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Burnham-on-Sea cul-de-sac sparkles with 100,000 Christmas lights
A cul-de-sac in Burnham-on-Sea is arguably the region's most colourful this winter, with almost 100,000 Christmas lights. Each of the six families living in Trinity Close have paid around £3,000 each...
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Video: Justin Pipe reaches world's top ten after Players Championship run
Justin Pipe said the delight of reaching the world's top ten helped ease the disappointment of semi-final defeat in the Cash Converters Players Championship. Pipe reached his first ever major televised...
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MC John McDonald: Butlins Minehead ranks among UK's top PDC darts venues
Master of Ceremonies John McDonald believes Minehead's Butlins resort has the potential to become one of the country's very best darts venues. McDonald was the MC for this weekend's Cash Converters...
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Thieves steal rare pictures of seriously-ill baby from Yeovil home
A Yeovil couple whose newborn baby is seriously ill in hospital were burgled this morning. Thieves targeted John and wife Michelle Lawrence, of Freedom Avenue, at around 7.30am this morning. Among the...
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Beaminster Tunnel repair work ready to begin after landslip tragedy
Repair work to Beaminster Tunnel in Dorset, where Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe, from Somerset, were killed in a landslip in July, will begin shortly. Preliminary work will include fencing the area...
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Somerset mum reveals ordeal of Duchess of Cambridge's acute morning sickness
New mother Sarah Button suffered the same rare illness as the Duchess of Cambridge is suffering with during her pregnancy. Eight and a half months her life was put on hold until he was born by...
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Brownie Louisa Souter-Frost gains 'full sash' of proficiency badges
A determined Brownie has not let the West's record-breaking downpours stop her reaching a rare achievement, gaining all 57 Brownie proficiency badges. Tenacious ten-year-old Louisa Souter-Frost, from...
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Hinkley Point B nuclear power station to continue operating until 2023
Hinkley Point B will continue to operate for a further seven years, EDF Energy has announced this morning. The nuclear power station is now expected to reman in operation until at least 2023 following...
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Horse rescued after getting head stuck between building and gatepost
Fire crews were called to rescue a trapped horse in Kingsbury Episcopi, near Langport yesterday. The horse got its head stuck between a wooden building and a gatepost at Horsey View Farm, Newtown at...
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Police target Wincanton car vandals
Police are appealing for information after a car was vandalised in Wincanton.On Monday, November 26, a black Vauxhall Corsa had the wheel arch trims pulled from the front of the vehicle while it was...
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Forklift truck had not been serviced, son tells inquest
A "prehistoric" forklift truck which toppled over crushing its driver had no effective brakes his son told an inquest. Robert Dawe, of Martock, in Somerset, manager and co-director of Chard Truck...
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First emergency grants issued to Somerset flood victims
VICTIMS of flooding have been given emergency grants to help clear up the damage and get life back to normal.A Langport pensioner in her 80s was the first to receive a grant of £250 less than 24 hours...
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Father of atheist boy banned from Scouts welcomes pledge rethink
The father of an atheist boy banned from the Scouts because he wouldn't pledge a "duty to God" has welcomed the possibility of the organisation changing their rules to allow it. Nick Pratt's son George...
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Somerset business leaders back call for A303 upgrade
INFLUENTIAL business leaders are backing calls to dual the A303 through Somerset and Dorset.This week Graham Cole, regional director of the CBI South West and chairman of AgustaWestland, has supported...
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Police appeal after woman is assaulted in Bridgwater
Police are appealing for information after a woman was assaulted in Bridgwater. The victim, a woman in her 30s, was walking in the Brewery Fields area of the town on Friday evening when a man...
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Tickets go on sale for 2013 Royal Bath and West Show
Tickets have gone on sale for the 2013 Royal Bath and West Show. The four-day show will celebrate its 150th anniversary next year when it takes place at Shepton Mallet from May 29 to June 1. Founded by...
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Phil Taylor: Players Championship win at Butlins Minehead ideal preparation...
Darts legend Phil Taylor has described his Cash Converters Players Championship victory in Somerset at the weekend as ideal preparation for his bid to clinch a 16th world title. Taylor has been drawn...
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Draw made for 2013 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship first round ties
Justin Pipe will begin his 2013 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship campaign against Andy Jenkins. The first round draw was made live on Sky Sports News this morning by Wayne Mardle and Rod Harrington....
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'Violent and dangerous' escaped prisoner absconds from Somerset hospital
Police in Wales are searching for a prisoner who escaped from a hospital in Somerset. Officers say Austin Phillips, 25, absconded from Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke in Weston-super-Mare early on Sunday....
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Cannabis plants worth £600,000 seized in Burnham-on-Sea drugs raid
Cannabis plants with a street value of £600,000 has been seized by police during a house raid in Burnham-on-Sea. Officers discovered more than 600 plants when they searched the property yesterday,...
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