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  • Hard-hitting road safety message for college students

    A STAGED road traffic accident at the Bridgwater College left staff and students shocked as they made their way to the college on Monday (March 10). The road collision was staged by the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service as part of a hard-hitting

  • Primary school pupils enjoy swashbuckling workshop

    SWASHBUCKLING primary school pupils from around the area spent the day at the Gifted and Talented workshop held at Haygrove School's design and technology department on Wednesday (March 12). The pirate-themed day saw pupils build a model pirate ship,

  • Phase One to make their Isle of Man TT debut

    LOCALLY-based Yamaha Phase One, three times world endurance motorcycle champions, are to take part in the famous Isle of Man TT Races for the first time this year. Briton James McBride and Jimmy Moore, an American, will both ride Phase One Yamaha YZF-R1s

  • Somerset initiatives praised at Safer Somerset Awards

    TWO successful Somerset initiatives have been honoured for their work in making the county a safer place to live at the council's first ever Safer Somerset Awards. The East Bridgwater Community School internal exclusion team won the Mainstreaming Community

  • Competition winner

    RECENT County Gazette competition winners of a pair of tickets to Rockin' On Heaven's Door Show in Minehead plus a DVD of the Show are: Mr D. Cox, Bridgwater; J. Jones, Bridgwater; Sandra Turner, Bridgwater; Hilary Cockcroft, Bridgwater.

  • Christina celebrates publication of her children's story

    A STOGURSEY resident is celebrating the recent publication of her children's book Lucy and Her Unusual pet. Christina Hughes took four years to complete the book, which is aimed at nine-12 year olds, while working on other stories and poems. She has

  • Review - The Joy Of Ex, by Edward Keating.

    THIS month's publication of The Joy Of Ex marks the end of a three-year quest by former Bridgwater Mercury reporter Edward Keating, who has overcome early rejection by literary agents to see his work in print. His debut novel, released in March by Oktober