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  • Family tribute to their 'foundation' who died in plane crash

    A FAMILY tribute has been paid to a woman who died in a light aircraft crash in Somerset last month. Margaret Costa was the only passenger onboard the plane that crashed on agricultural land near the village of Buckland St Mary on the morning of

  • Man arrested in 'dangerous driving' police probe

    POLICE are appealing for dashcam or CCTV footage of a motorist driving "in a dangerous manner" as part of an ongoing investigation. The incident took place in Yeovil at about noon last Thursday (September 9). Police say it involved a black

  • Hunt for man who sexually assaulted woman in shop

    POLICE are investigating after a man sexually assaulted a woman in a store. The unknown man approached the victim and touched her inappropriately from behind, say police. The incident happened at a retail store in the North Worle Shopping Centre

  • Q&A sessions to be held ahead of Recycle More rollout

    QUESTION and answer sessions are being held ahead of the Recycle More rollout in Taunton Deane later this year. Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) are hosting Facebook Q&A sessions from tomorrow up until the scheme starts of November. Recycle

  • Accountancy firm takes on 14 new trainees

    THE Taunton office of an accountancy firm has just taken on five new trainees. They are among the latest raft of 14 students taken on by Milsted Langdon at its offices in the county town, Yeovil, Bath and Bristol. All the trainees will undertake

  • Your chance to check out homes on new Taunton housing estate

    HERE'S your chance to go house hunting on a new estate being built on the edge of Taunton. Potential buyers will be able to look around the show homes on the Orchard Grove development from next week. The sales office and show homes on the site

  • Firefighters tackle chimney and stove fire

    REPORTS of a chimney and wood burning stove on fire saw crews sent to a Somerset property. The incident, in Compton Bishop, was attended by firefighters from Burnham on Sea, Glastonbury and Cheddar at around 8.40pm yesterday evening (September

  • Help us give away £20,000 to a charity of YOUR choice

    YOUR favourite local paper is giving local charities the chance to take a share of a whopping £125,000 cash giveaway. Your County Gazette’s parent company’s charitable arm, The Gannett Foundation, is providing £125,000 in cash to support local