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Annual awards night at Bishop Fox's School
BISHOP Fox’s School held its annual awards evening in November, celebrating the achievements of its GCSE students. Pictured are two of the students who picked up awards on the night, Chris Grabham and Gabrielle Joslin, together with head teacher Paul
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Daisy wins first prize in BRAZZ's 2015 calendar competition
LITTLE Daisy Challacombe has brought some colour to a charity fundraiser. Her brightly illustrated picture won first prize in the BRAZZ 2015 Calendar competition. Daisy picked up an iPod touch for her efforts while Charlie Mitchell received a £5 voucher
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REVIEW: Taunton Sinfonietta's 'In Celebration' at St James' Church
THE Sinfonietta heralded the approaching end of the year with a delightful Christmas concert at St James Church, Taunton, on Sunday, November 23. The programme began appropriately with Corelli's Christmas Concerto. The well balanced string ensemble
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Soroptimist calls for entries to Taunton's 2015 Swimathon
TAUNTON’s Soroptimist International is asking for all swimmers to come and take part in their 27th annual swimathon during the weekend of February 21-22, 2015. The event, taking place at Taunton School, will be raising money for St Margaret’s Somerset
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Charity blow-dry at West Somerset College
MEN and women are invited to Harmony Hair Salon to get their hair done for a ‘Blow-Dry Afternoon’ at West Somerset College. Each blow-dry costs £4 and half of all the proceeds will go to Myeloma UK. Head on down to Harmony Hair Salon on December
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UPDATED: Missing Ann Grisman, 80, spotted in Nynehead
POLICE searching for an 80-year-old woman who has been missing since Friday say there was a sighting of her in Nynehead yesterday. Concern has been growing for the wellbeing of Ann Grisman, who went missing without her medication after going on a shopping
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Reporter Hollie Borland wins runner-up at the BJTC Awards
COUNTY Gazette reporter Hollie Borland was runner-up in the Best TV News Feature category at the 2014 Student Journalism Awards. The Broadcast Journalist Training Council (BJTC) held its award ceremony at Birmingham City University. The ceremony
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Taunton schoolboy discovers great great grandfather's WWI exploits
A TAUNTON schoolboy who wrote about his great-great-grandfather fighting in the First World War has won a special Peace Rose. Aiden Wyatt, eight, told how Sidney Arthur Axe was badly injured in the trenches, as part of a project at North Town primary
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Man given suspended jail term for Taunton sex assault
A WOMAN who woke to find a friend sexually assaulting her felt “devastated and betrayed”, a court has heard. Michael Dawe, 57, entered the woman’s home in Taunton one night in May this year and assaulted her while she slept. Taunton Crown Court heard
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REVIEW: Halse Players' Dead of Night
A WALK down the pitch-black misty lanes of Halse was the perfect start to a suspense-filled evening provided by the highly talented members of the Halse Players as they performed Peter Whalley's thriller 'Dead of Night', directed by Ann Hoole.
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Wellington School pupil Chay Sutton to star as Edmund Blackadder
CHAY Sutton, a year 9 pupil at Wellington School, has been handed the lead role in the Wellington Arts Association Youth Theatre’s forthcoming production of ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’. There are performances on December 5-6 at Wellington Arts Association
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£2bn investment to dual A358 and A303
5:16pm THE Green Party have questioned if the A303 neads dualling. They said: "The Green Party in Somerton and Frome questions the validity of government plans to spend around £2 billion dualing the A303 through Somerset
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Wardens to keep Taunton's streets safe this Christmas
TWO town wardens will patrol Taunton’s streets in the run up to Christmas to reassure shoppers and party-goers. The pilot scheme will cover the town centre and parks as well as anti-social behaviour hot spots. Taunton Deane Borough Council is funding
