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Castle Green plans at exhibition

A computer-generated image of how Castle Green could look

11:50am Thursday 8th January 2009

PROPOSALS to create a grassed public open space on Taunton’s Castle Green car park are among plans going on display next week.

Gypsy eviction costs soar to £150,000

9:30am Thursday 8th January 2009

THE fight to evict gypsies from a field where they set up home has cost taxpayers £100,000.

Pregnant girl and boyfriend expelled

King's College, Taunton, where the parents-to-be were pupils

8:50am Thursday 8th January 2009

A BOY and girl - both 16-year-old boarders - have been expelled from an independent school in Taunton after she became pregnant.

Knife detectors in pubs

Ruth Kerslake screens a customer with the metal detector at Mambo.

7:00am Thursday 8th January 2009

DOOR staff in Taunton pubs and clubs are being issued with hand-held metal detectors aimed to deter knife crime.

Crash victim, 13, named

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4:18pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy killed in a road traffic collision in Somerset this morning has now been named by police.

Delays easing on M5

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10:54pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

POLICE have just announced that traffic delays on the M5, due to an overturned lorry earlier this evening, are beginning to ease.

Long delays continue on the M5

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9:43pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

THERE are still long delays on the M5 between Avonmouth and Clevedon due to an overturned lorry.

Taunton has new Church parish

8:50pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

GALMINGTON, in Taunton, has become a Church of England parish in its own right, with St Michael the Archangel as the parish church.

Stop Smoking Shop comes to town

8:10pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

SOMERSET’S first NHS Stop Smoking Shop is coming to Taunton.

A third of smokers pledge to quit in 09

7:50pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

A TOTAL of 1,150 people in Somerset quit smoking last year with NHS help.



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