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Street cleaning could fall to parish councils as unitary seeks to save £300k
KEEPING Somerset’s streets and public toilets clean could become the responsibility of town and parish councils as Somerset Council seeks to cut costs. Somerset Council currently has a number of contracts with IDVerde for street cleaning and grounds
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Send us your World Book Day pictures for a chance to appear in the County Gazette!
Did your kids dress up for World Book Day yesterday? We'd love to see their costumes! Every year, schoolchildren across the country dress up as their favourite literary characters to mark the worldwide celebration of books and reading. And
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Parents of baby in court charged with murdering him in hospital
THE parents of a two-week-old baby have appeared in court charged with murdering him in hospital, PA reporter George Lithgow writes. Daniel Gunter, 25, and Sophie Staddon, 20, are accused of killing baby Brendon Staddon at Yeovil District Hospital
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Flash sale: County Gazette readers can subscribe for just £4 for four months
READERS who want to subscribe to our the County Gazette can enjoy an exclusive offer of £4 for 4 months or over 40% off an annual subscription during our limited-time promotion. A digital subscription is the best way to enjoy our content online
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Man charged with drug offences in Somerset town
A MAN has been charged with drug offences in Glastonbury. Abdul Kadir, 39, of Boughton Road, Glastonbury appeared at Yeovil Magistrates Court on Wednesday, March 6. He was charged with three counts of possession with intent to supply a class
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Two charged after death of two-week-old baby
TWO people have been charged following the death of a baby in Yeovil earlier this week. Daniel Gunter, 25, and Sophie Staddon, 20, both of no fixed address, were charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child yesterday evening
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Taunton youth services to benefit from council’s grant funding
YOUTH services in Taunton have been allocated a share of £50,000 after the town council considered applications for grant funding. Youth work services will receive the grants for the next three years as the council uses a funding pot of £150,000
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'Rarest stained glass in Britain' given new lease of life by Somerset business
SOME of the rarest surviving 18th-century stained glass in Britain has been fitted with environmental protective glazing to protect it from weathering which has been worsened by climate change. The work was carried out by specialist conservators
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Crunch time for Taunton Titans as they try to avoid the drop
PLAIN and simple, the Taunton Titans have six fixtures to save themselves from relegation from the National One Rugby division. As it stands, the Titans are in 14th place, rock bottom, on the league table and four points away from 13th placed Bishop's
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Lib Dem says budget announcement is ‘desperate deception’
THE Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Taunton and Wellington has labelled the Chancellor’s budget announcement today a “desperate deception”, with income tax bills still set to rise for local people. The Liberal Democrats have said residents
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‘Whatever anyone tells me, I’m convinced our mobile phones are listening to us’
DEPENDING on which story you read online (ironic really!) the Worldwide Web was invented in the early 1990s. I do remember saying at the time: “Well it will be great for education and research, but I really can’t ever see it being used as a sales
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Sarah Dyke MP visits first gas-free residential site in UK
Sarah Dyke MP visited Delamare Park in Frome, the first gas-free site in the country. The MP for Somerton and Frome was shown around the almost sold-out site by Barratt David Wilson Homes South West team. This included land director, John Parry
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New campaign to target tailgating and lane hogging on England's roads
National Highways has launched a new campaign to convince lane hoggers and tailgaters to change their driving style. The initiative follows statistics released by the agency which detailed motorists' driving habits. It showed approximately
