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Drugs operation success in Avon and Somerset

Drugs raid in Barnstaple

9:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A WEEK of activity to disrupt drug supplies across Avon and Somerset led to 69 arrests and the seizure of drugs and weapons.

Wedmore pub stripped by bailiffs

Lonely saloon: John and Michelle Amesbury, with son Bobby, in their empty bar

4:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A POPULAR Wedmore pub has been forced to close its doors to drinkers, after bailiffs stripped out the furniture in its bar.

Civic award winners recognised

Award winners: Annette Haggett, Mike Young, Richard Matthews, Hazel Braund, get their awards with Lt Col David Eliot and his wife Trisha, MP David Heathcoat-Amory, Mayoress Christine Cooper and Mayor Derick Cooper.

2:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009

PROUD winners of the Burnham and Highbridge Civic Awards were honoured for their service to the community, in a ceremony on Sunday.

Apex Park logo comp winners unveiled

PICTURED from left are, front: CllrAnne Bown, Anna 15, Cleo 15, winner Jess 15, district council leader Jane Moreton; back, Derek Chivers, Emma Fisher, Ileen Picton, Harley Cook, Mary Draper, and Marina Turner.

11:20am Thursday 9th July 2009

STUDENTS from King Alfred School in Highbridge showed their creative talents by designing part of a new logo for Apex Park.

Mooo-ving through time

Mooo-ving through time

9:10am Thursday 9th July 2009

TODAY the Weekly Memories is chewing the cud over some classic snapshots of the old Highbridge cattle market from many years ago.

Swine flu student at King Alfred

GP views sought

1:40pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

A STUDENT at King Alfred School in Highbridge has been confirmed as suffering from suspected swine flu.

A place to learn to be proud of for Brent Knoll kids

THESE pupils show off the marine section of the new playground.

3:50pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

BRENT Knoll Primary School's pupils are celebrating the opening of a new outdoor learning space to be proud of.

Cash relief for Wedmore Village Hall repairs

FROM left David Summers-Cooke, Tony Edmunds, Alison Campion, Gareth Gosling, Sue Burton, and Philip Hamlin. Photo: Mike Lang

2:00pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

WITH only days left until work begins on Wedmore village hall's new £75,000 roof, the fundraising committee breathed a huge sigh of relief when they secured a grant for nearly £20,000.

Sedgemoor struggles with debt

The Citizens Advice Bureau will sit down and work debt problems out with clients.

1:00pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

ALARMING figures reveal this week how thousands of people in Sedgemoor are facing redundancy or spiralling debt.

On the hunt for Carnival royalty

LAST year's Carnival queen Tara Moxey. PHOTO: Andy Slocombe

11:50am Wednesday 8th July 2009

THE search is on to find this year's Highbridge and Burnham Carnival queen and two princesses.



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