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Taunton road to shut for whole year while flats are built near...
A Taunton road will be closed for a year while a block of multi-story flats is built near to the town's train station.Railway Street will shut today (September 1) and is not scheduled to open until...
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Somerset hospitals rush to make plans to cope with junior doctors...
Hospital bosses in Somerset are considering cancelling operations as they prepare for a five day strike by junior doctors.Junior doctors will strike between the hours of 8am and 5pm for five days...
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Two car crash partially blocks Priory Bridge Road in Taunton
A two car crash has partially blocked a road in Taunton this afternoon (September 1).It reportedly happened on Priory Bridge Road near to the Shell petrol station just after noon.Two vehicles are...
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Patrick Mason on the trials and tribulations of being a criminal...
His name appears alongside those who have committed some of the worst crimes imaginable. Patrick Mason could be the most prolific criminal defence barrister in Somerset. Day in and day out, he works...
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Ciaran Maxwell: Somerset Royal Marine charged with terror...
A Somerset Royal Marine has been charged with the intention of assisting another to commit acts of terrorism, including manufacturing explosive devices, and will appear in court today (September 2)....
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Ciaran Maxwell: Somerset Royal Marine appears at Westminster...
A serving Royal Marine appeared in court today charged with storing bomb making equipment, weapons and ammunition in huge weapons caches in England and Northern Ireland. Ciaran Maxwell is charged with...
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Nurse at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton facing 21 charges at...
A Somerset nurse is facing allegations she is too incompetent to practice after a series of failings over a 16 month period.Kathrine Ann Stephens was employed by Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation...
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Missing: Police appeal for help to find Paul Hyam from Wellington...
Police are appealing for help to find a missing man from Wellington.Paul Hyam, 78 has been missing for a week - he was last seen a member of his family around 9am at his home on Friday August 26. He...
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Ciaran Maxwell: Royal Marine accused of terrorism denies bank...
A serving Royal Marine accused of terrorism offences has denied some of the charges against him.Ciaran Maxwell, 30, who was arrested in Somerset on August 24, pleaded not guilty to possession of...
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Avon and Somerset police record 537 per cent rise in death...
Death threats have increased six fold in the Avon and Somerset area in just two years.The increase was the highest revealed in an analysis of Home Office crime statistics which showed a worrying...
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Fire at Jurston Lane Wellington - young child and adult helped...
A young child was helped to safety as fire took hold in the bedroom of a Somerset house.The child and an adult were guided out of the home by call handlers at Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue...
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Woman accused of chasing man through street with broken glass and...
A Curry Rivel woman who allegedly assaulted her partner and was then said to have chased a man through the street with a broken glass bottle has had her trial adjourned to a new date in...
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Yeovil pensioner to stand trial for 'accidental' sexual assault...
A pensioner has appeared in court charged with a series of sexual assaults on women and young girls at a residential caravan park in Yeovil.Brian Younghusband, 76, formerly of Rustywell Park, but...
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Air ambulance called as person suffers serious head injury in...
A person has suffered a serious head injury in a crash in a village near Taunton this afternoon (September 6). Two people are believed to have been hurt in the crash involving two vehicles on the B3170...
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M5 traffic news: One lane closed near Bridgwater and Burnham-on-S...
One lane of the M5 is closed this evening (September 6), according to reports.A lorry is apparently broken down on the northbound side of the motorway in Somerset.It is affecting traffic between...
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Taunton-based EMC Advisory Services creating 100 jobs after...
A Taunton company will create 100 new jobs in the South West following a multi-million pound management buyout.Plans revealed by EMC Advisory Services' management team, James Scarth and Richard...
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Bridgwater MP Ian Liddell-Grainger's speeches are easiest to...
Ian Liddell-Grainger's speeches in the House of Commons are some of the easiest to understand out of all MPs. Figures from the MySociety website TheyWorkForYou.com have revealed which MPs are hardest...
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M5 crash: Man dies after driving wrong way down motorway in...
A motorist who drove the wrong way down the M5 motorway last month has died. According to a renewed appeal for witnesses by the police, the driver of a vehicle which went against the traffic on August...
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Broken down bus causing delays on A358 between Ilminster and...
Delays are being reported on the A358 between Ilminster and Taunton after a bus broke down, blocking the major route.The vehicle has ground to a halt at the junction of Stoke Road in Henlade, causing...
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Bristol and Taunton paedophile gang jailed 71 years for sexual...
A "despicable" gang of paedophile friends who sexually abused children as young as five have been jailed for a total of 71 years at Bristol Crown Court today (September 8).The majority of the abuse...
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