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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.

Anger over Wellington parking plans

8:00pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

RESIDENTS in Wellington are up-in-arms after Taunton Deane Council ignored widespread opposition to give the go-ahead for new parking bays just a few feet from their cottage windows.

Blackdown Hills cycle routes launch

8:00pm Friday 27th August 2010

A SERIES of cycling routes in the Blackdown Hills will be launched in Wellington on Sunday, September 5.

Browne supports Wellington street traders

Jeremy Browne, Jack Lister (Frames) and Clare de Ruyter (Cheese and Wine Shop). Photo: Geoff Roberts.

9:10pm Thursday 26th August 2010

TAUNTON Deane MP Jeremy Browne has visited the South Street traders in Wellington to lend his support to their campaign to attracted more shoppers to the town.

British Red Cross - Hannah's skydive

Hannah Westcott with FESS volunteers Natalie Garfoot and Malcolm Cook and a fellow jumper. Photo: Jessica Meale.

8:00pm Thursday 26th August 2010

A WELLINGTON woman who fled a blazing flat in Cornhill has completed a skydive to raise £210 for the British Red Cross service which helped her.

Opposition mounts against proposed mental health unit

1:30pm Thursday 26th August 2010

THE fight to prevent a proposed mental health unit being built at the Westpoint 26 business park just outside Wellington has begun.

£50,000 on survey work at Wellington Monument

Wellington Monument as it is today

9:10am Thursday 26th August 2010

THE National Trust is to spend £50,000 on more survey work at Wellington Monument in a bid to complete £4m of improvements before the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

Carnival royalty seek dress sponsorship

Kirstie Bowden, Emily Locke and Sapphire Whitfield.

8:00pm Wednesday 25th August 2010

THREE Wellington girls are to attend Wellington Festival as VIP’s this September.

Seven-year-old cycles 500 miles for charity

Seven-year-old cycles 500 miles for charity

9:00am Wednesday 25th August 2010

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Somerset girl has cycled 500 miles to raise money for children recovering from cancer.

GCSE results: Wellington School

Back, Chris Tamblin, Akito Watkin, Victoria Beach, Charlotte Paisley; front, Elisabeth Greenway, Jenny Kilbey, Anna Capaldi

4:07pm Tuesday 24th August 2010

MORE than half – 55% - of the GCSE students at Wellington School got at least six A* or A grades this year, equalling the school’s best performance.






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