Bath MP Don Foster continues to be in regular contact with Post Office Ltd over the situation in Weston.

Don reports that:

• There are two applications on the table. There is a deadline of this Friday to complete applications and submit them. If this deadline is met, interviews will take place shortly after.

• Neither application relies on taking over the current site, which would mean a consultation period for the preferred venue. This means late April before any re-opening.

• There is very real hope of opening the previous branch on a temporary basis. Hopefully more on this in the near future.