by Holdtheforntpage staff
The paid-for Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News - produced by Newsquest (Somerset) - has been given a complete makeover.
The new-look publication is now out every Thursday - a day earlier than previously.
Readers saw their first of the new editions last week, with a newspaper which set the standard for the Weekly News in future by offering:
48 pages - an increase of 16 pages;bright and colourful designmore news, more sport, more leisure.extended property and motoring pages.
Editor-in-chief Ken Bird said: "Everyone involved in the title can be truly proud of its transformation. It's been a real team effort, headed by district editor, Paul Tucker, and news editor, Sean Smith."
The Weekly News, a sister paper to the Bridgwater Mercury, was launched as a free sheet and became a paid-for in the late 1980s, when it was bought by its current owners.
It has a circulation of 3,200, a figure reached after seeing some of the fastest circulation growth in the country for a weekly newspaper.
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