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Somerset accent is missing from National Dialect Day celebration
A national event designed to save local dialects is to be held in the Westcountry for the first time this year, despite the fact that one of the region's biggest counties so far has no representation....
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Car bursts into flames after early morning crash in Yeovil
A car burst into flames following a crash in Yeovil early this morning. Town firefighters were called to the scene of the collision at Monmouth Road shortly before 4.30am. A Devon and Somerset Fire and...
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Live updates: Yeovil Town v Shrewsbury Town
Yeovil Town play Shrewsbury Town at Huish Park this afternoon (3pm) - catch up with all the pre-match team news and get live match updates from Chris Sweet and Alex O'Loughlin here...Yeovil Town v...
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Yeovil Town 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: Glovers up to third after win
Yeovil Town have leaped up to third in npower League One following today's 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury Town at Huish Park. First half goals from James Hayter and Paddy Madden were enough to secure the...
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Fire destroys Weston-super-Mare conservatory
A conservatory at a home in Weston-super-Mare was destroyed in a fire which was caused by an electrical fault. Three fire crews from the town raced to the scene in Pelican Close at about 9pm last...
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Frome Town lose to relegation rivals Bedworth United
MATCH REPORT: Frome Town 1 Bedworth United 3 Frome Town were dragged back into the Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division relegation battle with a 3-1 defeat at home to Bedworth United, who started...
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West Mendip Community Hospital Sensory Garden opened by Tessa Munt and Vince...
Wells MP Tessa Munt and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable, opened the League of Friends sensory garden at West Mendip Community Hospital this afternoon. The League of...
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Afghan Heroes charity welcomes first former soldier to The Retreat
Military charity Afghan Heroes has welcomed the first former soldier to its unique post-services home-from-home in the West. And as Alex Fulford, who served with 1 Rifles on two tours of Iraq and one...
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Jenson Button aims to 'reboot' F1 title challenge at Chinese Grand Prix
Jenson Button hopes he can "reboot" his world championship challenge at the Chinese Grand Prix. McLaren head to Shanghai looking to recover from a poor start to the 2013 season in Australia and...
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Yeovil Town 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: Glovers dig deep and climb to third
Yeovil Town dug deep to cling on to three points and move to third in npower League One by beating Shrewsbury Town 2-1 at Huish Park. James Hayter's first half penalty and Paddy Madden's stunning...
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Gary Johnson: Yeovil Town must seal play-off place before chasing automatic...
Yeovil Town will only target an automatic promotion spot once they have at least booked an npower League One play-off place. A 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury Town at Huish Park on Saturday fired the...
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Two in hospital after A39 crash at Bawdrip
Two people were taken to hospital following a serious crash on the A39 near Bridgwater last night. Rescue teams were called out to the stretch of the road through Bawdrip at around 9.45pm. The...
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Exmoor crews tackle large gorse fire at Porlock Hill
Firefighters have spent several hours tackling a large moorland blaze which broke out near Porlock this afternoon. Emergency services were alerted to reports of a glow in the distance from people on...
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Crews tackle house fire in Chilcompton
Investigations are still on-going after a house fire in Chilcompton which has badly damaged the roof of the property. Fire crews remain at the scene after rushing to the property on Coalpit Lane at...
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Video: See yourself run the 2013 Taunton Marathon and Half Marathon
Were you one of the 1400-strong crowd of runners in yesterday's Taunton Marathon and Half Marathon? All the participants and some of the crowd can be seen in the video below. For a full round-up from...
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Podcast: Just how important was Yeovil Town's win over Shrewsbury Town?
Welcome to this week's Western Gazette sport podcast. Every Monday sports editor Chris Sweet and reporter Jono Taylor will run the rule over all the big stories from the weekend. This week the lads...
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Five vehicles damaged in suspected arson attack at Middlezoy
Police suspect arson after five vehicles were damaged by a fire in Bridgwater last night. Officers joined fire crews at the scene of the blaze at Middlezoy shortly before midnight. Emergency services...
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Lucky escape after car crashes into Martock bungalow
Emergency services were called to Martock yesterday evening after a car crashed into a bungalow. The driver escaped without injury after the incident at Steppes Meadow, which happened at around 5.30pm....
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Rye House Rockets 45-45 Somerset Rebels: Two points for Rebels in draw
Cases Somerset Rebels claimed two match points from a 45-45 away draw at Rye House Rockets in their second League Cup encounter on Saturday night. Rye House has never been a happy hunting ground in the...
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Dog pulled from muddy ditch by rescue team at Huish Episcopi
A dog was pulled from a muddy ditch by a specialist water rescue team near Huish Episcopi this morning. Fire crews from Martock and Bridgwater were called to a ditch off the A372 at Pibsbury shortly...
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