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Gloucestershire seal T20 double over Somerset
GLOUCESTERSHIRE completed a T20 double over Somerset on Thursday, winning back-to-back pre-season games at the Bristol County Ground against their West Country rivals. Tom Abell, Tom Banton, Will Smeed, Max Waller and Sam Young came into the Somerset
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Worrying rise in Covid infection rate in one Somerset district
A SOMERSET district has seen a worrying increase in its Covid infection rate in recent days. Sedgemoor has seen its rate rise to 59.3 people per 100,000 of population in the latest seven-day rolling figures - up from 46.3 two days ago. The rates
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Planting takes place along popular footpath - after outrage at tree felling
THIRTY-NINE new trees have been planted at Nynehead Court Estate in Wellington. Walkers were outraged after the trees were cut down along the footpath - but Nynehead Court said they were always planning to replace them. READ MORE: Trees cut
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Jewellery of 'extreme' sentimental value stolen from property in Somerset town
JEWELLERY of 'extreme sentimental value' has been stolen from a house in Frome. Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglary on Lynfield Road, Frome yesterday (March 24) between 8am and 7pm. Items of jewellery were stolen while the victim
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Group of five boys racially abuse teenager in Somerset town
POLICE are appealing for help to identify five boys after a teenage boy was racially abused. The 15-year-old boy was cycling home after school when the incident took place in Chilton Street, Bridgwater, last week. The offenders are described
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STABBING: Two men injured in attack in Taunton house
TWO men were treated in hospital after being injured in a house in Taunton last night (Wednesday, March 24). One of the victims said he had been stabbed a number of times and the other suffered facial injuries after being punched. Their injuries
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Missing 15-year-old girl Becci FOUND
SOUTH Wales Police say Becci has now been fond safe and well. A TEENAGER teenager since yesterday morning (Wednesday) could have travelled to Weston-super-Mare. Becci Smith, 15, was last seen at her home in Cwmbach, Aberdare at around 11.45am
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Abell and Banton back for T20s in Bristol
TOM Abell and Tom Banton are back in the Somerset squad for today's back-to-back T20 matches against Gloucestershire at the Bristol County Ground. Both players missed Somerset's first couple of pre-season matches after returning from the Pakistan
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BRISTOL RIOT: 'Terrified' Taunton police officer feared he wouldn't get home safely
A POLICE officer from Taunton has told how "terrified" he was during the Kill the Bill riot in Bristol on Sunday night. Ian Larcombe said he was unsure he was "going to make it home safely" as colleagues were attacked, a police station vandalised
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Two arrested and one in hospital after Wellington assault
A MAN was rushed to hospital after police were called to reports of an assault at a home in Wellington. Officers attended the address in Pear Tree Way shortly after 11am yesterday (Wednesday). Paramedics also attended and the man was taken
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MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT: The FIVE elections in our area in six weeks' time
PEOPLE in the Taunton and Minehead areas will be voting in five elections in six weeks' time. Somerset West and Taunton Council has published notices for the polls on Thursday, May 6. By elections are taking place for: Somerset West and Taunton
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Call 999 if you see wanted man who failed to attend court
POLICE are appealing for help to track down a man who failed to attend a court appearance. Officers want to find "wanted man" Andrew Barclay. They have issued a picture of Barclay on social media. He missed an appointment at Taunton Crown
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Somerset bin collectors suspended for safety breaches
A NUMBER of staff responsible for kerbside waste and recycling collections in Somerset have been suspended for "possible breaches of safe working practices". All have since returned to work for incidents including reversing a truck without crew
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Volunteer to protect AONB thanks to new virtual Honesty Box scheme
VISITORS to a popular beauty spot will soon have the opportunity to support the area with a new virtual honesty box. Adam Lockyear, from Wellington, has founded a company called Honesty Box, and he hopes to launch a voluntary visitor payment scheme
