News from Taunton, M5, Somerset, Wellington, Minehead, West Somerset from Somerset County Gazette

Taunton man Craig tackles giant burger for charity

9:30pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

CRAIG Westlake, of Bagborough Road in Taunton, tackled a giant hamburger to raise money for charity.

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TV Licensing clamps down on Taunton dodgers

9:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

IN the last year, 422 people in Taunton have been caught watching television without a valid licence.

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Rare butterfly makes West Somerset reservoir its home

7:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

RARE butterflies have been discovered at a West Somerset reservoir.

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Charity shop manager 'angry' after spate of shoplifting

4:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A CHARITY shop manager has been left ‘angry’ and ‘upset’ after a spate of thefts at her store.

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Masquerade ball for Taunton Christmas lights

2:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

HOPES of Christmas lights above streets in the centre of Taunton will be severely dented unless more tickets to a fund-raising masquerade ball are sold.

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Somerset Paralympic star Lucy Shuker appeals after thieves steal her £4,500 bike

12:55pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

THIEVES have stolen a specialist bike worth £4,500 from Somerset Paralympic star Lucy Shuker.

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Visibilty and flooding concerns over solar farm near Fivehead

10:31am Wednesday 19th June 2013

VISIBILITY of a proposed solar farm between Fivehead, Curry Mallet and Isle Abbotts was the main concern at a public meeting on Tuesday night (June 18).

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Yeovil Town face an away day opener in The Championship

9:18am Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE fixtures for the 2013-14 season have been published and Yeovil Town's first-ever game in The Championship will see the Glovers travel to Millwall on the opening day of the campaign on August 3.

'Free from Three' Wellington parking scheme backed by MP Jeremy Browne

8:20am Wednesday 19th June 2013

PLANS to pilot a free parking scheme in Wellington could make the town thrive again, it was claimed this week.

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£21.8m Taunton NIDR finish date set for 2015

6:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A MULTI-million pound road expected to kick-start a massive shops, homes, offices and leisure facilities development in Taunton should be completed by early 2015, it has emerged.

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Charles Church South West raises air ambulance cash

9:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

ONE of the region’s leading house building firms has given Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance a £2,000 fundraising boost.

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Isle Abbotts playgroup benefits from young trees donation

8:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

YOUNGSTERS at Isle Abbotts Playgroup have received a donation of dozens of trees thanks to a garden centre.

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Fireworks display at Taunton School

7:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A FIREWORKS concert is set to entertain and amaze at Taunton School next Tuesday (June 25).

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Market House revamp as South West Pubs takeover

6:09pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE new owners of the Market House, in Taunton, will give the venue ‘a spruce-up’ and propose to change its name.

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Hatch Beauchamp declares waste win bar

5:50pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

PEOPLE in a picturesque village are being asked to be more considerate by removing their waste recycling bins from the street once they've been emptied.

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Accidental death verdict to young couple after Thurloxton road crash

3:53pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

HIGH speed was the principal factor in the death of a young couple whose car ploughed into a tree on the A38 last year, an inquest has heard.

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"Occasionally I fall asleep crying," says Taunton mother who only remembers last five years of her life

10:10am Tuesday 18th June 2013

A WOMAN in her 60s who only remembers the last five years of her life blames her memory loss on getting behind on the mortgage.

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Taxpayers may have to stump up cash to re-open Taunton's Brewhouse Theatre

1:02pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

COUNCIL taxpayers could have to fork out £120,000 if there’s any chance of Taunton’s Brewhouse theatre re-opening – with a further huge bill potentially in the wings.

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More volunteers join the ranks of Minehead's Regal Theatre

6:30am Tuesday 18th June 2013

TRUSTEES of the Regal Theatre in Minehead invited new volunteers to join its ranks of more than 200 regular co-workers.

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