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Archie Project wins award
REMINISCENCE Learning in Taunton is celebrating its success at the annual National Dementia Care Awards. It won the outstanding dementia care product or innovation category for its inter-generational dementia awareness Archie Project. Some
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Taunton firm muck in for Chard animal sanctuary
SPENDING a day at Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Chard mucking out the goats wasn’t as easy as the team from Estadia in Taunton thought it would be. Having chosen Ferne as their charity of the year, the telemarketing firm decided one way to help was
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Kelsey's Cancer Fund raise £1000 at Christmas fair
A FUNDRASING event in Taunton to help build a sensory room for children, raised £1000. Miranda Petty has been holding events through her organisation Kelsey's Cancer Fund, the hope of raising £17,000 for Musgrove Park Hospital. Miranda's daughter
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Somerset survey to try to cut lung cancer deaths
THE GP cancer lead with Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is urging patients who have been treated for ling cancer to complete a survey about their early symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Dr Amelia Randle hopes the results will provide information
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Watchet Coastguard Rescue Team awarded for rescuing a six-month-old baby
FIVE members of the Watchet Coastguard Rescue Team have been formally recognised for their part in rescuing a six-month-old baby from the “cold and choppy” sea. George Reeder, Tanya Allen, Simon Bale, Shaun Anning and Steve Yeandle were awarded
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Cyclist injured after collision outside Taunton Railway Station
A CYCLIST was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital after a collision with a vehicle on Station Road in Taunton. The accident happened during the rush hour on Wednesday morning. Two ambulances were sent to the incident near Taunton Railway Station. A spokesperson
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Watchet Market on The Esplanade this Christmas
AN EXTRA market will be held on the Esplanade in Watchet on Saturday, December 13, for people to do their Christmas shopping. Stalls will be open from 9am-1.30pm and will sell a range of fresh produce, from organic fruit and vegetables to free
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West Somerset Council leader edited out of photograph by West Somerset MP
TWO Conservative West Somerset leaders have denied that there is any feud between them, despite an edited photograph emerging showing one of them removed from the original. Bridgwater and West Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger and West Somerset
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Vietnam charity trek in aid of Bishop's Hull-based St Margaret's Hospice
A TEAM of 12 charity walkers who completed a gruelling trek through the Vietnamese jungle raised £30,000 for St Margaret’s Hospice. They negotiated rivers, dense jungle, paddy fields and a mountain in the remote north of the country and joined
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REVIEW: Once Upon a Time at Taunton School
ANYONE walking down the main corridor in the preceding week would have felt the excitement growing in the wings of this winter musical, before Once Upon a Time was unveiled to its first full house of the run. The storyline, which tracks an archetypal
