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Make a Will and help St Margaret's

Pictured are solicitors launching the initiative

8:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

LAW firms in Somerset are helping St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice as part of Make a Will Week, which runs from September 13-17.

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.

Grandmother's horror at knife discovery

GRIM DISCOVERY…Tina Gray with five-year-old Mya and the knife found in her new bedroom. Photo: Jeff Searle

4:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A HORRIFIED grandmother has described how a nine-and-a-half inch knife was discovered in her young granddaughter's bedroom at their new home.

Civic Pride plans face D-day

IS this what Burnham's town centre could look like next year?

2:00pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

D-DAY for Burnham's regeneration plans is approaching as district leaders prepare to decide whether or not to back the Civic Pride scheme.

Time to move on, says hairdresser Peter

Time to move on, says hairdresser Peter

11:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A BURNHAM hairdresser hopes to rebuild his life after his son was cleared of attacking him with a baseball bat last week.

Father calls for new safety measures at nortorious junction

ED Heyworth by the junction in Brent Knoll

8:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010

“IT is only a matter of time before someone is wiped out”.

Sporting chance for local youngsters

Pictured are last year's award winners.

7:50am Thursday 2nd September 2010

YOUNG people in the Burnham and Highbridge area are being encouraged to nominate themselves for a special sporting award. The Team Somerset 500 Club Young Sports Achiever of the Year award aims to inspire young people and recognise great achievements made through sport.

Wild West rolls into town...for charity

YEE HA! Dave Rouse and Peter Burks at the sheriff's office.

6:00pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

GUN toting cowboys and Native Americans rolled up in Brent Knoll for the bank holiday weekend to help raise money for two worthy causes.

£1000s raised at Burnham Hospital fete

PICTURED, from left, are, Rita Harris, Carol Livingstone, Joan Stokes, Christine Pursey, Mayor Michael Clarke and wife Maria at the Moose Lodge fruit salad tent. Photo: Mike Lang

4:30pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

AROUND 2,000 visitors turned out for a charity fete in Burnham - and helped raise nearly £5,000.

Fears over children's services cuts

2:00pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

A BURNHAM and Highbridge councillor has warned of the devastating knock-on effects savage £17million cuts could have on the area.







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