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Gallery: Love Shepton continues
THE hard work continues with Love Shepton taking part in many activities. Love Shepton have so far continued their work at St Paul's preparing the area for the forest school and activity trail,...
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Emergency crews treat motorist after crash on A303
A man was treated for minor injuries after the car he was driving left the A303 yesterday afternoon, a spokesman for the ambulance service said. Emergency services were called to the Podimore...
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MP Tessa Munt horrified by report of inadequate Children's Services at...
Wells MP Tessa Munt was horrified to read Ofsted's report into Children's Services in Somerset which graded them as 'inadequate'. Somerset County Council at any one time has more than 1,500 children in...
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Campaign exposes where stamp duty is hitting the hardest in Somerset
A new campaign exposes where stamp duty is hitting homebuyers the hardest in Somerset. In 2012-13 just over a fifth of house sales in Mendip (22 per cent) raised 79 per cent of all stamp duty in the...
View ArticleFrome man jailed for stabbing
A MAN who was said to have been taken 'to the edge of psychosis' by the amount of cannabis he was smoking has been jailed after stabbing another man in the back. Twenty-year-old William Hill was told...
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Dani Evans and Charlie Pickman outside top 20 at Festival of British Eventing
Errors on a difficult cross-country course cost Dani Evans and Charlie Pickman top-20 finishes in the British Open Championship at the Festival of British Eventing last weekend. Woollard's Evans,...
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Former Somerset County Councillor appointed lifelong peer in House of Lords
A former Somerset County Councillor has been appointed a lifelong peer in the House of Lords. Cathy Bakewell gains the title Baroness with her appointment as a lifelong peer. Baroness Bakewell began...
View ArticleFrome Town Council leader Mel Usher reports on the town's state of play
Here is a report from the leader of the town council, Mel Usher, who gives an update on what the town council has and hopes to achieve. "Where to start? At times I am equally excited and depressed...
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Success one year on for Crewkerne venture
ONE year since setting out their stalls for the first time, the founders of the Crewkerne Antiques Bazaar have celebrated in a typical fashion. Anthony Bucke and Bob Curtis set up the venture last...
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Gatsby's Jazz Voice to headline Extravaganza
The Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza takes place on Sunday August 11. The Extravaganza is brought to the town by Festival founder Michael Eavis and headline act Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry...
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Mystery of dumped stolen goods in Castle Cary
POLICE in Castle Cary are appealing for information after a spate of break-ins on Torbay Road. Six sheds were broken into on the road between Monday, July 29 and Wednesday, July 31 and a number of...
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Pilton Party tickets selling like hot cakes
Tickets for Pilton Party are selling like hot cakes. The Glastonbury Festival office team have sold more than 2,000 tickets in less than a week. This year's Pilton Party will be held at Worthy Farm,...
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Police searching for man in Erica Close area of Yeovil
Police officers are currently searching for a man in the east of Yeovil. Martin Dunscombe, of Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said: "Police are currently in the area of Erica Close looking for someone...
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Frome charity frustrated by First Bus cuts
MEMBERS of a Frome charity have been hugely affected by cuts to one of the services it uses regularly to travel to and from the town. So much so the members of the OpenStorytellers group, which...
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Emergency care funding boost for RUH
The Royal United Hopsital in Bath is to get a £660,000 funding boost. The money will be invested in emergency care after a difficult winter which stretched the hospital's accident and emergency...
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Heroic Frome Special given award for saving drowning man's life
A HEROIC Frome special constable who rescued a man from drowning in the freezing temperatures of the Frome River has been given one of the top life saving awards in the country. Volunteer special Steve...
View ArticleRestraining rules against man ended
A STREET man who committed a third breach of a restraining order preventing him from contacting a teenage girl has had the order discharged by the courts.Philip Henry Stevens had been sent to prison...
View ArticlePeople urged to visit blood donor sessions
RESIDENTS in the Street and Glastonbury area have a chance to give blood this week.A blood donor session will be held at the Meadway Hall in Compton Dundon on August 15, between 1.15pm and 3.15pm, and...
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Couple's surprise party thank-you for club work
JIM and Eileen Govier were taken completely by surprise by friends in Pilton at a village party last week.The party was organised to thank the couple for all the years of hard work they had put into...
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Police search ends in arrest of Yeovil man
A police search in Yeovil on Tuesday has resulted in the arrest of a 30-year-old man. The man, from Yeovil, was arrested in connection with a burglary in the Chard and Crewkerne areas of south...
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