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North Town leads the Twitter revolution
A TAUNTON school has been recognised as a technological leader with one of its teachers receiving a major award. Acting deputy head teacher Mark Ruffett was named the South-West Digital Educator of the year at the South-West Digital Educators conference
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Richard Huish students get in the saddle for diabetes sufferers
THESE students from Taunton have raised almost £800 for Diabetes UK after completing a gruelling 300- mile cycle from Land’s End to their hometown. Hannah Shepherd and Hattie Parker, both 17, who attend Richard Huish, were inspired to take up the challenge
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FOOTBALL: Bishops Lydeard ladies inspired by Team GB
The Bishops Lydeard AFC ladies section has got off to a flying start after being inspired by GB ladies football team at the Olympics. The team played Staplegrove in their second pre-season game, providing a great chance for manager Julie Bowker to try
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Peter's 750-mile pedal power mission for Taunton and Bristol charities
A FORMER cancer sufferer from Ruishton cycled 750 miles in three weeks to raise money for organisations close to his heart. Peter Sherry, 59, undertook the challenge from Handaye on the Spain-France border to northern French port Roscoff with his wife
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Minehead station book store on track for £1/2million
A VOLUNTEER involved with a book store which has raised £250,000 for Minehead station says it could take just a decade to reach the £½m mark. Readers Halt started out selling donated second-hand books on a station barrow in 1998 and has exceeded
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CRICKET: Taunton Sunday league seeks more teams
THE Somerset County Sports Taunton and District Sunday Cricket League is looking to recruit more teams for next season and applications are being accepted from now. Criteria for entry are that teams are based within 30 miles of Taunton and can offer
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Taunton man presents Mo Farah with Men's 10k gold medal
A FORMER Richard Huish student had the chance to present a Team GB Olympic athlete with his gold medal in the Olympic Stadium. Adam Pengilly, from Creech St Michael, presented Mo Farah with gold on the podium after his win in the Men's 10,000m
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Exhibition by former Somerset College of Art students ends this Sunday
A GROUP of former Somerset College of Art students are holding an exhibition of their current work 50 years after leaving the college. The group, who left the college in 1967, will exhibit at Neroche Hall, just outside Taunton from today (Thursday
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CRICKET: Somerset profit as weather improves
SOMERSET were finally able to get among Nottinghamshire's batsmen this morning as the damp weather finally abated on day three of their County Championship match at the County Ground. At lunch Notts were 148-8, Graeme Swann falling to Gemaal Hussain
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RUGBY: Draw inspiration from Olympics, says Bentley
WITH just 23 days until Titans run out to face Redruth Reds at Hyde Park, promotions man Colin Bentley has called on the Taunton community to feed on the spirit of London 2012. Bentley said: “Sport has a unique ability to pull people together in a united
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Taunton Carnival organisers change route and assembly point
CHANGES have been made to the assembly point and route of this year’s Taunton Carnival . The procession, which takes place on October 20, is one of the town’s biggest public events attracting around 30,000 people, and will move its assembly point
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Comment - Olympic success is all in the mind, says Laura Gallagher
IT has already been an outstanding Olympic Games for Team GB, surpassing Beijing’s medal haul with days to spare. Writing exclusively for the County Gazette , Somerset gymnast LAURA GALLAGHER, who narrowly missed out on the squad, believes mental
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Adsborough Gypsy plan won't be "another North Curry", says relative
A RELATIVE of a Gypsy applying to put five mobile homes on his land has dismissed concerns that the site could become “another North Curry”. Land owner James Packman wants to put the homes and five touring caravans behind his bungalow in Adsborough