Tesco stores in Keynsham, Brislington and Staple Hill are among 10 in the country to begin trial collection of single-use plastic wrappers for recycling.
Tributes are paid to Keynsham-based comic Ian Cognito who died during a performance in Bicester last week.
Planners have once more rejected proposals to build homes on the former site of the Staple Hill Royal British Legion.
