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New centre to support vulnerable women set for Bridgwater

Cloudy forecast for Somerset - a bit of sun if we're lucky

House prices leapt up by 3.4% in June - with the average house costing more than £229,000

Project to restore First World War memorials at Wembdon Cemetery

Transplant Games triumph for golden girl Keeleigh

Have your say on NHS 111 services in Somerset

NOSTALGIA: Plans for new medical centre unveiled

Sponsored: Tuesday’s £399 million super jackpot could see the UK’s biggest ever win

Plan to demolish historic Bridgwater building for new flats

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Congratulations Somerset - county cricket club celebrates landmark day

CREEPY CRAWLIES: Large-looking spiders spotted in Bridgwater

Blake Gardens toilets forced to close after being left in 'disgusting state'

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Number of civil partnerships in Somerset fallen dramatically since legalisation of same-sex marriage

BIG INTERVIEW: Comedian Sam Vesty is still The Learner Parent

Buzzard trapped in sewage pit rescued by Secret World Wildlife Rescue

Could you help walk Scampy the dog?

Annual quiz raises £1,500 for charity

WEATHER: Dry and cloudy day set for Somerset

As it happened: A Level Results Day

Tour de France winner will head to Somerset for Tour of Britain

Bridgwater & Taunton College celebrates best ever A Level results

Somerset pub writes to Prime Minister to declare independence from Great Britain

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Shopper racially abused in front of children in Tesco store

Did you spot the Red Arrows over Somerset?

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Opening hours to change at Somerset police stations - how yours is affected

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A-level results day: Free food at Nando's, KFC and Pizza Express

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APPEAL: Woman in her 80s may have had bank card 'cloned'

WEATHER: Rainy start with some sunny spells set for Somerset

A-LEVELS: One-in-four awarded A or A* this year - the highest for six years

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Sexual assault on train passenger with learning difficulties

Eye exam saves boy's life

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Appeal to identify two men following attempted burglary in Bridgwater

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Hot weather reveals prehistoric Iron Age farms and enclosures on Somerset's dry soil

WEATHER: Warm but cloudy day throughout Somerset

New Somerset mental health resources created by young people for young people

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Bridgwater grandmother is UK’s first female nuclear fuel transporter driver

'I want to live': Vanessa Holbrow's plea for more support for eating disorder sufferers in Somerset

Town Council 'surprise' at EDF plans to postpone major roadworks

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Water Vole rescued near Burnham

Tips for young people and parents as A Level and GCSE results days approach

Adrian is standing down - after 32 years!

Rough sleeping on the rise in Sedgemoor as £100m pledged to tackle the problem

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TRAVEL: Rail services suspended due to broken down train

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Bridgwater Aldi relocation plan revealed

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Is this Somerset's best village shop?

WEATHER: Somerset hoping to stay dry as clouds roll over

Woman charged with hiding her child's dead body in Somerset garden

Fancy 'glamping' in a tree house? Well, you soon could near Bridgwater...

Banksy work vanishes from Somerset town - less than a day after it was spotted

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A body found in a tent in Somerset has been identified

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Malcolm bares all for prostate cancer charity calender

Ginger Wildheart is heading to Bridgwater...

NOSTALGIA: Family turns detective to find stolen Mini... And succeeds!

WEATHER: Somerset set to be mostly dry but cloudy

SOMERSET CAMERA CLUB: Pictures published on August 7, 2018

Trees and plants saved Somerset NHS more than £8 million in ONE YEAR, figures reveal

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Find out how one actor went from Taunton to appearing in Poldark

NOSTALGIA: Would you fancy biking down the Swiss Alps at high speed?

NOSTALGIA: Club receives cash boost

Bridge over troubled water? Lights praised but rubbish problem remains

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More than 700 assaults on police last year - with 236 injuries, figures reveal

COLUMN: Why you should be exploring Somerset's coastline

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Driver 'four-times legal limit' among 133 arrested in month-long drink drive crackdown

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Sport

FOOTBALL: Robins forced to settle for point after late sucker punch

CRICKET PREVIEW: All to play for as Somerset resume Championship campaign

CRICKET: Somerset's home T20 quarter-final - when is it and how can I get tickets?

FOOTBALL: Robins look to bounce back with home victory

CRICKET: Penalty runs prove costly as Somerset fall just short in thriller at Kent

CRICKET: Middlezoy's Thompson returns to home soil

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PICTURES: Pirates take over Enmore Park

CRICKET: Middlezoy and North Newton outgunned by Taunton opponents

COUNTY CRICKET: Abell backs Somerset to seal home quarter-final

COUNTY CRICKET: Investigation into 'peasant' controversy finds 'no evidence' of abuse

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SPEEDWAY: Rebels shocked on home shale by Aces

CRICKET: Shapwick not safe yet after loss to strugglers Taunton

CRICKET: Storm thumped by Lightning at Edgbaston

FOOTBALL: Robins Reserves make flying start to new season

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Woakes backs Stokes after slow start to Test comeback

A closer look at Cristiano Ronaldo’s Serie A debut

Hazard makes vital impact as Chelsea see off Arsenal

Late Juventus goal means Ronaldo starts Serie A life with a win

Classy Kohli steals the show as India make Ben Stokes and England toil

Mbappe back with a bang to rescue PSG

Pochettino: Spurs back-ups can leave or wait until I am sacked

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LETTER: Somerset schools should spend more on pupils

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Putin dances at wedding of Austria’s foreign minister

British paraglider killed in mid-air collision

Italy’s president demands safe roads as bridge death toll rises to 42

In Pictures: Wacky whiskers at British Beard and Moustache Championships

Hundreds of neo-Nazis march through Berlin

Coveney: Annan was voice for international peace

Hundreds of campaigners rally to demand public vote on final Brexit deal

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