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Exeter unpopular with Conference boss
Nationwide Conference teams may face a large legal bill over Exeter City's decision to take the League to court over its proposed 12-point deduction. This is worrying Conference chief executive John Moules, who has warned the 22 clubs that they may each
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Local rugby round up
Exeter Chiefs managed a good 22-8 win over Otley in the National League First Division on Saturday. And they have now hauled themselves closer to the top six. Above them in the same division Plymouth Albion also had a favourable result beating Orrell
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Screfix Direct League round up
Dawlish Town pulled off their first home win of the season when they beat Bishop Sutton 2-1 on Saturday. Their goals came from former Torquay trainee Lee Bevan and Darren Bingham. New manager Chris Myers was absolutely delighted with the points. Bideford
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Youth teams get the chop at Plainmoor
Torquay United chairman Mike Bateson has announced that the club will be ceasing its Centre of Excellence operations next season - and will be scrapping its Youth Training Scheme as well. The government have been behind moves to scrap the YTS and they
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Good marks from the inspectors
STAFF and pupils at Ashill Community School are celebrating after chalking up another set of good marks from OFSTED. According to the results of an OFSTED inspection, carried out last December, the school has been rated as 'good' with pupils achieving
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Fresh fears on job front
Business leaders and politicians have reacted with dismay to news that two more companies in Redruth and Camborne are in trouble. Established more than 100 years ago in 1886, the Redruth-based Cornish biscuit maker Furniss Foods went into receivership
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Bees look at Yeovil duo
YEOVIL Town duo Abdelhalim El Kholti and Chris Giles are being watched by Nationwide Conference side Barnet. The London club's boss Martin Allen will watch the pair in action for the Glovers tomorrow (Wednesday) at Oxford in a Pontins Holiday Combination
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West Ham continue to monitor Weale's progress
WEST Ham United are continuing to monitor the progress of Yeovil Town's highly-rated goalkeeper Chris Weale. Reports this morning (Tuesday) claim that the Glovers and the Nationwide League Division One outfit have agreed that Weale can spend two days
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Safety camera campaign
CHARD county councillors are campaigning for a traffic camera at the Convent Link cross roads in Chard, even though transport rules say two crashes must happen before a device can be installed. Nigel Mermagen and Jill Shortland, whose two county council
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Seven clean sheets and counting
Plymouth Argyle moved five points clear at the top of the Second Division following their 2-0 away win at Stockport, and QPR's loss to Bournemouth. David Friio and Graham Coughlan were Argyle's scorers as they eased away from their London rivals, who
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£40million bid to tame Parrett
Bridgwater could be transformed by a £40million project to protect Sedgemoor from flooding and bring massive economic benefits to the town. For years the idea of putting a sluice gate in the Dunball area of the River Parrett has been talked about. The
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Explosion leads to court case
ROYAL Ordnance plc has been convicted of a health and safety offence following an incident at its Puriton-based factory. On July 3, 2002, there was an explosion at the site during a decontamination operation and the company faced the allegation of failing
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School revolution?
IT SHOULD now be just a matter of weeks before the Government reveals whether a multi-million pound bid to transform Bridgwater's schooling is successful. As reported in the Mercury, Somerset County Council has proposed that the town should be the site
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Town centre manager resigns
BRIDGWATER traders have been left stunned by the bombshell news that town centre manager, Wendy White, is to leave the position. Wendy, who has been in the post for two and a half years, announced on Friday that she will finish in the role in March. She
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Polar Britons within miles of new record
Two adventurers South West England are 40 miles from setting Polar trekking records. Businessman Simon Murray, 63, who lives near Bath, and 43-year-old Pen Hadow, from Hexworthy, Dartmoor, expect to reach the Geographic South pole early on Thursday morning
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Young parliamentarians elected
Young people in Devon have elected three new representatives to the UK Youth Parliament with three deputies. Devon was split into three separate areas with candidates shortlisted for each area. More than 15,000 votes were cast by young people across the
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Kidney swap 'brought us closer'
A Devon man who received a kidney from his son has said the operation has brought them even closer together. Former train driver Keith Forbes, 47, received the replacement organ from 20-year- old son Richard in a two-hour operation on January 12. Speaking
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Youth teams get the chop
Torquay United chairman Mike Bateson has announced that the club will be ceasing its Centre of Excellence operations next season - and will be scrapping its Youth Training Scheme as well. The government have been behind moves to scrap the YTS and they
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After Macclesfield its Dawlish
Torquay celebrated another win on Saturday when they destroyed struggling side Macclesfield 4-1 at Plainmoor. Kevin Hill opened the scoring on eight minutes with a stunning overhead kick following an Alex Russell corner. And before half time both David
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City gain another three points
Exeter City gained a well-deserved three points away at Dagenham and Redbridge on Saturday. City, who must fancy themselves now for a play-off place come the end of the Nationwide Conference campaign, took the inititive with Sean Canham putting away their
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Conference boss worried about cost of case
Nationwide Conference teams may face a large legal bill over Exeter City's decision to take the League to court over its proposed 12-point deduction. This is worrying Conference chief executive John Moules, who has warned the 22 clubs that they may each
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Broadband boost
RESIDENTS in the Bishops Lydeard telephone exchange area are the latest in Taunton Deane set for high speed internet access. The Faster Internet campaign collected the necessary 500 signatures of interest - the highest trigger level in the district -
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Artificial leg girl tap dances to top award
A SIX-YEAR-OLD has astounded family, friends and teachers after achieving a tap dancing award even though she has an artificial leg. Harriet Dickinson, of Brent Knoll, decided to take up tap dancing two years ago and has now passed the International Dance
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Bell makes Caribbean trip
A 19th century English church bell is to start a 3,000 mile sea voyage from Plymouth to a Caribbean island. The Royal Navy warship HMS Monmouth is to transport the bell from its base to the island of Trinidad. From there the bell will be taken to Plymouth
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Brigade on the move
SOMERSET Fire Brigade's workshops are all set for their move to Wellington. The base is currently alongside brigade HQ at Hestercombe House, north of Taunton. But the county council's care and safety boss, Cllr Hazel Prior-Sankey told fellow councillors
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Town thoroughbreds romp it against 'nags'
AFTER witnessing this easy home victory on Saturday, you can only wonder how Town had lost 2-0 to Odd Down in the away league fixture. They were able to overcome the hurdle of a missed penalty, plus the absence of their main strike force and still canter
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Albion in six try super show
BRIDGWATER outscored their opponents six tries to nil in this relegation battle on Saturday to notch up their first away league victory of the season, with final score Truro 9, Bridgwater and Albion 38. It was their fourth win in a row and the confidence
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Rebels go for friendly Fry
PAUL FRY, who skippered Swindon speedway team last year, has been named as captain of the Somerset Rebels for 2004. The vastly-experienced 39-year-old was Swindon's only ever-present last season, under Rebels' new co-promoter Pete Toogood and it had been
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Torquay, Argyle and City round up
Torquay celebrated another win on Saturday when they destroyed struggling side Macclesfield 4-1 at Plainmoor. Kevin Hill opened the scoring on eight minutes with a stunning overhead kick following an Alex Russell corner. And before half time both David
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Elam set to be sidelined by injury
REPORTS this morning (Tuesday) suggest that Lee Elam is set to miss Yeovil Town's Nationwide League match with Macclesfield at Huish Park on Saturday due to injury. Winger Elam went off injured in the 2-1 defeat at home to Leyton Orient last Saturday
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Hall cash boost
WEST Quantoxhead Village Hall has been awarded a special grant that will be used to install new double glazed windows in the building. The handout of £1,262 has been given to the hall by Taunton-based Wyvern Environmental Trust. Secretary of the village
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£40 million bid to tame Parrett
BRIDGWATER could be transformed by a £40 million project, which would protect Sedgemoor from flooding and bring massive economic benefits to the town. For years the idea of putting a sluice gate in the Dunball area of the River Parrett has been built
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Councillors concerns over budget
DEVON County Councillors have expressed concerns over next year's environment and economy budget. Members of the council's Environment and Economy Overview/Scrutiny Committee, which met last week (January 21) said road repairs were among the top priorities
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Stag night reveller assaulted women
A bridegroom-to-be molested a mother and daughter on his stag night in Exeter, a court heard. Jeremy Cavill squeezed their breasts during his pre-nuptial celebrations in a pub. The 34-year-old was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court to 140 hours community
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Conference boss shares Bateson's Exeter case concerns
Nationwide Conference teams may face a large legal bill over Exeter City's decision to take the League to court over its proposed 12-point deduction. This is worrying Conference chief executive John Moules, who has warned the 22 clubs that they may each
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Dawlish get their first Screwfix points
Dawlish Town pulled off their first home win of the season when they beat Bishop Sutton 2-1 on Saturday. Their goals came from former Torquay trainee Lee Bevan and Darren Bingham. New manager Chris Myers was absolutely delighted with the points. Bideford
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MP opposes tuition fee proposal
YEOVIL MP David Laws is to vote against the controversial Higher Education Bill later today (Tuesday). The Bill will allow universities to charge tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year per student and is likely to deter many students from poorer backgrounds
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Man jailed for racial attack
A HOMELESS man who fired a foul-mouthed torrent of racial abuse at a security guard in Taunton town centre has been jailed. Justin James Samuel David Moore, 21, of no fixed address was sentenced to 120 days in prison by Taunton Deane magistrates after
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PC attacked female officer after drink-driving
A Gloucestershire police officer has pleaded guilty to attacking a female colleague outside a police station after being caught drink-driving. Pc Mike Jones, 43, admitted assaulting Pc Lucy Powell at Stroud police station in Gloucestershire on November
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Fraudster loses £2 million compensation appeal
Timeshare fraudster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer, of Bath, has faield in his appeal court bid to halve the £2 million compensation he was ordered to pay his victims. The Court of Appeal in London rejected his argument that the figure was excessive because
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Scout chief's 400 child porn pictures
A scout leader from Plymouth who had hundreds of pornographic pictures of teenage boys on his home computer has appeared in court. Norman Kelway, Assistant County Commissioner (International) of the Devon Scout Association had more than 400 images of
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Appledore shipyard set to reopen
A north Devon shipyard which closed down with the loss of 500 jobs is set to be taken over. Appledore Shipyard went into receivership over four months ago. Devonport Management Ltd, which runs the dockyard in Plymouth, has announced it has recommended
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Screwfix Direct League round up
Dawlish Town pulled off their first home win of the season when they beat Bishop Sutton 2-1 on Saturday. Their goals came from former Torquay trainee Lee Bevan and Darren Bingham. New manager Chris Myers was absolutely delighted with the points. Bideford
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Calling all superstars
The hunt is on again to find Torbay's sporting superstars. Nomination forms are now available for the 2003 Torbay Sports Personality of the Year awards organised by Torbay Council. Sports Development Officer Vicky Tindall said: 'These annual awards aim
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Kingsbridge bottleneck to be removed
Work to remove the bottleneck on the main road into Kingsbridge by making it wider begins next week (Monday February 2). There are often minor hold ups on the road and major traffic jams at busy times, particularly during the tourist season. These are
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Appledore shipyard set to reopen
A north Devon shipyard which closed down with the loss of 500 jobs is set to be taken over. Appledore Shipyard went into receivership over four months ago. Devonport Management Ltd, which runs the dockyard in Plymouth, has announced it has recommended
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Young parliamentarians elected
Young people in Devon have elected three new representatives to the UK Youth Parliament with three deputies. Devon was split into three separate areas with candidates shortlisted for each area. More than 15,000 votes were cast by young people across the
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Chasing the Sun
TAUNTON Town midfielder Derek Fields has played his last game for the Dr Martens league club. Fields leaves for Tenerife tomorrow (Wednesday) before going on to Australia. Fields joined Taunton four seasons ago but was out of action for nearly a year
