'Burst water main' and 'stolen statues'

Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media.

Tributes have been pouring in for the founder of Edible Bristol who died recently, Bristol 247 reports.

Sarah Venn has been described as a "gardening rock star".

Also in Bristol, a postman has retired after more than 45 years of delivering mail to residents on the same street, as reported by BristolLive.

Malcolm Beedle, 65, is well-known and loved along Berkeley Road in Bishopston.

GloucestershireLive has reported on the family who died in a crash on the M5 last month, who were returning from holiday, leaving an eight-year-old girl orphaned.

A GoFundMe page to support the family has reached £16,000.

And the owner of a manor house says he has been left devastated after a gang stole four valuable bronze statues, SomersetLive has reported.

The artwork was taken from the gardens of historic Iford Manor near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, on Friday.

Bristol Water has been posting about burst water mains in Keynsham and Easton-in-Gordano which are causing disruption.

A post by Swindon Borough Council about Coate Water Splash Park which is closed again due to a water leak in the chlorine machine has performed well on Facebook.

And a fundraiser has been launched to save an iconic phonebox in Nailsworth, which residents say is close to their hearts.

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