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Collision near Stoney Head Caravan Park at Wrantage
FIREFIGHTERS attended a collision between two vehicles at Wrantage on Wednesday evening (August 22). The incident happened outside the Stoney Head Caravan Park shortly after 8.15pm and involved two vehicles, one of which had left the scene by the
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Beambridge Inn drinkers dig deep for hospice
MORE than £300 has been raised for St Margaret's Hospice by drinkers at the Beambridge Inn, Sampford Arundel.
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Shoulder to Shoulder Poster 2012 - download it here
There's a FREE poster in this Thursday's County Gazette. We have teamed up with Royal Marines charity Go Commando to bring you an A4 size poster that you can display to show your support for 40 Commando as the troops prepare to deploy to Afghanistan
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Wiveliscombe Flower Show results
SECTION Colin Pearse Memorial Cup - Mrs Brenda HortonCommittee Member Contribution for 2011/12 The Society Perpetual Silver Challenge Cup - Miss Roxanne Gadd Best Exhibit in the Whole Show SECTION A Amateur Mrs F E Hancock Perpetual
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Smartphone app launched to boost business in Minehead
A BOOST for businesses in Minehead has been launched in the form of a web application for smart devices. The Minehead Town Guide App has been developed by West Somerset Council and can be downloaded from the Apple App Store of Google Play websites
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Motorcycling: Hodges celebrates national road race display
TAUNTON motorcycle racer Jimmy Hodges is celebrating a second place in the national road race championship after competing in the Aberdare Park road race held on closed public roads in Wales. The previous day Hodges, (22), travelled to Wigan to compete
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Students collecting GCSE results today
3:47pm STAFF and students at Court Fields Community School were delighted in another year where GCSE results broke school records, with 78% achieving at least 5 A*-C grades. Unlike the national figure, Court Fields
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Somerset Art Weeks to begin next month
SOMERSET Art Weeks Open Studios 2012 kicks off next month with a host of visual arts. Among the highlights at this year's event are beautiful garden ceramics, wood sculpture and bowls from sustainable sources, a silent auction for a Goldsmith's
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Music and beer at Wiveliscombe to mark Jim Laker Fund milestone
A MUSIC and beer festival to mark the 15th anniversary of the Jim Laker Fund is taking place Saturday (August 25). Party-goers will flock to Kingsmead Community School, Wiveliscombe, from 4pm. The fund was set up in memory of the Jim, former Exmoor
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Athletics: Izzy is inspired by the Olympics
TAUNTON athlete Izzy Jeffs insists London 2012 has re-energised her desire for success after emerging disheartened from her first-place finish at the McCain Jumps & Throws Fest in Birmingham. The 20-year-old’s winning javelin throw of 52.96m was nearly
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Bienvenue to Blackdown Children's Day Nursery!
WITH London hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games, children at a Wellington nursery have been learning to welcome visitors in many different languages. Blackdown Children's Day Nursery has erected a special welcome sign on its front gate to
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Overton on duty for England Under-19s
SOMERSET player Craig Overton played for England Under-19s in their semi-final win over Bangladesh in the fifth place play-off in the World Cup in Townsville, Australia. England are next in action on Friday when they meet the winners of the other fifth
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Taunton Titans lose out in friendly
A SECOND outing for the new look Taunton Titans at Hyde Park against a visiting University of Wales Institute Cardiff was always going to be a close affair between two relatively evenly matched teams. And so it proved with the visitors eventually holding
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Ingram hits last-gasp leveller for Taunton Town
NEW skipper Simon Ingram led by example on Tuesday night as Taunton Town picked-up their first point of the season against Poole Town in the Evo-Stik Southern South West 1, writes James Wright. With just three minutes remaining the captain curled home
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Gethin Jones to lead all-star football team at North Curry
TELEVISION presenter Gethin Jones is returning with his celebrity all-star football team on Sunday (August 26) to take on a team from North Curry. The afternoon's entertainment starts at 2pm at White Street Sports Ground in North Curry and includes
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Lydeard gain important win
ANDREW Raymond Clark and Nick Taylor steered Lydeard home to an important six-wicket victory at Ilton on Saturday in the Somerset Division of the WEPL. Ilton won the toss and elected to bat and were bowled out in the 49th over for 171 with only Nat Price
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Drink coffee, eat cake and do your bit for Macmillan Cancer Support
A CANCER charity is appealing for 200 people in Taunton, Wellington and West Somerset to raise over £35,000... by drinking coffee and eating cake. Macmillan Cancer Support wants people of all ages to embrace the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on
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All-round display sees Grove home to victory
A GOOD all-round performance by Staplegrove saw them beat promotion rivals Wembdon by a comfortable 66 runs on Saturday in the Somerset Division of the WEPL. Staplegrove opened and amassed 206-9 from their 50 overs with Dan Sizer top scoring with 61,
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Darts: Open mixed pairs at Riley's
THE Taunton Friday Night Darts League is holding an open mixed pairs competition on August 24 and an open singles competition on August 31, both at Riley’s. Registration is at 8pm and the entry fee is £5.
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Is your bike at Taunton Police Station?
TAUNTON police hope to reunite theft victims with their stolen bikes via a viewing session at Taunton Police Station from 11am to 1pm on Saturday (August 25). Anyone who has been a victim during the past ten months to a year is welcome to attend
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Sherring's great spell not enough for Minehead
AN excellent spell of bowling from Darren Sherring was not enough to prevent Minehead from falling to a 54-run defeat against Bishopston in the Bristol and Somerset Division of the WEPL. Sherring claimed 6-48 from 7.3 overs as Bishopston were bowled