''The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury'' is a weekly paid for newspaper that covers

Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmix ...

and the surrounding areas of

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and

North Somerset North Somerset is a unitary district in Somerset, South West England. Whilst its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the ...

in England. The ''Weston Mercury'' was established 1 April 1843 and was family-owned for much of its history. ''The Somerset Mercury'' is a regional edition of ''The Weston & Somerset Mercury'' which covers the

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and

Axbridge Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. History ''Axanbrycg'' is suggested as the sou ...

area of Somerset. It is now owned by publishing company

Archant Archant Limited is a newspaper and magazine publishing company headquartered in Norwich, England. The group publishes four daily newspapers, around 50 weekly newspapers, and 80 consumer and contract magazines. Archant employs around 1,250 empl ...

. It has won the Newspaper Society's Community Newspaper of the year award numerous times, most recently in 2007 and 2008. Its office is in the heart of Weston town centre. Also based in the Weston office is the Mercury's sister paper, the ''North Somerset Times'', and the ''Midweek Mercury'', a free weekly newspaper which incorporates the former free advert paper ''Admag''.

References

External links

Official website
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