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Make a Will and help St Margaret's

Pictured are solicitors launching the initiative

8:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

LAW firms in Somerset are helping St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice as part of Make a Will Week, which runs from September 13-17.

Could you care for carers at Quantock House?

Quantock House

6:40pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THE new St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice carers’ respite facility at Holford, on the Quantock Hills, is due to open its doors for the first time this autumn - but needs help from a local couple to get the facility off the ground.

Update - lorry fire on M5

The lorry fire on the M5. Photo: Dave Porter

6:10pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

TRAFFIC is back to normal on the M5 near Wellington after a lorry blaze earlier today.

Exmoor champion dies

4:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A WOMAN who survived on £100 a year while living off the land on Exmoor has died at the age of 91.

Somerset pipped by Pakistan in one-day game

Pakistan's openers take the field

2:50pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

AN unbeaten century by number three Zander de Bruyn could not save Somerset from a narrow defeat in their 50-over game with Pakistan at the County Ground this afternoon.

Rumwell Farm Shop scoops Taste of West awards

1:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

RUMWELL Farm Shop scooped eight accolades at the 2010 Taste of the West Product Awards.

Watchet Music Festival

Headliners: Adrian Edmonson and the Bad Shepherds.

10:50am Thursday 2nd September 2010

MORE than 7,000 people enjoyed the largest number of acts hosted by Watchet Music Festival over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Pakistan cricketers playing Somerset today

Pakistan cricketers playing Somerset today

9:29am Thursday 2nd September 2010

THE eyes of the cricket world are on Taunton today as the controversy dogged Pakistan team play Somerset in a 50-over friendly.

Minehead distraction burglary

Crackdown on crime in Tiverton

9:10am Thursday 2nd September 2010

Police have issued a warning to be vigilant against cold callers after an elderly Minehead woman fell victim to a distraction burglary.







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