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Car seat safety advice for Somerset motorists
PARENTS can get free advice on the selection and fitting of child car seats. Somerset Road Safety will hold events at ASDA Taunton on September 5 and Tesco Minehead on September 6. See www.somersetroadsafety.org for more.
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Countdown to It's Childsplay comes to Taunton
AN annual charity walk washed out earlier this summer is taking place next Sunday, September 2. It’s Childsplay sees walkers decide on their own start point and converge on Taunton’s Vivary Park for a Teddy Bear’s Picnic from noon to 5pm. People can
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Summer success for Somerset Rural Music School
THE Somerset Rural Music School held its summer concert at Heathfield Community School in Taunton, providing a fitting climax to a successful year which has seen a significant increase in the number of pupils attending the school. Congratulations to
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Private rental safeguards ahead of Hinkley work
MEASURES are set to be taken to ensure that workers building the new Hinkley Point nuclear power station don’t snap up rented accommodation at the expense of vulnerable local people. The move comes amid fears that around 3,700 people will look
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'Shame on shabby Taunton'... but it's services before weeding for council leader
TAUNTON seems stuck with its ‘weedy’ image after councillors’ efforts to grasp the nettle withered. Cllr Jefferson Horsley, leader of Taunton Deane Council’s LibDem opposition, said a mixed message was going out with beautiful floral displays ruined
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Small craft displays at Taunton Library
THE Tourist Information Centre in Taunton Library is currently hosting small craft displays. Items on display include cat doorstops created by Jacqui Oliver, as well as jewellery by Beads by Design, Janice Jewels and JG Bespoke Jewellery. The
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Cash to boost jobs at Somerset firms
SMALL and medium-sized Somerset firms could be in for a windfall as part of a jobs boosting scheme. The Somerset Employment and Skills Board has won £180,000 in Government cash to support at least 100 job seekers.
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Calling Somerset's budding photographers...
SOMERSET is launching its 2012 photo competition with acclaimed landscape photographer Guy Edwardes as a guest judge. Photographers across Somerset can enter up to three digital images of wildlife and landscapes in the county by December 1. For
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West Somerset man bids farewell to classic collection
ONE man’s incredible classic car collection is going under the hammer as he looks forward to a second retirement. Stephen Johns, 78, has been collecting for more than 50 years and opened the Exmoor Classic Car Museum, now in Porlock, to display
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Hyde Park to host Veterans Aid Charity match
THE annual Veterans Aid Charity rugby match between Taunton Select and a RLC representative team kicks-off at Hyde Park at 7.30pm on Wednesday, August 29. Captain Rich, of the Royal Logistics Corp, is bringing Army Champions (RLC) and members of the