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  • Tottenham legends come to town

    TOTTENHAM Hotspur Football Club fans in Bridgwater were treated to a visit by three of the club's biggest legends yesterday. Iconic defender Steve Perryman and Argentine World Cup winners Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa attended a special dinner

  • Remember Whitbys on St Mary's Street?

    MERCURY reader Raymond Young found these photos of an old Bridgwater store on carnival day when clearing out the premises 30 years later. The snaps show Whitbys Radio, Gramophones, Piano Stores on St Mary's Street with one worker preparing for carnival

  • Good food for healthy Hamp

    THREE health-conscious volunteers are bringing good food to people in Hamp, Bridgwater, thanks to a new food co-op. Sarah Francis, Julie Raven and Lorna King run the project, offering organic vegetables and seasonal local fruit, along with eggs and preserves

  • Disabled campaigners get Parliament invite

    DISABILITY campaigners in Bridgwater have been invited to take their cause to the Houses of Parliament. Bridgwater MP Ian Liddell-Grainger has issued a personal invitation to Ray Lamb, acting chairman of the town's Shopmobility charity, to present his

  • New names added to 'Fight Night' bill at Chilton

    THREE more names have been added to the Fight Night bill at Chilton Trinity Technology College in Bridgwater on November 21. Warren Lilly, Jamie Webster, and Matt Knisey will be joining Teaken Prior, Callum James, Warren Churchill, Jamie Webster, Luke

  • Bookshop on the move

    BRIDGWATER Bookshop has a new home just yards from its old High Street base. Ronald Timms and his staff have taken over a shop which has been empty since Seconds Ahead went into receivership in January. The old bookshop premises will

  • Road works in North Petherton

    FLOODGATE Road, in North Petherton, will be closed from November 9 to 20 while remedial works to gabion baskets are carried out.