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Somerset flood risk remains with Boxing Day severe weather warning
Severe weather warnings of heavy rain will remain in place across Somerset until Saturday morning. The Met Office has issued three yellow alerts for the region as further downpours are forecast to hit...
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Car catches fire in Brympton garage
A car caught fire while parked in a garage at a property near Yeovil today. Two fire crews from the town were called to Brympton at around 12.30pm this afternoon to extinguish the blaze, which caused...
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Rescue team frees man trapped in Axbridge public toilet
A man was rescued after getting trapped in a public toilet in Axbridge this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the toilets in Moorland Street shortly before 3pm, and freed the man unharmed.
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Man cut free from wreckage after milk tanker crash near Frome on Christmas Day
A man was taken to hospital after a milk tanker overturned and landed in a field near Frome on Christmas Day. Emergency services found the vehicle on its side in a field next to the B3092 at West...
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AFC Bournemouth 3-0 Yeovil Town: Glovers lose ground in play-off race
Yeovil Town missed out on the chance to close in on the play-off race as they were convincingly beaten 3-0 at AFC Bournemouth this afternoon. The Glovers went behind in the 32nd minute when Lewis...
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Gary Johnson confident of keeping Paddy Madden and Kevin Dawson at Yeovil Town
Gary Johnson is confident Irish duo Paddy Madden and Kevin Dawson will be Yeovil Town players next month and will speak to players he wants to leave this week. The Glovers' boss revealed Shelbourne...
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Cheers to pioneering heart operation involving neat alcohol
Millions of Brits will have raised a glass over Christmas, but few will have been as grateful for its contents as Roland Aldom. The French describe brandy as eau-de-vie – water of life – and that is...
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Boxing Day sales bargain hunters smash records
Boxing Day sales records were smashed yesterday as shoppers sent tills into meltdown. Across the country, thousands of eager bargain hunters waited patiently for stores to throw open their doors with...
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Sam Waley-Cohen: Long Run was so brave in William Hill King George VI Chase
Kauto Star has now been reduced to a ceremonial role in the William Hill King George VI Chase, but his first appearance at Kempton in retirement coincided with the most gripping finish since the era...
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AFC Bournemouth 3-0 Yeovil Town: Cherries exploit Glovers' defensive frailty
AFC Bournemouth must have thought Christmas had come a day late as Yeovil Town gifted them a 3-0 victory in npower League One. Having started brightly, the Glovers again wilted with barely a whimper in...
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Liam Taylor tributes: 'Awesome' motocross rider was looking for big year in 2013
A teenager from Chard who died in a car crash last week has had a promising motocross career cut short, says former World Supersport and British Superbikes racer Martin Jessopp. "Popular" Liam Taylor,...
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Three players could leave Yeovil Town in January transfer window
Three Yeovil Town players could be shown the Huish Park exit next month as they line up moves for possibly three further new faces coming in. Boss Gary Johnson revealed that he and his management team...
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Tally no! Minister rules out repeal of hunting ban
The tens of thousands of people attending traditional Boxing Day hunts in the West Country yesterday did so knowing afresh there was no realistic prospect of the hunting ban being lifted. Pro-hunting...
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Campaigners take badger cull protest to the streets of Somerset
Wildlife campaigners are to walk through Frome tonight to tell people badger culling has only been postponed and not cancelled. The Badger Night Walkers will meet at Bridge Street car park at 4.30pm on...
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More heartache as widow finds soil piled on husband's grave
For a second time in two months a Frome family has had to face their loved one's grave covered in soil.Joy May, of Oakfield Close, Frome, went to place flowers on her late husband, Gordon's grave, at...
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Students must find own way to school after transport shake-up
A sudden change to school transport will mean pupils who used to benefit from free travel will now have to make their own way to school from outlying villages from the new year.Bath and North East...
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M5 motorway delays as far back as Wellington after Bridgwater crash
Heavy traffic built up on the M5 motorway at lunchtime following a crash near Bridgwater. Queueing traffic and congestion was reported as far back as Wellington following the incident, which closed one...
View ArticleMan fined for allowing dogs to bark 863 times in 23 minutes
A North Somerset man has been fined £1,000 for allowing his dogs to bark 863 times in 23 minutes. North Somerset Council served a noise abatement notice on Roger Fowler of Alison Gardens, Backwell, in...
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Dog rescued from Bridgwater canal
Rescue teams saved a dog stranded in the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal this morning. Firefighters donned dry suits to get to the husky, which had become stuck in the water near Albert Street in...
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Somerset train passengers should expect major flood delays for another two days
Rail passengers are still being advised not to travel between Taunton and Penzance, with major disruptions expected for at least another two days. All trains running between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter...
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