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  • Enjoy 'Revved Up' country music with Katy Hurt this week

    ENJOY country music from Katy Hurt next week, as she performs at the home of Glastonbury Festival. Katy is one of those rare talents that can write and perform with equal impact. Her 2019 single Revved Up has encouraged her latest tour. Roland

  • Fresh faces for Bridgwater Youth Council

    BRIDGWATER Town Council has agreed to relaunch the Bridgwater Youth Council under the guidance of new portfolio holder for youth, Cllr Julie Cordiner. The new Youth Council will have its first meeting at Bridgwater Town Hall on Friday, December

  • Sedgemoor District Council gets gold for staff investment

    Sedgemoor District Council has retained its Gold status for ‘Investors in People’ - something only 16 per cent of accredited organisations achieve. SDC has held an IIP accreditation since 2003. A spokesman for the council said: "Despite the qualifying

  • Bid to build new bypass north of Glastonbury Festival site

    A new bypass could be constructed north of the Glastonbury Festival site to ease traffic on one of Somerset’s major freight routes. Details have emerged of plans for a new road running north of the A361 at Pilton, which could take traffic away from

  • Rowe and Schlein dominate Rebels awards night

    ANDERS Rowe and Rory Schlein scooped the awards at the Somerset Rebels' 2019 end of season event, and were confirmed as 2020 starters by club owner Debbie Hancock, writes Stephen Allen. On being announced as a returnee, Schlein – who scooped the

  • Bridgwater church collecting shoebox gifts for children

    A CHURCH in Bridgwater will be collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas next week. Alive Christian Ministries, based in Salmon Parade in Bridgwater, will be one of 1,100 drop-off locations in the UK for Operation Christmas Child's National

  • Hundreds pay respects to Sue Englefield

    MORE than 200 people headed to Sedgemoor Crematorium this week to pay their respects to Sue Englefield, who passed away aged just 54 on October 19. Sue was well-known in Bridgwater having lived and worked in the town for nearly 30 years, and clearly