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60-love for Wellington couple
THE grass is certainly still green for diamond couple Eve and Doug Sweet. The couple, of Oakfield Park, Wellington, are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary after meeting while playing tennis all those years ago. Family and close friends
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Priorswood Christmas Market
PRIORSWOOD Christmas Market is taking place from 4pm to 6pm on Tuesday, December 4, at at the community centre, Taunton. The wrong date was published last week after incorrect information was received.
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SURE latest donations
MORE than £1,400 was raised for the Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment appeal last week. The cash will be used by the County Gazette-backed SURE to equip the Beacon Centre cancer unit at Musgrove Park Hospital, in Taunton. Donations included
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RUGBY: Wellington Under-14s remain unbeaten
WELLINGTON Under-14s stretched their unbeaten run to six this season with this a well-fought 45-10 victory at Cullompton. The scoreline suggests a romp but this was by no means the case, with a strong Cully pack putting Welly under a lot of early pressure
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Manor Care Home goes pink for charity
STAFF and residents at the Manor Care Home celebrated in pink to support a breast cancer charity. They dressed up as they liked – so long as they wore pink. The fun featured a pink lunch, including gammon, pink courgettes, pink roast potatoes
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Met Office issues fog warning for Somerset
FOG is expected to create some hazardous driving conditions on Somerset's roads tonight (October 22). The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the county, urging motorists to take extra care with low visibility on many roads.
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Cyclist hits out at Minehead roads
A CYCLIST and motorist from Minehead says chippings used as an economical method of road surfacing are endangering road users. Ray Webster says debris from loose road surfaces is not swept from intersections at junctions, roundabouts and traffic islands
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RUGBY: Wellington 2nds give league pacesetters a run for their money
Wellington seconds put in their best display of the season so far but came up short against the league’s early pacesetters, losing 27-3 to St Bernadettes Old Boys in Tribute Somerset 1. The Wellington back row of Henry Roffe-Sylvester, Simon Bellamy
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In pictures: Taunton Carnival 2012
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets to see what this year's Taunton Carnival had to offer. Our photographer Jeff Searle was on the ground Saturday night (October 20) snapping the crowds and carnival clubs. Click here to view the photo gallery
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FILM: Madagascar 3 released
AFTER a lacklustre second instalment, which saw Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the hypochondriac giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus crash-land in Africa, Madagascar 3 rediscovers some of its animal magic. A circus of performing critters
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FOOTBALL: Staplegrove Ladies extend unbeaten record
STAPLEGROVE Ladies have now gone 13 games without defeat following their 3-0 success at Ilminster Reserves. The home side set themselves up not to be beaten with a 5-4-1 formation and worked hard to keep the Grove out. And Ilminster succeeded
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FOOTBALL: Taunton Town left frustrated in defeat
TAUNTON left the Cotswolds empty-handed after enduring a frustrating Saturday afternoon at the Corinium Stadium where they lost 2-1 to Cirencester Town, writes Andy Power. Frustration that they did not gain some reward from the 90 minutes with the
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Reaction: Fireworks display organiser charged over fatal Somerset M5 crash
8:23am THE full statement from Avon and Somerset Police which was released on Friday night: "Since the collision we have worked closely together to thoroughly investigate the circumstances of the collision and to carefully
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Chimney fire at Minehead
ONE fire engine from Minehead was called to a chimney fire at a property Quay Street in the town on Sunday. The alarm was raised at 2.45pm
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FOOTBALL: Comfortable victory for Wellington Under-18s
WELLINGTON Town maintained their fine form in the Somerset Under-18 league with a 7-1 home victory over Axbridge yesterday. It was Axbridge, looking strong in defence at the start of the match, who took the lead after five minutes with a simple tap-in