Angela Brennan

A MAN left paralysed from the chest down after an accident says playing the guitar helped him regain the movement in his hands.

BURNHAM’S Hillview Carnival Club will take part in this year’s processions despite donations dropping by half, its chairman has promised.

A PENSIONER who fell and knocked himself out has thanked two mystery women who came to his aid and waited with him until the emergency services arrived.

A FUNDRAISING evening is being held in memory of a Bridgwater woman who died unexpectedly aged 39.

THE family of a lorry driver who was killed when he hit the back of a stationary bus have marked his funeral - by 'pimping his ride'.

WITH a new £33million hospital to be built in Bridgwater by 2014, Mercury reporter ANGELA BRENNAN took a look round the existing 199-year-old facility in Salmon Parade to see why a modern version is needed.

A YOUNG mother from Bridgwater claims she was thrown off a bus because the driver said her two-year-old daughter’s crying was too distracting.

A TOPPING out ceremony at Churchfield Primary School in Highbridge has marked the start of the final phase of a £4.6million construction project.

ST Andrew’s Church in Whitestaunton is set for further renovations after being awarded thousands of pounds from the Big Lottery.

A CHARD garage was damaged after a car exploded at its premises in the early hours of the morning.