The contractor that handles North Somerset Council's I-T help desk say they ARE looking at possibly answering some calls from one of their other UK sites - following rumours it was being moved to Rochdale near Manchester.

Agilisys - who recently recruited and trained around 80 new call centre staff in Weston - say it's to deliver increased value for the council ... but insist this is only a small part of the service and they'll continue to have a local I-T team.

The Council hasn't responded when asked to comment.