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  • Parkway Costcutter and Post Office sold to Co-op group

    A LEADING business agent has purchased the lease of the established Costcutter store and Post Office in Parkway, Bridgwater. The Bristol Office of Christie and Co has acquired the business from retiring owner Terry Brown. Originally, the business started

  • Jail for six-second burglar

    A HEROIN addict from Bridgwater who took just six seconds to burgle a Taunton pub has been jailed for more than three years. Taunton Crown Court heard this week how Ashley Milton, aged 27, had carried out an opportunistic raid on the O'Bridge pub in

  • Police dog has its day

    AVON and Somerset Police scooped second prize at this year's South West and South Wales Regional Police Dog Trials. The event saw 13 police dogs compete in various exercises designed to replicate the operational police environment. Handlers and their

  • Golden celebrations for Bridgwater couple

    A DEVOTED Bridgwater couple will be celebrating their golden wedding anniversary today (Saturday, March 15). Ken and Audrey Cartwright married in the King Street Methodist Church in 1958. Audrey moved to Bridgwater from London just after the outbreak