内容摘要：. But they would get a say in how to manage housing growth in their region, helping identify areas for building and making decisions on affordable housing.

. But they would get a say in how to manage housing growth in their region, helping identify areas for building and making decisions on affordable housing.

Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media.Two large animatronic dinosaurs from a Bristol company have been stolen from a car park in Essex,

Raptors World had named the costumes Rexy and Yoshi and said it has been hit "incredibly hard" by the theft.Parts of the railings at the world famous Royal Crescent in Bath have been removed in preparation for an upcoming Robbie Williams concert,Burnham-on-sea.com reported on local darts star Gary Anderson

for the second year in a row over the weekendAnd the Swindon Advertiser

in Wroughton, which saw hundreds of plastic ducks "race" down the River Ray.

Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy posted a picture on Facebook to mark 20 years since she was first elected as MP,The sale of industrial land in Wolverhampton to make way for hundreds of new homes has been approved by councillors.

Of the 524 homes that are planned for the Canalside South site in Heath Town, more than a fifth will be classed as affordable and in shared ownership.The development is proposed to be built on top of a planned Metro extension from Wolverhampton to New Cross Hospital.

But City of Wolverhampton Council cabinet members were informed that feasibility work to develop a rapid transit link from Wolverhampton Interchange to the hospital was ongoing.Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) told BBC News ahead of the meeting that the transport link was still being looked at.