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Rotary Club supports counselling service with £15,000 donation
Taunton Vale Rotary Club has donated £15,000 to the Somerset Counselling Centre. The money was raised by the club over the past year at events such as the Moonraker Challenge, Charity Golf Day and a Fun Fundraising Quiz. Receiving the cheque
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Wells-born Elaine Hunniford receives MBE in King's Birthday Honours
Wells-born Elaine Hunniford has been awarded an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours List for safeguarding work. She has been recognised for services to young people and safeguarding in sport. Hunniford, nee Francis, has spent her career advancing
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A handsome property on a tree-lined road on the southern side of Taunton
This handsome, individual property occupies a quarter of an acre plot on a sought-after, tree-lined road on the southern side of Taunton, with the town centre and all of its amenities about half a mile away. The four-bedroom detached house
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Taunton’s oldest menswear shop celebrates its 100th year of trading
TAUNTON’S oldest menswear shop is celebrating 100 years of trading this year – after being in the same family for four generations. Gurds of Taunton, at 70 Station Road, is a cavernous treasure trove of men’s tailoring that has been a popular fixture
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‘What is it that drives me to such rage? It’s cars parked on the pavement’
I’VE just worked out why Americans call pavements ‘sidewalks’. Whenever I go for a walk around the streets of Taunton, you can bet your bottom dollar I’ll harangue some poor, unsuspecting stranger unfortunate enough to bump into me. "It's a
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Data reveals 85 per cent of Somerset homes are heat pump ready
A green tech company has received over £500,000 in government funding as 85 per cent of Somerset homes are heat pump ready. Thermly has found that 212,589 out of 252,813 residential properties in the county could benefit from the installations.
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Passionate volunteers transform seating areas and car park at RSPCA centre
VOLUNTEERS have transformed some of the communal seating areas and the main car park at an RSPCA wildlife centre near Taunton. As part of its wildlife-friendly initiatives, RSPCA West Hatch Animal and Wildlife Centre invited 12 members of the customer
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‘Putting Somerset carers on the map’
CARERS Week, an annual campaign aimed at raising awareness about the vital role of unpaid carers, is being celebrated in Somerset this year with the theme "Putting Carers on the Map". This theme underscores the invaluable contributions made by