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Catering win for King's Hall School team
THE catering team at King's Hall School won an annual competition organised by catering firm Palmer and Howells. This year's theme was healthy eating, and the King's Hall team organised an 'Eat A Rainbow' week - where Pre-Prep pupils were encouraged
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Festival’s focus on family
SIMONSBATH Festival returns on Bank Holiday Monday (May 5), kicking off with May Day celebrations for all the family from 2.30pm. Children’s art workshops will open events at the Old Pottery in the village and storyteller Frances Harrison will
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Duo jailed for attempted robbery at Taunton jewellers
TWO men who stormed into a Taunton jewellers in a terrifying daytime raid have been jailed for eight years. Gary Kamara, 52, and masked Darcy Whiting, 50, targeted Showerings in St James Street in an attempt to steal thousands of pounds worth of
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Williton Police Station to shut and co-locate with Minehead
WILLITON Police Station is set to shut in 2016/17 Avon and Somerset have revealed. The closure is part of a plan to move buildings and officers closer to local people. A statement released today said that the enquiry office and local policing
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Bus and car collision in East Reach, Taunton
7:23pm The incident has now been cleared. 5:27pm Police have reported that the collision took place at the junction near Victoria Place, Taunton. There are also reports
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MP Jeremy Browne "frustrated" by slow progress of Taunton town centre regeneration
TAUNTON Deane MP Jeremy Browne has spoken of his frustration at the slow progress of plans to regenerate Taunton town centre. Speaking after a meeting with Taunton Deane Council development officer Brendan Cleere to discuss the town’s development, Mr
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Interview: Australian batsman John Rogers joins Taunton Deane Cricket Club
TAUNTON Deane have recruited Australian batsman John Rogers to help kick-start their West of England Premier League challenge. Deane gained promotion back to the top flight last season and will start their 2014 campaign with a home clash against
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Closure plans in place for Taunton police station
TAUNTON police station could be closed as early as next year, it has emerged. Avon and Somerset Police is looking at closing the facility along with other “medium-sized” stations as part of cost-cutting measures. The Shuttern base is earmarked
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Latest results from Taunton Magistrates' Courts
RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates’ Courts include. John Antony Shortman, 53, of Belvedere Road, Taunton, breached a restraining order, £280 fine, £28 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G). Paul Roy Heighington, 47, of Alcombe Road,
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A good day to meet a knight
POPULAR children’s character Mike the Knight will be making an appearance at Minehead Railway Station on May 3. Mike, a ten-year-old ‘knight-in-training’ adventures across the land, determined to achieve his dream of being a knight and ‘doing it
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Hundreds of students to attend American universities fair at Taunton School
MORE than 200 students from over 50 schools across the South-West have booked places at next week's American Universities Fair at Taunton School. There will be 60 exhibitors from across North America at the event on Tuesday, May 6. Taunton
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Wellington School students discover Greek wonders
FIFTY students from Wellington School’s classics department visited Greece to gain first-hand experience of the millennia-old sites they have been learning about in lessons. The year nine, ten and 11 students visited the Acropolis in Athens, where
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Taunton School sixth formers win Somerset County Drama Festival prize
PICTURED are the group of Taunton School sixth formers who won the Youth Award at the Somerset County Drama Festival at the Warehouse Theatre in Ilminster. On top of the overall win, students Daisy Tucker, Dea Gagoshidze and Imogen Henry were nominated
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Chimney fire in West Monkton
A CHIMNEY fire in West Monkton, Taunton involving a woodburner was put out by the fire service last night, April 27. At 7.30pm one appliance from Taunton attended the scene on Dosters Lane where the chimney was well alight and the owner had removed the
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Steve says goodbye to Taunton Ford after 50 years
AFTER 50 years looking after Ford cars in Taunton, Steve Singh is looking forward to spending his retirement with a different kind of horsepower. Steve, who joined White Brothers, in East Reach, straight from school in 1964, has put his spanners
