SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Funds for Macmillan raised in charity's birthplace

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Funds for Macmillan raised in charity's birthplace

Posted: 26th October 2014
RESIDENTS living in the same community in which the Macmillan Cancer Support charity was first established in 1911 have raised £500 by putting the kettle on. They took part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning – a fundraising initiative held in the last week of September each year. Yarlington Housing Group’s retirement living resident, Denys Ryalls, of Millbrook Gardens…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Screaming Zombies all set for Hallowe’en skydive!

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Screaming Zombies all set for Hallowe’en skydive!

Posted: 26th October 2014
A GROUP of self-confessed “crazy people” from South Petherton Hospital will be doing something very scary for Hallowe’en on Friday (October 31, 2014) – a tandem skydive! Staff nurse Nicola Price and healthcare assistants Sarah Martin and Ali Goodman will be taking the plunge at Dunkeswell near Honiton. There were due to be joined by their hospital colleague Kerry…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Kitchen fire at Taunton home

SOMERSET NEWS: Kitchen fire at Taunton home

Posted: 26th October 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this morning (Sunday, October 26, 2014) to deal with a kitchen fire at a Somerset home. The alarm was raised at just after 11am to the incident at a property in Eastgate Gardens, Tancred Street in Taunton. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Two fire engines from Taunton were mobilised to reports of a small…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Centenarian celebrations for George

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Centenarian celebrations for George

Posted: 26th October 2014
THERE were celebrations at the Vaughan Lee House in Ilminster when one of the residents celebrated their 100th birthday. Friends and family of George Evans were able to join him at the home earlier this month and provided a delicious cake to mark the occasion and among the many cards received was one from the Queen. Born in the hamlet of Isle Brewers, the middle of three…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Great British Carnival comes to Bridgwater

SOMERSET NEWS: Great British Carnival comes to Bridgwater

Posted: 26th October 2014
A HEAVENLY presence will be at Bridgwater Carnival next weekend – thanks to the performers from Great British Carnival. Beautiful, breath-taking comets, otherworldly costumed characters and funky live music will be part of Bridgwater Carnival, entertaining audiences along the route, on Saturday, November 1, 2014. Last year, Great British Carnival’s cheeky monkeys…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Family locked in bedroom

SOMERSET NEWS: Family locked in bedroom

Posted: 26th October 2014
A FAMILY had to be rescued this morning (Sunday, October 26, 2014) after accidentally getting locked in the bedroom of their Somerset home. The alarm was raised at 6.15am to a property in Cotford St Luke, near Taunton, where two adults and a baby were stuck in a bedroom due to a broken handle on the door. One fire engine from Taunton was sent and officers helped the…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Caravan fire under investigation

SOMERSET NEWS: Caravan fire under investigation

Posted: 26th October 2014
THE cause of a fire at a static caravan in Somerset last night (Saturday, October 25, 2014) is under investigation. Firefighters from Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater were mobilised at just after 10.30pm to the incident in Coast Road, Berrow. The fire was out by the time the officers had reached the scene and they learned that members of the public had been able to…

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SOMERSET NEWS: People at risk are urged to get the flu jab

SOMERSET NEWS: People at risk are urged to get the flu jab

Posted: 25th October 2014
PEOPLE who are in one of the “at risk” categories for flu are being urged to arrange their free flu vaccination now by contacting their GP surgery – it’s free because they need it. Anyone with a long term condition, even one that is well managed, and women who are pregnant, are at greater risk of severe complications if they catch the flu. The flu vaccination is the one…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Vital junction work gets started

SOMERSET NEWS: Vital junction work gets started

Posted: 24th October 2014
THE upgrade of one of Bridgwater’s busiest junctions to improve traffic flow in the town is now underway. Somerset County Council has started its revamp of the junction at East Quay and The Clink to improve pedestrian and cyclist crossings and install a new traffic light system. The layout of the junction is also being redesigned, with the introduction of right-turn…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Man arrested over Bruton hit and run

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Man arrested on Bruton hit and run

Posted: 24th October 2014
POLICE have arrested a 38-year-old man from the London area on suspicion of death by dangerous driving in relation to the hit and run incident in Bruton. A police spokesman said: “He currently remains in police custody.” This relates to the death of an 84-year-old man in Cole Road, Bruton, on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. The police spokesman added: “We have now located the…

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