Chris Alder

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Toddlers get new toys

TODDLERS in West Somerset are getting new toys to play with, thanks to grants totalling £3,500.

Sweltering heat sparks fire warning

AS temperatures soared across West Somerset again this week, Somerset Fire and Rescue Service warned of a dramatic rise in accidental heath fires.

Students recreate wild west

THE WILD West came to Tropiquaria this week when students from West Somerset Community College used a fort a children's fort at the attraction for a photo-shoot.

Porlock summer show

Porlock village hall was awash with the scent of lovingly-tended blooms yesterday as Porlock Vale Horticultural Society's annual summer show got under way.

Fete is jam packed

LUXBOROUGH village fete has raised more than £3,000 for village funds, organisers said this week.

Low-cost homes record criticised

HOUSING officials in West Somerset have defended their record on providing affordable homes for people on low incomes in the face of criticism from an independent watchdog.

Pupils go ethnic

PUPILS at Knights Templar First School, Watchet spent a day learning about the culture of the people of Central America.

School's out!

THEY arrived by limo, tractor, police patrol car and even helicopter.

Residents call for fire doors

FIRE precautions at the Newton Road flats where fire broke out early Monday morning are under review by Taunton Deane Council officials.

Nine rescued in flats blaze

POLICE say a fire in which six people were rescued by ladders from the upper windows of a block of flats in Taunton was started deliberately.