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Taunton Flower Show enjoys scorching weather for its 193rd year
TAUNTON Flower Show got off to a scorching start for its 193rd year, with revellers enjoying shows featuring "extreme" bike stunts, birds of prey, bees, and sheepdogs. Thousands turned out on August 2 and 3 for a stroll through Europe's oldest
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‘A scotch egg is a pint’s best friend’: Unique food comes to Taunton Flower Show
WITH such a variety of food stalls at this year’s Taunton Flower Show you might feel spoilt for choice for what to eat, along with a huge amount of food options, an award-winning scotch egg has found its way into the mix. Set up in 2014, Surf’n
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Plans for evening closure of A358 near Taunton ahead of surface dressing
AN EVENING closure of the A358 near Taunton will be in place early next week. Somerset Council’s team will be in Combe Florey to carry out works ahead of surface dressing that will take place later this month. The closure will be in place on
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Taunton Flower Show's timed gardening challenge won by 'wow factor' display
THIS year's 'Ready, Steady, Garden!' competition held at the Taunton Flower Show saw three teams race to create a display in a tractor tyre. The first-place trophy, The Cann Cup, was taken home by friends Phil and Sally, from Bridport and North
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Collision on A372 in Langport with heavy congestion
4:55pm A372 now clear Traffic is now able to move freely after the collision earlier.
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Somerset woman helps raise ‘vital funds’ for global water supplier
A WOMAN from Somerset raised over £500 on her own in a Global ‘6k Walk for Water’, which is a campaign started by an international Organisation called World Vision. Hannah’s-aim is to walk 6K a day, for a week, to help bring clean water to vulnerable
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Former Taunton Debenhams Bedford House to turn into ‘prestigious properties’
A TOTAL of 73 new apartments are being built in the former Debenhams Bedford House building in Taunton will soon be available to let. McKinlays Letting Agents Taunton have been appointed as sole agents for the lettings of the “prestigious properties
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More strikes announced as bus company shows ‘no interest in trying to settle dispute’
A NEW series of bus strikes have been announced for next week after a bus company “shown no interests in trying to settle the dispute”. The RMT union confirmed two days of strike action, on Friday, August 9 and Monday, August 12, along with two
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‘We've got our future back’: elation as developer pulls out of regeneration site
FROME residents have gone from despair to elation within 24 hours after an unpopular housing developer backed out of developing a town centre site. The Saxonvale site has been the subject of two competing proposals for its regeneration – one from
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Missing man with links to Glastonbury and Pilton has been found
POLICE have found a 24-year-old man who was reported missing from the Glastonbury and Pilton area yesterday. An Avon and Somerset Police spokesperson said: "We're pleased to report that missing 24-year-old Isaac, who was last seen in the Glastonbury
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Man charged with murder after death of woman in Somerset town
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been charged by detectives investigating the death of a woman in Somerset earlier this week. Keiron Goodwin, of Frome, has been charged with murder and will appear at Bristol Magistrates Court today (Friday 2 August).
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Motorists warned of parking machine scam using fraudulent QR code stickers
MOTORISTS across Somerset are being warned of a scam involving fraudulent QR code stickers being displayed on some of the council-run parking machines. Somerset Council would like to remind the public that if you are paying for parking using your
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10 bizarre UK laws you may have broken from flying a kite to handling a salmon
MOST Brits have broken the law, often without realising it, according to research. Some are more modern and well-known than others, with the likes of drunk-driving and theft being some of the most commonly broken laws. While most of us do
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Shocking footage shows man trimming his beard while driving on a motorway
Shocking footage shows a van driver trimming his beard with clippers as he drives along a motorway. The motorist was captured taking both hands off the wheel to prune his facial hair with a pair of tin snips, normally used for cutting sheet metal
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Gogglebox legends hint at huge TV return seven years after leaving the show
Two Gogglebox stars have hinted that they could make a massive TV comeback seven years after leaving the popular Channel 4 programme. Sandra Martin and her friend Sandi Bogle were loved by fans for their larger-than-life personalities and great
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'No one seriously injured' in five-car crash on the A303
"NO one was seriously injured" in a collision on the A303 between Buckland St Mary and Horton on Thursday, police have said. Five cars collided on the road on August 1, causing the road to close both ways for around two-and-a-half hours. The
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Ladder installed to allow ‘easier access to River Tone’ in French Weir Park
A LADDER to allow “easier access to the River Tone” in French Weir Park has been installed this morning (Friday, August 2). The ladders was set up behind the COACH building on an area maintained by Taunton Town Council. Yesterday (Thursday,
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Upgrade to traffic lights and pedestrian crossing ‘completed on budget and on time'
WORKS to install new traffic lights and move a pedestrian crossing near the entrance to Vivary Park have been completed. Somerset Council replaced the traffic lights and the pedestrian crossing on Taunton’s Upper High Street. Works provided
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Rural crime cost up by 68 per cent in Somerset according to new report
NEW figures from NFU Mutual have shown that the cost of rural crime in Somerset rose by 67.6% to an estimated £1.3m last year, reflecting the UK-wide trend. Published on Thursday 1 August, NFU Mutual’s latest report has revealed that rural crime
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Historical Wells road to close for work again later this month
WELL'S St Thomas Street will be closed once again later this month for telecom work to be carried out. The street, near the historic Vicar's Close, was recently closed from July 29 to August 2 due to work by Wessex Water. It will close again on
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‘My brush with scammers left me feeling uncomfortably nervous of technology’
I’M beginning to think I just don’t know what is real anymore – and (at the risk of sounding like a merchant of doom) it’s deeply worrying. My own brush with Internet scammers recently has left me feeling uncomfortably nervous of technology.
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NHS worker swims English Channel for Somerset healthcare charity
A Somerset woman swam the English Channel last month to raise money for charity. Hannah Litchfield, the energy manager at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, took the plunge on Wednesday, July 17 to support the Somerset NHS Charity, raising £1,500 so
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NHS bosses defend ‘outrageous’ car parking charges at Somerset hospitals
NHS bosses in Somerset have defended the “outrageous” car parking charges at the county’s hospitals despite “mounting anger and frustration” by members of staff and the general public. The Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs both Musgrove
