In this week's Mercury - Devastated, family say someone could have been killed, Petherton man missing after plane disappears, Challenge of a lifetime, Elaine returns from battlefields plus classifieds, property, leisure, sport and all local news and reports.
Former Bridgwater College student needs your help 5:35pm Friday 9th May AN adventurous former Bridgwater College student is looking for Mercury readers' help as she attempts to enter the Guinness Book of Records halfway across the globe.
Evacuation for Enmore children 3:02pm Friday 9th May CHILDREN from Enmore Primary School got a taste of what it was like to be an evacuee during a special trip.
Dartathon hits the target 12:58pm Friday 9th May A GROUP of ladies from Slimming World held a 12-hour dartathon at The Globe in Cannington to raise funds for St Margaret's Somerset Hospice.
Big bucks from fundraising family 9:55am Friday 9th May A DEDICATED family from Bridgwater has raised a staggering £250,000 for charity after 20 years of fundraising.
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Ladies' pairs joy for Hotshots' duo 5:04pm Friday 9th May LYNN Galley and Peggy Foord, of Hotshots (home alley Bristol Bridge Inn), won the Burnham, Highbridge & District Ladies' Skittles League pairs final at Watchfield Inn first alley on May 1.
Squirrels are on the climb in mixed skittles 3:56pm Friday 9th May WITH Squirrels having won their last two matches, it is fair to say that they are out of hibernation now in Division One of the Highbridge Mixed Summer Skittles League.
The Lads do the double over champions 2:55pm Friday 9th May THE Lads completed a remarkable double as they beat champions Bombers by 14 at the Berrow Inn in Division One of the Highbridge & District Skittles League.
Bower must avoid defeat in final game to take title 8:35am Friday 9th May BOWER United are on the brink of winning the Division Two title in their first season of Uxella Bridgwater & District Sunday League football.
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