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Volunteers cut away brambles at Apex Park to promote hedge growth

Thousands of pounds up for grabs for grassroots community groups

Have you seen the lunar eclipse over Somerset today?

Warning over Council Tax scammers targeting people by phone

WATCH YOUR SPEED: Where police are siting mobile enforcement cameras next week

Burnham-on-Sea's RSPCA store set to close

Highbridge students celebrate after completing Duke of Edinburgh award

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Guest in the Kitchen with head chef, Richard Guest from Augustus Restaurant in Taunton

Jail for woman who ran brothel in Somerset

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Railway from Taunton to Devon and Cornwall to be closed for almost three weeks for maintenance work

Somerset WH Smith store to relocate until the summer

New private-members and swingers club open at restored country house

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Lane closed on M5 northbound in Somerset after manhole collapses

Burnham-on-Sea mother wins £2000 holiday thanks in West Country Windows competition

Highbridge student sets sights on neuroscience degree

Toddler nearly drowns after dad abandons him at water park - court hears

Person dies after being hit by train

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Berrow man found with indecent images and videos of children spared jail

Stroke survivor who was told she would never walk again set to take part in Resolution Run

QUIZ: How comfortable are YOU financially (this poll says you need two homes)

Woman, 88, suffers horrific injuries during handbag snatch

WEATHER WARNING

Weather warning for ice issued across Somerset

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More than 120,000 babies and young children not registered with a GP

Calls to charge motorists for beach vehicle recovery

Avon and Somerset PC sacked for lying in assault case

Mayor set to host charity auction to help town charities

Burnham-on-Sea opticians supports campaign to recycle used contact lens packages

BREXIT VOTE: How Somerset MPs voted

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BREXIT VOTE: Somerset MP on why he voted down Theresa May's deal - but still backs her as PM

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Potentially 'hazardous' drum found on beach to be disposed of 'as soon as possible'

PICTURES

Dedicated volunteers host coffee morning and raise £500 for MacMillan Cancer Research

Everything you need to know about today's Brexit vote

HAY BIG SPENDER: Pic captures police horse caught at cash machine

Driver thanks rescue workers and recalls the 'heart-stopping' moment car got stuck on Brean Beach

Watch out for these signs your dog has chlamydia

Firefighters thank Jewsons with award for releasing firefighter for emergency calls

TRAFFIC

Woman airlifted to hospital and long delays on M5 following serious crash

Waitrose cut 1,300 tonnes of black plastic from its products in 2018

New 50p coin collection released to mark coin's 50th anniversary

Firefighters called to tackle chimney fire in Mark

Want to stand in the district council elections? Here is how you can

Success for Burnham's new BBQ Smokehouse restaurant

Children's car, sleeping bag and cricket bat among rubbish collected in Berrow Beach clean

How to get 18 days off work using just 9 days of leave in 2019

Firefighters cordon off Brean Beach to investigate 'hazardous' chemical drum

Charity receives £80,000 in bid to cut carbon emissions

Be an award winner like Rebecca - enter the 2019 South West Farmer Awards!

It is now illegal for your partner to do these 10 things

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Britain should brace itself for a cold snap, forecasters warn

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Share your views on Sedgemoor's parks and open spaces

Teachers in England miss 50,000 days a week due to illness, figures reveal

Care company launches campaign to encourage people to care for the elderly

Dramatic photos show firefighters tackling van fire in East Huntspill

Brean Country Club set to host wedding fayre

Wildlife charity renews appeal for help to rebuild aviaries

Burnham-on-Sea theatre scoops up green business award

Plans for 248 homes and community building in Highbridge submitted

Rate of stillbirths in England and Wales falls to record low, figures reveal

Outdoor clothing company set to move to new home as online business grows

More than 600 turn out to pay respects to Paddy Ashdown

Sport

FOOTBALL: Tale of two penalties as United slump to late defeat

FOOTBALL: Home tie for in-form United

HOCKEY: Positives to take in friendly defeat

CRICKET: Boost for Somerset as Leach puts pen to paper

PICTURES: Burnham edged out by leaders Wiveliscombe

COUNTY CRICKET: Somerset talent pens new deal

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Sport

New year, new you? Exciting sports to try in 2019

Somerset cricketers help former chairman prepare for London Marathon challenge

CRICKET: Four Somerset prospects named in ECB Young Lions squad for Bangladesh

RUGBY: Stags maintain good form by edging past Minehead

PICTURES: Burnham United begin 2019 with vital win at Staplegrove

FOOTBALL: United travel to Staplegrove for crucial match

COUNTY CRICKET: Somerset scorer Stickley retires after 37-year stint

PICTURES: Seasiders face Stags in New Year's Day charity match

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National sport

Super Bowl LIII – what you need to know

Murray: Evans’ comments about doubles game are ‘lazy, dumb and ill-informed’

Klopp seeks a break from Liverpool’s injury concerns

The lowdown on Gonzalo Higuain, the Argentina striker expected at Chelsea

The sporting weekend in pictures

De Bruyne relishing competitive Premier League title race

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Child put into Australian orphanage after ‘lie’ of better life, inquiry told

Number of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in UK increases over five-year period

Girl, 9, hit by car which had collided with scaffolding

Vandals cover war memorial and Churchill statue in white paint

Scottish osprey killed by faulty power line in Spain

UK’s largest grey seal colony sees record number of pups born this winter

Business group criticises public-sector bodies who ‘undermine’ high streets

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