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Sisters on the right track
ILMINSTER sisters Robin (right) and Sylvie Webber are both taking the road to success. Robin, 15, recently came second in the Mendip Raceway mini racing event and enjoyed a lap of honour to the song her sister 13-year-old Sylvie had written for her, Thunder
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Plight of Niger to the forefront
CHARD-based charity ActionAid is hoping to bring awareness to the plight of Niger. The country was ravaged by a plague of locusts which destroyed last year's crops, and now it has fallen victim to drought. Three million of a total of 12 million people
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Girl dies after being buried in sand
A three-year-old girl has died after being buried alive in a collapsed sandpit on a Hayle beach on Sunday afternoon. The toddler became trapped with her elder brother after a 5ft deep hole they had dug at Upton Towans beach, near the Beachside Holiday
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Summer activities encourage career ideas
YOUNGSTERS from around Somerset have been offered the chance to experience something they might not have previously considered for a career at a summer holiday activities scheme. Around 200 young people are getting the chance to try their hand at canoeing
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Iron men show their soft side in triathlon
Excitement is building among members of Taunton Vale Rotary Club as the build up to the first ever Ironman UK Triathlon competition enters its final stages. The Rotary Club is responsible for organising, with 28 other clubs from around the country, the
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Yeovil earn a draw
YEOVIL Town drew 1-1 on Saturday against Blackpool in the Coca-Cola League One at Huish Park. Defender Kevin Amankwaah scored for Yeovil to earn the point. For full match report see this week's Yeovil Express - out on Wednesday.
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House burglary in Yeovil
A GUCCI cigarette case embroidered with the initials GG was among the items stolen in a burglary in West Henford, Yeovil. The burglary happened between 1am and 8am on Sunday and the offenders gained entry through an insecure patio door. Other items stolen