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North Curry gypsies - eviction moves closer

8:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

GYPSIES who set up home in a field off North Curry’s Oxen Lane will fight the latest move to kick them out, it was claimed this week.

Perfume con rumour scotched by police

8:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

CLAIMS that criminals are posing as perfume sellers to rob customers in a store car park in Taunton have been dismissed as “an urban myth” by police.

M5 CRASH UPDATE: Lanes reopened

8:07pm Thursday 9th July 2009

EARLIER delays on the M5 have now cleared after an overturned caravan was recovered.

Overturned caravan causes M5 delays

6:38pm Thursday 9th July 2009

MOTORISTS heading southbound on the M5 motorway this afternoon face delays following an accident.

Rock on the Green this Saturday

3:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009

HUNDREDS of people are expected to raise thousands of pounds for charity at the annual Rock on the Green at St Andrews, in Taunton, from 4pm to late on Saturday.

Bishops Lydeard Flower Show

12:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

BISHOPS Lydeard fete and flower show takes place in the village hall at 2pm on Saturday, July 18.

Man repeatedly stabbed in Taunton knifing horror

THE block of flats where the knifing took place.

11:25am Thursday 9th July 2009

A 21-YEAR-OLD man was knifed repeatedly when an alleged argument turned nasty at a block of Taunton flats.

Serious knife crime rockets 72% in Avon & Somerset

SERIOUS knife crime in Avon & Somerset has shot up more than any other town or city in the country.

11:32am Thursday 9th July 2009

THE Avon & Somerset Constabulary has recorded the largest increase in serious knife crime in the country, according to figures released this week.

Pasties, nails and revamps in Taunton town centre

Keith Lowe

9:30am Thursday 9th July 2009

TAUNTON’S shopping area has been boosted with more investment from retailers this week, while the revamp of the Old Market Centre is progressing well, say bosses.

Miss Taunton crowned Miss Taunton

Miss Taunton Gemma Taunton (seated) with last year's winner Lisa Treeby

7:00am Thursday 9th July 2009

IT is almost as if this year’s Miss Taunton was born to take the title.


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