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Crime camera action
Wellington's final CCTV camera is due to be installed at the end of this month. The camera globe on the corner of South Street has been empty for more than a year since the rest of the town's CCTV system went live. Now council chiefs have pledged to have
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Treatment gap for drug addicts
THE Government's failure to grasp the gravity of Chard's drug problem and lack of help for addicts is about to be challenged by South Somerset MP David Laws. He is furious that Caroline Flint MP, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Home Affairs
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Steffan sorry to go
THE popular figure of Steffan Jones will be missing from the Somerset line up when the new cricket season gets under way, because he will be playing for Northamptonshire The 29 year old joined the Cidermen after impressing with his performances for Cambridge
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Cash windfall for activity group
A community project promoting physical activities in rural Exmoor has just been handed £120,000 of National Lottery funds. Active Exmoor has been given the money to spend over the next three years. The money will be used to promote physical activity and
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Don't miss Bridgwater's number one newspaper this week
In this week's paper find out all the latest news for YOUR community, such as.... * Discover how a £40million project could change the face of Bridgwater forever. * Learn which key Bridgwater town centre figure has resigned. * Read the latest on plans
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Soap star to appear in Yeovil
FORMER Emmderdale star Peter Amory will be starring at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil next month. Amory, best known for his role as the dastardly Chris Tate in the long-running soap drama, will be appearing in a gripping psychological thriller by Robert
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Trescothick heads up the aisle
Somerset and England cricketer Marcus Trescothick has tied the knot with his long term girlfriend. The 28-year-old batsman married Hayley Rowse in a ceremony at All Saints Church in Trull on Saturday. England captain Michael Vaughan, bowler Matthew Hoggard
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Plaque for crashed bomber
A PLAQUE was unveiled at a Burnham school on Friday to mark an event that happened more than 60-years-ago. Pupils, councillors and dignitaries gathered at St Andrew's School to unveil a plaque to commemorate the crash landing of a WW2 B-17 bomber at the
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Splendid comeback
CENTRE back Dale Peckham made a splendid comeback for Taunton Town in a goal-less draw against Western Division leaders Redditch Utd in the Dr Martens League on Saturday. Peckham was playing his first full competitive game for Taunton since breaking his
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Spud sales up for holiday
ILMINSTER potato supplier Branston had its busiest ever Christmas period, the company reported last week, with 20 lorry loads leaving the Seavington St Michael site on its busiest day. The firm, which has branches in Lincoln and Tayside, as well as Ilminster
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Another defeat for the Glovers
YEOVIL Town slumped to another defeat on Saturday when they went down 2-1 at home to Leyton Orient in the Nationwide League Division Three. The Glovers went into the half-time interval 2-0 down and although Yeovil substitute Nick Crittenden got a goal
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Recording studio for Bridgwater's young people
BUDDING Will, Gareth and Britneys could bring their dream of pop stardom a step nearer thanks to new schemes running in Bridgwater. Following the opening of the recording studio at the Rollercoaster on Parkway, the youth service in Sedgemoor has set up
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Culm Valley bus project gets Government funding
CULM Valley Connect Project has received £845,587 from the Government to increase the frequency of existing services. The money was rewarded after the 2003 Rural Bus Challenge, which saw 42 rural bus projects receive money for extending their services
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Man assaulted during 'stroll'
A PENSIONER is critically ill in a Plymouth hospital this morning after being assaulted during an evening's walk through Fowey. The un-named 65-year-old, who was with his wife and friends, was allegedly attacked on the Esplanade after he spoke to a group
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Cricketer ties the knot
Somerset and England batsman Marcus Trescothick has tied the knot with his long term girlfriend. The 28-year-old married Hayley Rowse in a ceremony at All Saints Church in Trull on Saturday. England captain Michael Vaughan, bowler Matthew Hoggard and
