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Somerset Chamber AGM unveils business plan
“STRONG, healthy and growing businesses” play a vital role in our society – but they must trade “morally and ethically even in the pursuit of profit”, according to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The Rt Rev Peter Hancock gave his view at the annual
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Accident couple's thanks to mystery Good Samaritan
AN elderly couple shaken up in a motorway accident want to track down a Good Samaritan who went to their assistance. They want to thank the mystery man who went out of his way to look after them and drive them over 100 miles home after their car
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Resident’s singing brought tears of joy to care worker Lorraine
Each month, we meet someone working in the care sector. This month, we caught up with Lorraine Lock, home manager at Moorhaven care home in Taunton, run by Somerset Care. Q – What are your main duties/responsibilities in your role? A – My role
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REVIEW: Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir's First World War Commemorative Concert
THE Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, provided an inspirational setting for the First World War Commemorative Concert promoted by Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir for the benefit of the Army Benevolent Fund - The Soldiers Charity. Uniformed Army Air
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Charity auction for EdUKaid at Queen's College, Taunton
STUDENTS at Queen’s College, Taunton, are holding a charity auction in aid of EdUKaid, a charity that works to improve the quality and provision of primary education in Rural Tanzania, on Saturday, December 13. Members of the World AIMS charity
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Somerset County Council celebrates 125th anniversary
COUNCILLORS have marked Somerset County Council’s 125th anniversary by posing for a commemorative photo outside County Hall, in Taunton. The very first meeting of the authority was chaired by Sir Richard Horner Paget in Highbridge Town Hall back
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£1450 donated to The Beacon Centre in memory of Taunton cricketing legend
NEARLY £1,500 has been donated to The Beacon Centre at Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital, in memory of a local cricketing legend. Geoff Turner, of Manor Road, Taunton, died in August at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer. Geoff played for
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Grant to help non-English speakers give their views to Healthwatch Somerset
PEOPLE living in Somerset who can’t speak English will be able to talk about their experiences of health and social care services thanks to a £1,500 grant. Healthwatch Somerset – which involves local people to improve the services locally – has
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Taunton Vale Rotary Club Movember taches raise £1,100
IT takes a couple of Mos to recognise a decent Mo. When nine members of Taunton Vale Rotary Club grew moustaches to raise money for charity as part of last month’s Movember they naturally turned to Inner Wheel Mos Maureen Hidges and Morag Howsam
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West Somerset Food Bank distributed over 350 parcels this Christmas
WEST Somerset Food Cupboard received an unprecedented amount of food and money donated to the charity this Christmas. Donations were made by individuals, workplaces and different organisations together with sup-ermarket collections at Tesco’s,
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BOXING: Taunton's Nadolski returns to the ring on Friday
TAUNTON light-heavyweight Krystian Nadolski makes his second professional appearance at the City Academy in Bristol tomorrow (Friday). Naldoski is returning to the ring after an operation on a disc in his back which he injured in his first fight against
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Police assault probe in Castle Green, Taunton - officers issue CCTV images
POLICE have issued CCTV pictures of three men they want to talk to in connection with an assault in Castle Green, Taunton. An Avon and Somerset force spokesman said two men pulled another man out of a vehicle and punched him during the incident
