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Somerset council set up 22-mile diversion for 1/3 mile roadworks
A council has created a 22-mile detour around roadworks - which are just a third of a mile long. The road closure will disrupt traffic around Ilminster, Somerset, for five weeks from next month while...
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BOOKS: South Pole adventure
Ben Bryant hears how wanderlust swept Somerset adventurer Jonathon Bradshaw from the rat race and into the record books. On the eighth of January 2008, Somerset adventurer Jonathon Bradshaw placed his...
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Over-stretched hospitals learn to cope with black alerts
Hospitals across the Westcountry are taking steps to cut the number of patients admitted to wards, amid growing pressure on beds.Only this week the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust declared a serious...
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EDF sets up base for Hinkley Point C project workers
Energy giant EDF has leased offices to provide a base for a large part of the project team working on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. Their work will support the construction of the proposed...
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Tesco to stop 24-hour trading at branches in Devon, Cornwall and...
Supermarket giant Tesco has revealed a list of 76 stores which will no longer be open 24-hours, including a number across the Westcoountry. The move will see all-hours shopping end at around 20 per...
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South West MPs poised to rebel over rural funding settlement
Westcountry Tory MPs have threatened to rebel over proposed cuts to local government funding, as they accuse ministers of widening urban-rural divides.A number of the region's rural MPs have written to...
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Man held on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing in...
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a male suffered multiple stab wounds in Yeovil. The victim was involved with an altercation with another man at the entrance to a block of...
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Why are we still unprepared to deal with the issue of flooding?
We need to think through fully the consequences of protection measures, writes Martin Hesp. Floods make big news, and why not? Having your comfortable home invaded by sheets of cold muddy water which...
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Two police officers could face charges over man's 2010 custody...
A police force and two of its officers could be charged in connection with the death of a mentally-ill man who died after suffering a cardiac arrest while in custody. The Independent Police Complaints...
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Royal Naval petty officer sent abusive texts to ex's terminally-i...
A Royal Navy officer has admitted sending chilling death threats to his ex girlfriend's terminally-ill mother telling her "I'm your worst nightmare". Petty Officer Daniel Wilcox, 40, texted cancer...
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BT accused of 'cherry picking' as PM commits to improving rural...
The Prime Minister has vowed to improve rural broadband in the South West, as officials accuse internet providers of "dragging their heels" in Devon and Cornwall. Speaking to a select committee of MPs,...
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New plan for 'a thousand leaky dams' to stem floods
A unique flood alleviation scheme is under way in Somerset – a county whose old name was The Land of the Summer Meadows. It could also be called the Country of a Thousand Streams – most of which...
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Tributes to boy, 14, killed on Somerset railway crossing
Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old boy killed at a pedestrian rail crossing near his school. Matthew Brittan was struck by a train near West Milton Station in Worle, Somerset, shortly before 5pm...
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Technology that is future-proofing efforts to keep the Somerset...
Lessons learned from the great floods of 2013-14 have been put into practice on the Somerset Levels. Martin Hesp visited North Moor pumping station. It won't have escaped anyone's notice that there's...
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Woman killed in head-on crash on A39 in Somerset
A woman has died after a head-on crash involving three cars in Bridgwater. Police and other emergency services were called to the A39 Quantock Road near Bridgwater last night shortly before 5pm. A Ford...
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Home-grown epidemic blamed for global slaughter of bees
European bees are to blame for a disease that is decimating hives around the world, scientists from Exeter have discovered.And beekeepers and farmers are to blame, they say.The epidemic is manmade, and...
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No change as councils in the Westcountry still cap care visits at...
Cash-strapped local councils are continuing to limit home care visits to some of the region's most vulnerable people to just 15 minutes despite promises things would change. According to many carers,...
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How 'small is beautiful' can help beat the big, ugly floods
Low-tech natural dams don't cost the earth or hurt the environment, writes Martin Hesp. Somerset could become the County of a Thousand Dams within ten years if the agencies involved continue and expand...
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Firefighters rescue man trapped in recycling bin
A man got himself trapped inside a clothing recycling bin yesterday and had to be freed by firefighters. Rescuers were called after a passerby heard cries for help coming from inside the sealed...
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