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  • Council removes "street clutter"

    SOMERSET County Council has removed 550 redundant road signs that were cluttering up the county’s highways. They include signs for temporary road works and speed cameras that have since been removed. County councillor Anthony Trollope-Bellew said:

  • Swine flu vaccinations for priority patients this week

    PEOPLE suffering from underlying health conditions in Bridgwater will be offered the vaccination against swine flu this week. GPs from surgeries around the town will be contacting priority patients to invite them to receive the injection.

  • Waste minster goes back to school

    PUPILS at Cossington Primary School received an extra special visit from a Government minister this morning. Dan Norris, Minister for Waste and Recycling, stopped by during his trip to see Somerset Waste Partnership's new collection services in the county

  • Russian Quartet at Bawdrip

    COSSINGTON Concerts concluded the memorable 2009 programme with a marvellous performance by a talented young quartet at St Michael’s Church, Bawdrip. The Atrium Quartet graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatoire in 2003 and quickly established itself

  • New postal strike looms

    POSTAL workers in Bridgwater staged their fifth 24-hour strike in three months last week - and warned more mail misery was just days away. Communication Workers Union members in Bridgwater walked out at 7pm on Thursday in a dispute with Royal Mail,

  • The dangers of cat collars

    I THOUGHT I would give Jim another break from the article writing this month. Like all our vets here at Blake Veterinary Group we do a lot of work with the Cat Protection Charity, so I thought that I would cover a difficult topic on cat care. Should my

  • Councillor defection prompts resignation calls

    THERE were calls yesterday (Monday) for a by-election in Bridgwater, after a county councillor defected to the LibDems just four months after being elected as a Tory. Cllr Stephen Gill won the Bridgwater South division in June as a Conservative

  • The man with the golden guitar

    A BRIDGWATER guitar-maker stepped in to save the day after an unusual request from the South of France to cover a rare custom guitar…in 24-carat gold. Kim Webber, owner of Kim Webber Guitars in Phillips Close, leapt into action when Glastonbury-based