston-super-Mare to dishonestly claim she was entitled to buy clothes on the internet. Julie Hammond, 56, of Ravensworth Terrace, Burnham-on-Sea, was found guilty of two counts of fraud following a trial at North Somerset Magistrates Court. She was handed a community order with 120 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay a £85 victim surcharge and £775 costs. THOMAS Rowan, 69, of Briar Close, Burnham-on-Sea, pleaded guilty to speeding at 75mph in a 60mph zone on the M4. He was fined £40, ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 costs and given three penalty points on his licence.
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RESIDENTS in a picturesque Dales hamlet have come together to help reduce the area s carbon footprint and increase biodiversity. Whashton parish, three miles north west of Richmond, in Holmedale, the northernmost of the Yorkshire Dales, has featured in the original television series of All Creatures Great and Small, and attracts numerous visitors all year round, to walk the many and varied paths through the surrounding countryside. However, with climate change increasingly the focus of regional, national and international concern, the parish has started its own small-scale eco-scheme. The Whashton Parish Net Zero Carbon Footprint Project has has two major components. Firstly, a survey has been undertaken to determine the current sources of energy used across the parish. Unsurprisingly, with the parish not being connected to the gas network, the majority of residences use oil as the main source of energy.