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Woman has handbag stolen after being shoved over on Bridgwater footpath
A woman had her handbag stolen after being pushed to the ground as she walked along a footpath in Bridgwater. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened along the footpath at...
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Near miss in Wells highlights fire risk posed by Chinese lanterns
The fire risk posed by Chinese lanterns has again been highlighted following a near miss at a house in Wells on Bonfire Night. Fire crews were called out to a home in Lethbridge Road at 8pm on Monday...
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Tributes paid to "brave" policewoman Adele Cashman who died chasing theft...
Tributes have been paid to a policewoman from North Somerset who died chasing a suspect. Adele Cashman, a former Churchill Community School pupil, was an officer with the Metropolitan Police. The...
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Smith's Stevenage steal Glovers glee - View from the stands
Full time score: Yeovil 1 - 3 StevenageYeovil goalscorer/s: Madden 6'Stevenage goalscorer/s: Morais 3', Akins 48', Dunne 63'Stadium: Huish Park, YeovilA mixture of calamitous defending, clinical...
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Yeovil Town must double record low Huish Park attendance to achieve goals
Yeovil Town must almost double their attendances to achieve their goals according to their manager who admits he does not know what more can be done to attract crowds. Just 2,900 people watched the...
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Gary Johnson demands better work ethic from 'misguided' Yeovil Town team
Gary Johnson has slammed his Yeovil Town players for not working hard enough, accusing some of not appreciating just how much effort is required of them. The Glovers entertain npower League One...
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Lieutenant Will Major celebrates 1,000 skydives and 1,000 flying hours
A naval officer jumped for joy last week – for the 1,000th time from an aircraft. Lieutenant Will Major, a pilot with 845 Naval Air Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton, not only celebrated the impressive number...
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Somerset's straw man rises again after torch attack
Youngsters in North Perrott are smiling again following the resurrection of the large straw bale man. The gentle giant outside North Perrott Farm Shop and Garden Centre was torched in October by...
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No concrete hood for Beaminster Tunnel following landslip tragedy
Soil will be stabilised at the site of a road tunnel in Dorset where two people were killed in a landslip, the county council has agreed. Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe, from Somerset, died when...
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Market Cross is repaired and peace restored in Cheddar
The traffic lights have vanished from Cheddar Market Cross, along with all the ugly scaffolding. Repairs which cost in the region of £60,000 are now done, the majority of that being paid by the...
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Car and HGV involved in crash at Stoopers Hill near Chard
A car collided with a heavy goods vehicle at Combe St Nicholas near Chard this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash, which happened at around 10am at Stoopers Hill. A fire...
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Photos: Roads impassable as snow and rain strikes over the Mendips
An early snowfall over the Mendips in the early hours of Sunday morning was followed by torrential rain and flooding causing havoc in many areas across Somerset.The Environment Agency issued six flood...
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Paul White tributes: Son dies hours after sharing grandchild joy
A Yeovil woman has described how her eldest son died just hours after telling her she was going to be a grandmother for the first time. Former Westfield Academy student Paul White, 26, was rushed to...
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Snow and rain brings misery to Shepton Mallet and Croscombe
Shepton Mallet and Croscombe were among the areas hardest hit on Sunday as a surprise heavy snow fall over the Mendip Hills in the early hours followed by torrential rain caused heavy flooding and...
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A303 Dual It: Shorter travel time 'a boon to our shops'
The boss of one of south Somerset's biggest shopping destinations has backed the Western Gazette's A303 Dual It! campaign. David Mills, manager of the Quedam Shopping Centre in Yeovil, said he had no...
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Anger as pylon route is announced despite underground AONB plan
National Grid's announcement that taller, albeit fewer, pylons will go through Mark before bisecting Rooksbridge and Tarnock was not well received by leaders and campaigners of those villages. But...
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A303 Dual It: 'Action may prevent me having to see more deaths'
It was like a scene from a Hollywood blockbuster. That was how Mark Johnson described what unfolded in front of him as he watched a horrific smash that killed Paul Michael Hobday, 60, and Christine...
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Gas leak closes Frome road after builders cut through pipe
A gas leak closed the Welshmill Lane area of Frome for several hours on Tuesday afternoon. It is believed that builders cut through a main pipe during construction of a new care home at about 1pm. A...
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Comet administration adds to Yeovil's job concerns
Yeovil was facing the possible loss of nearly 40 jobs this week. The future of 22 workers at electrical retailer Comet on the Houndstone Retail Park was thrown into question after the chain entered...
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Casualty treated for spinal injury after A38 crash at Rooksbridge
One person was treated for spinal injuries following a crash on the A38 at Rooksbridge this morning. Two vehicles were involved in the collision, which happened shortly before 9am. Police, ambulance...
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