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  • Premier Inn provides boost for Bridgwater businesses

    WORK on the new Premier Inn hotel at Bridgwater Gateway has been completed thanks to the combined efforts of several local businesses. During the building of the 100-bed hotel by main contractors Carter Lauren, numerous local sub-contractor companies

  • PREVIEW: Busy weekend of club cricket

    TOMORROW'S West of England Premier Cricket League schedule could well be weather dependent, but there's plenty of action to look forward to, if the rain allows. In Premier 1, Bridgwater and Taunton St Andrew's are both looking to bounce back from

  • SWIMMING: Hill all set for British Masters

    RICH Hill, from Bridgwater Amateur Swimming Club, will be competing in the British Masters Championships this weekend (June 15-16). Hill, who trains at the 1610-run Trinity Sports Centre in Bridgwater, will be travelling to the Welsh International

  • MP welcomes new shooting licences

    BRIDGWATER’S MP has welcomed Defra's issuing of a new set of general licences for controlling wild birds. Three new types of licence have been approved by Environment Secretary Michael Gove after the former system was suspended in April. They came

  • KFC introduces VEGAN burger: Here's where you can get one

    KFC. Kentucky Fried Chicken. The fast-food chain has been famous for, well, chicken, for decades. But now, for the first time, KFC has announced it is to list a VEGAN burger on its menu. The Imposter is a burger developed by KFC alongside

  • Civic Society questions future of EDF accommodation site

    BRIDGWATER and District Civic Society has called on EDF this week to provide answers about the long-term plans its Bath Road accommodation complex. The site, known as the Sedgemoor Campus opened in February to accommodate up to 986 Hinkley C workers