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Teenage Taunton cow abuser Owen Nichol may be jailed for stamping...
A farm apprentice could face jail today for hitting, throwing and stamping on newborn calves. Owen Nichol, 19, was filmed (see video below) attacking the young cows and their mothers at Pyrland Farm in...
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Teenagers Matthew Goodchild and Curtis Yaldiz in court charged...
Two teenage boys and a youth have appeared in court charged with an alleged robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Barwick. Matthew Andrew Goodchild, 19, of Higher Westbury, Bradford Abbas and Curtis...
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Taunton cow abuser Owen Nichol sentenced for animal cruelty...
A farm apprentice snared by an animal rights group who covertly filmed him attacking cows at a farm near Taunton has been spared jail by magistrates today. Owen Nichol, 19, of Buckland Road, Taunton...
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Sherford Manor Care Home, Taunton, is labelled inadequate for the...
A Somerset dementia care home has received its second inadequate rating in three months.Sherford Manor Care Home in Taunton was found to have broken five regulations following an inspection in December...
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Primark £100 voucher scam doing the rounds on Facebook
The famous saying goes: "If it is too good to be true, then it is usually is."So when a promotion voucher claiming to be worth £100 at Primark, which has branches in Yeovil and Taunton, began to do the...
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Loving gran killed in Taunton horror crash left behind 'void' say...
The grieving family of a loving mother and grandmother killed in a horror crash last month have spoken of the "void" she has left behind.Mother-of-three Carol Broxholme, 59, from Wellington, died when...
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Spice killed Taunton man, police believe
A man has died in Taunton after taking what is believed to be the drug Spice or a psychoactive substance. The 30-year-old man was found unresponsive and later died. Six other people exhibited symptoms...
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What is Spice? Mind-bending drug can send people into zombie like...
A mind-bending drug which can send people into a zombie-like stupor may have claimed its first life in Somerset. Avon and Somerset Constabulary says the death of a man in Taunton may have resulted from...
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Legal puppy farm conditions 'devastating' says Somerset animal...
Puppies are being kept in dark, tiny pens with broken bones and fur covered in faeces at legal puppy farms, according to the owner of a Somerset animal shelter.Vanessa Linnell, from St Giles Animal...
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More details about Taunton man whose death has been linked to...
More details have been released about the death of a 30-year-old man in Taunton which has been linked to the drug Spice. Avon and Somerset Constabulary say that the man was found unresponsive on...
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Sentence given to calf abuser Owen Nichol slammed by readers
Strong comments criticising the sentence handed down to a 19-year-old farm apprentice caught on camera punching and kicking calves have been posted on social media. Owen Nichol was spared jail by...
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'Marine A' Alexander Blackman is about to be released from prison...
Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, known as Marine A, is due to be released from prison early on Friday (April 28), according to The Mirror. The 42-year-old, from Taunton, had a life sentence overturned...
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Marine A Alexander Blackman hides from cameras as he is driven...
Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, who had his sentence for shooting dead an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan reduced, has been released from prison.The commando, who spent more than three years in...
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M4 road works postponed but M3 to close for the weekend
The M3 will close in both directions for an entire weekend causing delays for motorists. It's not all bad news for motorists though as on April 27 a spokeswoman for Highways England said the work...
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M5 traffic: The best times to travel over the bank holiday...
Motorways are renowned to be a nightmare on bank holidays but there are some hints you can follow to make travel slightly less stressful.According to navigation boffins there are key times to travel on...
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Child grooming: How to spot the signs
If a young person is being sexually exploited they may exhibit certain types of behaviour, but do you know what they are?When a young person is being sexually exploited they may exhibit a range of...
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Things you can do if you think your neighbours are smoking...
Everyone has had a nuisance neighbour living nearby at some point - whether they're hosting loud parties, stealing your parking space or robbing your wheelie bin. But habits are more annoying than...
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Somerset's marine Alexander Blackman praises 'wife in a million'...
The marine from Somerset who has made national headlines with his battle for justice has heaped praise on his wife, after speaking publicly for the first time since his release from prison. Alexander...
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May Bank Holiday weather: Met Office predicts wet and windy days...
The remainder of the Bank Holiday weekend will be wet and windy, according to the Met Office. If you were planning a barbecue in the sun to celebrate the long weekend and the imminent arrival of...
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M5 partially closed due to animals on the road
A section of the M5 has been partially closed this morning (April 30).Lane one and the hard shoulder is closed on the M5 southbound between junction 24 and junction 25 at 8am.The reason for the closure...
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