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  • Cash boost for Watchet 1st Sea Scout Troop

    WATCHET’S 1st Sea Scout Troop was given a boost this week thanks to the Royal Navy Association. The young members were visited by Ted Saunders of the Norton Fitzwarren RNA, who presented them with £50 towards their funds. The Norton Fitzwarren Branch

  • Toys for forces charity

    A TALENTED toy maker from Minehead has chipped in to raise cash for Help for Heroes, the charity for wounded forces personnel. Carpenter and joiner Steven Heard, of Quarry Close, Alcombe, who has been partially deaf since birth, has become renowned for

  • Fire service and cricket club join forces

    SOMERSET County Cricket Club is joining forces with Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service to get across the fire safety message. The brigade will hang banners around Taunton’s County Ground following link ups with other sports clubs, including Taunton

  • Underage booze sales refused in Taunton

    ALCOHOL sellers in Taunton have been given a clean bill of health by police for refusing to sell booze to people who are under 18. Officers teamed up with trading standards officials for a test purchasing operation last week aimed at checking whether

  • Musgrove helipad work progressing

    WORK is progressing on a new landing site for helicopters at Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital. The helipad, in front of A&E, will allow the Dorset and Somerset air ambulance to transport emergency patients to Musgrove – currently they are transported