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Ian Liddell-Grainger appalled at Somerset Council investment: Ian Liddell-Grainger MP is 'appalled' at Somerset Council's failed investment which is set to lose ...
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Ian Liddell-Grainger appalled at Somerset Council investment
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Lib Dem Gideon Amos joins meeting to discuss Wellington’s issues: Access to GPs, new housing developments and details about the new Wellington station were the ...
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Lib Dem Gideon Amos joins meeting to discuss Wellington’s issues
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Keeping theatre closed is cheaper than annual subsidy when open: A scaled-down £15m redevelopment has been put forward
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Keeping theatre closed is cheaper than annual subsidy when open
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Two defibrillators installed in Combe Florey village, Taunton: Two public defibrillators have been installed in a village near Taunton.
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Two defibrillators installed in Combe Florey village, Taunton
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CrossCountry services will not serve new Wellington station: WELLINGTON'S railway station will not be served by CrossCountry services when it opens by the end of ...
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CrossCountry services will not serve new Wellington station
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How £9.6m will be spent to unlock 18,000 new Somerset homes: The phosphates crisis has been hampering the delivery of new homes
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How £9.6m will be spent to unlock 18,000 new Somerset homes
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25 new electric buses coming to Somerset under £14.7m investment: It will significantly cut carbon emissions across the county
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25 new electric buses coming to Somerset under £14.7m investment
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Call for crackdown after illegal raves at Somerset beauty spot: Exmoor’s peaceful countryside is said to be under threat from illegal raves ...
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Call for crackdown after illegal raves at Somerset beauty spot
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'Caring and inclusive' Somerset school is upgraded by Ofsted: Inspectors remarked that "pupils live up to the school’s values such as community ...
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'Caring and inclusive' Somerset school is upgraded by Ofsted
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No money to replace footbridge within new Taunton cycle schemes: The bridge has been closed since November 2022
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No money to replace footbridge within new Taunton cycle schemes
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Gallery of high tides and strong winds across Somerset: As strong winds and high tides caused disruption in Somerset this week, take a look at our gallery of the ...
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Gallery of high tides and strong winds across Somerset
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Somerset Council seeks to cut its wage bill by £40m: Somerset Council launched a voluntary redundancy programme, which will close on March 24 ...
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Somerset Council seeks to cut its wage bill by £40m
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Frustrated rugby player punched opponent after losing scrum: His victim sustained three facial fractures and underwent surgery
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Frustrated rugby player punched opponent after losing scrum
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Somerset and Devon face Met Office weather warning for wind: Areas of Somerset and Devon face Met Office weather warning for wind from Thursday.
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Somerset and Devon face Met Office weather warning for wind
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Mum's £2,000 court bill for not sending children to school: A mother from the Wellington area who failed to send her two children to school regularly has been ...
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Mum's £2,000 court bill for not sending children to school
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Royal Marines' Lympstone Band concert at St Andrew's Church: The Band of the Royal Marines is coming to Wiveliscombe for a huge concert
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Royal Marines' Lympstone Band concert at St Andrew's Church
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Land Rover drink-driver banned for Wellington collision: A WOMAN who collided with “several” parked cars in Wellington while more than double the alcohol limit ...
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Land Rover drink-driver banned for Wellington collision
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Met Office issue yellow weather warning for wind in Somerset: Exeter-based Met Office has extended its yellow weather warning for 'strong winds' and strong ...
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Met Office issue yellow weather warning for wind in Somerset
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Wellington Waitrose shoplifter ordered to pay compensation: A man caught shoplifting in Wellington before he attacked another man has been landed with a ...
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Wellington Waitrose shoplifter ordered to pay compensation
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Ofsted says pretty school has leadership flaws and curriculum gaps: Disruptive behaviour was also noted
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Ofsted says pretty school has leadership flaws and curriculum gaps
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Wellington station work update following septic tank deal: Somerset Council has been working with the Department for Transport (DfT) and Network Rail to restore ...
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Wellington station work update following septic tank deal
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Silence from transport bosses over A358 dualling scheme: There have been local reports that the scheme has been "cancelled"
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Silence from transport bosses over A358 dualling scheme
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Death notices from the Somerset County Gazette April 2: The Somerset County Gazette published 12 death notices last week.
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Death notices from the Somerset County Gazette April 2
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Murder charge after man, 24, dies of serious injury: Jordan Simcock died in hospital yesterday afternoon following the incident on Monday (February 19)
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Murder charge after man, 24, dies of serious injury
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Council could go bankrupt in 12 months despite approving budget: Your council tax bills will rise by £150 a year
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Council could go bankrupt in 12 months despite approving budget
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Dick from Dick and Dom becomes Somerset charity ambassador: Richard McCourt, known for being one half of Dick and Dom, made a surprise appearance at a Somerset ...
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Dick from Dick and Dom becomes Somerset charity ambassador
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Annual Kilve Court Family Day to take place in May: The Annual Kilve Court Family Day is set to be held in May.
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Annual Kilve Court Family Day to take place in May
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Four vital bus routes protected by council funding: Some changes will be made to make the routes more commercially viable
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Four vital bus routes protected by council funding
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Somerset Council charge higher council tax for empty homes: Somerset Council passed a resolution in December 2023 allowing it to charge double council tax on ...
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Somerset Council charge higher council tax for empty homes
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Somerset protesters demand to keep their bus routes: West Somerset is facing a potential loss of several bus services that connect the rural communities with ...
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Somerset protesters demand to keep their bus routes
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Flood warnings in Somerset as Met Office issues rain warning: Flood warnings are in place for today (Sunday, February 25) as more rain is forecast.
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Flood warnings in Somerset as Met Office issues rain warning
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Bus campaigners, supported by the RMT union, will be taking part in a rally this morning to oppose reductions to a Somerset bus service ... Show more   trib.al/KOipwa0
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Ian Liddell-Grainger MP commends West Somerset Railway: Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset, visited West Somerset Railway to see the work ...
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Ian Liddell-Grainger MP commends West Somerset Railway
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Flood alerts in place for Somerset after Met Office warning: Flood alerts are in place for Somerset after the Met Office issued another weather warning for heavy ...
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Flood alerts in place for Somerset after Met Office warning
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Somerset Council's plans to bridge £100m budget gap: Somerset Council's- Executive has agreed on plans to bridge its £100m budget gap for this year ...
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Somerset Council's plans to bridge £100m budget gap
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Ofsted says Minehead school shows 'serious weaknesses': Staff absences were at a 'high level' the report said
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Ofsted says Minehead school shows 'serious weaknesses'
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Major step forward in plans for new Somerset railway station: The new station will be open by September 2025
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Major step forward in plans for new Somerset railway station
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Selworthy Special School to be rebuilt over RAAC concrete: A school in Taunton where RACC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) was discovered is to be given ...
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Selworthy Special School to be rebuilt over RAAC concrete
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Tenth anniversary of 2014 floods on Somerset Levels: It's 10 years since the wettest winter for 250 years left large swathes of Somerset underwater for weeks.
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Tenth anniversary of 2014 floods on Somerset Levels
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Nynehead Court celebrates Nest Box Week with bird boxes: Residents at Nynehead Court have been building bird boxes to celebrate National Nest Box Week.
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Nynehead Court celebrates Nest Box Week with bird boxes
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Somerset customs featured in new book in January 2012: THE County Gazette reported on a new book, packed full of nostalgia from Somerset’s past after it hit the ...
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Somerset customs featured in new book in January 2012
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All change at GP's as nearby practices close off to new patients: Patients will be contacted over any appointment issues
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All change at GP's as nearby practices close off to new patients
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Labour start selection for General Election candidate: Labour has started the process of selecting its candidate to stand in the next General Election in the ...
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Labour start selection for General Election candidate
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Lib Dem Amos ‘delighted’ as Taunton Town Council continues services: The LibDem parliamentary candidate for Taunton and Wellington is "delighted" with ...
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Lib Dem Amos ‘delighted’ as Taunton Town Council continues services
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Man in court after children report man offering lift in Williton: A man has appeared in court after children reported a man offering them a lift.
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Man in court after children report man offering lift in Williton
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Gideon Amos vows to help threatened Somerset bus routes: Gideon Amos, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for
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Gideon Amos vows to help threatened Somerset bus routes
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Battle to save vital bus route: A local MP and a Parliamentary candidate are working together to save a vital bus service that connects Devon and Somerset
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Battle to save vital bus route
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Prince Charles visits flooded Somerset Levels in 2014: The future King Charles brought some cheer to the sodden Somerset Levels when he visited the area in ...
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Prince Charles visits flooded Somerset Levels in 2014
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E-scooter rider charged after allegedly riding on M5 at 3am: Jamal Rabeh, 29, from Staplegrove, has been charged with driving while under the influence of ...
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E-scooter rider charged after allegedly riding on M5 at 3am
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“Systemic faults” found in Somerset Council's approach to education: The investigation found “systemic faults” in the council’s approach, with “repeated delays” ...
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“Systemic faults” found in Somerset Council's approach to education
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Taunton death notices from the Somerset County Gazette: The Somerset County Gazette published 24 death notices last week.
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Taunton death notices from the Somerset County Gazette
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Taunton primary school most oversubscribed in Somerset: A primary school in Taunton has been revealed as the most oversubscribed in Somerset ...
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Taunton primary school most oversubscribed in Somerset
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Rachel Gilmour LibDem candidate in Tiverton and Minehead: A local politician is hoping to make it fourth time lucky when she contests the next General Election ...
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Rachel Gilmour LibDem candidate in Tiverton and Minehead
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Ruishton and Thornfalcon Neighbourhood Plan referendum: Residents in Ruishton, Thornfalcon and Henlade are voting in a referendum to see whether or not they ...
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Ruishton and Thornfalcon Neighbourhood Plan referendum
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Langford Budville Primary School unveil new playground mural: Langford Budville CoE Primary School has introduced a new Christian mural in its playground
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Langford Budville Primary School unveil new playground mural
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Lib Dem urge Government to deliver Musgrove Hospital repair works: Taunton and Wellington Liberal Democrats are calling on the government to deliver urgent works ...
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Lib Dem urge Government to deliver Musgrove Hospital repair works
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Why the future looks bright for Somerset's rail network: Several new stations could be delivered in the coming years
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Why the future looks bright for Somerset's rail network
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Taunton park and ride service set for new management: Taunton’s park and ride service will soon be under new management after Buses for Somerset pulled out of ...
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Taunton park and ride service set for new management
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Reader Wendy Lloyd has sent us this stunning photograph of the purple skies over Williton yesterday evening. She says it's the "most stunning I've ever ... Show more
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All the plans surrounding Wellington station for 2024: Restoring the original railway station, which closed in 1964, was not deemed practical without forcibly ...
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All the plans surrounding Wellington station for 2024
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Heathfield School becomes Monkton Wood Academy today: A secondary school in Taunton has today (Friday, December 1) changed its name.
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Heathfield School becomes Monkton Wood Academy today
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Coke kingpin with teardrop tattoo ordered to spend longer in jail: Fatling Bahnjaku was caught with a mobile phone within days of being jailed
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Coke kingpin with teardrop tattoo ordered to spend longer in jail
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Update on phosphate issues at Wellington railway station: Somerset Council has now confirmed that this development is achievable using phosphate credits and the ...
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Update on phosphate issues at Wellington railway station
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Trust could control more than 40 schools under merger plans: The merger could take effect from August
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Trust could control more than 40 schools under merger plans
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Nearly 200 new homes near M5 will remain empty for now: The Court of Appeal will rule on the matter in the spring
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Nearly 200 new homes near M5 will remain empty for now
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West Somerset schools trust merges with larger trust: A trust responsible for six schools and four nurseries in Minehead and Williton at threat of losing academy ...
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West Somerset schools trust merges with larger trust
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Rain weather warning issued for Somerset ahead of huge deluge: More disruption is expected to be caused later this week as the spells of heavy rain continue to ...
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Rain weather warning issued for Somerset ahead of huge deluge
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Langford Budville children collect their Christmas tree: Children from Langford Budville CoE Primary School have collected their school Christmas tree from ...
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Langford Budville children collect their Christmas tree
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National Highways puts A358 and Henlade bypass on hold: There are fears that plans for a bypass around Henlade could be scrapped following a National Highways ...
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National Highways puts A358 and Henlade bypass on hold
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Met Office issues new 'hazardous' 12-hour ice warning: Melting snow and rain is expected to freeze over as temperatures plummet to -6C in parts of Somerset
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Met Office issues new 'hazardous' 12-hour ice warning
Quick Glance: UK Weather: Sporting Events Cancelled After Coldest Night
  • Temperatures of -11C in Aberdeenshire and -8C in rural Wales forecast for Saturday morning.

  • Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice in northern Scotland, Cumbria, southwestern Scotland, and southern and eastern coast of England.

  • Health and transport risks: Amber Cold Health Alerts in five regions and continued cold weather into next week.

  • National Highways urging motorists to plan journeys, monitor weather, and take extra care on roads.
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Look back at first anniversary of Silk Mills park and ride: Taunton's park-and-ride service celebrated its first anniversary back in November 2006.
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Look back at first anniversary of Silk Mills park and ride
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Vital M5 link road upgrade in Somerset postponed until late-2024: The work is estimated to cost £5m
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Vital M5 link road upgrade in Somerset postponed until late-2024
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The Somerset beaches where you should stay out of the water: Warnings are in place following the latest bathing water quality results
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The Somerset beaches where you should stay out of the water
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Taunton death notices from the Somerset County Gazette: The Somerset County Gazette published 16 death notices last week.
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Taunton death notices from the Somerset County Gazette
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£20m regeneration boost for Somerset factory site: This amazing area will be completely transformed
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£20m regeneration boost for Somerset factory site
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£20million Government cash for Toneworks and Tonedale: The Government has awarded nearly £20million for the Toneworks and Tonedale project.
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£20million Government cash for Toneworks and Tonedale
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Ongoing environmental work at the West Somerset Green Forum: Here's what's been going on at the West Somerset Green Forum.
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Ongoing environmental work at the West Somerset Green Forum
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Taunton's Woolaway Project given £5 grant to speed up progress: The North Taunton Woolaway Project will see 162 ‘defective’ Woolaway homes in the Priorswood area ...
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Taunton's Woolaway Project given £5 grant to speed up progress
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Developers could be forced to build greener homes: New rules will be in force from January 2024
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Developers could be forced to build greener homes