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Historic trees set for a trim

4:44pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A STATELY line of historic London Plane trees in Wellington Park is to be cut back this month to ensure they survive for the benefit of future generations.

Toddlers frozen out

4:29pm Thursday 8th January 2009

NINETEEN children were turned away from Milverton Playgroup on Tuesday because the building was so cold its thermometer failed to register a temperature.

Cold start for family

3:10pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A TAUNTON family were left battling freezing temperatures this week while waiting for repairs to their boiler.

Tributes paid to Minehead man

Robert Yule before a summer ball at Cannington College in 2007.

1:42pm Thursday 8th January 2009

THE family of a 23-year-old Foxes Academy student have paid tribute to their “special young man”.

Concerns for missing girl, 13

Nasifa Diyar as not been seen since Sunday.

1:06pm Thursday 8th January 2009

POLICE are trying to find a vulnerable 13-year-old girl from Minehead who went missing while on a trip to a Devon activity park on Sunday.

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.



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