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Town skipper ruled out this week
MARCUS Vaughan, skipper of Bridgwater Town, will miss this week's two league matches because of a suspension carried over from last season. The powerful centre-back might have been ruled out anyway because he injured a knee during Saturday's opening home
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Try hero Meyer is raring to go
BRIDGWATER & Albion's try-scoring star Niel Meyer has returned from a five-week break in his native Transvaal confident that the club will do well in the National League. The powerful, 23-year-old back, who shattered the club record with 43 tries
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Anger over VJ-Day snub
WAR veterans who fought in the Far East feel "snubbed" as Bridgwater shamefully bucked the national trend by not hosting an official commemoration for the 60th anniversary of VJ-Day - not even the town's main church was available for a service. Services
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Petherton man charged after QPR incident
POLICE have confirmed that a man who appeared in a London court yesterday (Monday) charged in connection with an attack on Queens Park Rangers' chairman Gianni Paladini is from North Petherton. Andrew Baker, 39, of Bridgwater Road, appeared at West London
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Anger over VJ-Day snub
WAR veterans who fought in the Far East feel "snubbed" as Bridgwater shamefully bucked the national trend by not hosting an official commemoration for the 60th anniversary of VJ-Day - not even the town's main church was available for a service. Services
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Calling time on crime
BURNHAM has been enjoying a relatively crime-free summer - thanks to pubs in the area. For the full story pick up the Burnham Mercury.
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Food tasting in Hemyock
A FREE tasting session is being held in Hemyock to give local people the opportunity to find out more about the range of goods being produced all around them. The tasting is being held at Hemyock Primary School on Wednesday, October 5, and will include
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Christmas plans in full swing
ALTHOUGH it is still summer businesses in Wellington are being encouraged to sort out their Christmas decorations. The town's chamber of commerce is asking shops in the High Street to buy Christmas Trees to put above their businesses in a bid to make
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Volunteer drivers are now urgently wanted
VOLUNTEERS are desperately needed for an important service to elderly people in the Ilminster area. Ilminster and District Community Transport relies solely on volunteer drivers to take senior citizens to day centres, hospitals and medical centres. In
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Brian in all-out bid to land new ground for Chard FC
CHARD Town Football Club stalwart Britan Beer is stepping down as chairman to concentrate on the battle to find the club a new home. This week he told the News the neew 999-year leasees for each of the football, tennis and cricket clubs were nearly all
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Fun day pulls in crowds
SUNDAY was fun day at Porlock Weir, as visitors poured into the West Somerset beauty spot. Organisers say the event was designed to put the village back on the map, and it worked. See Thursday's County Gazette for story and pictures.
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Late flood of new applications
CHRISTMAS is looking brighter for everyone in Sedgemoor as 61% of licensed premises including pubs got their applications in on time - but 230 premises still missed the deadline. Mercury reported three weeks ago how Sedgemoor District Council licensing
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Results Day looms, but support is available
STUDENTS worried about what to do after they receive their exam results will be able to turn for help to teams of experts at centres throughout the county. GCSE results are due out on August 25. Many students will get better grades than they expected
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Landlords in Taunton meet licensing target
PUBS all over the UK are facing the nightmare scenario of having to reapply for their licences after allowing a deadline for a rule change to slip by adhered to - but that is not the case here in Taunton. While landlords up and down the country are having