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

BREXIT VOTE: How Somerset MPs voted

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COLUMN

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

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

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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

Burnham-on-Sea's Trinity Close Christmas lights display raises £9,000 for charity

Charity football match raises £300 for BARB Search and Rescue

Fear that 'UK farms will struggle to survive' in no-deal Brexit, say Unions

Tributes paid to 'true gent' and popular caravanner Paul Edwards

3,000 affordable homes could be built in Sedgemoor in the next decade, council reveals

Tory MP apologises for 'disgraceful' remark during Paddy Ashdown tribute

Charity staff and volunteers brave sub-zero temperatures to raise £1,000

Cold call about pensions? Report it - firms could now be fined

CCTV appeal after man left with broken jaw following assault

PICTURES

Burnham-on-Sea performers set to wow crowds with production of Cinderella

Emily Eavis reveals another Glastonbury Festival headliner...

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Entries open to take part in award-winning food festivals across Somerset

Man taken to hospital with suspected neck injury after car flips onto roof

Paddy Ashdown funeral details confirmed

160 bridges in Somerset labelled "substandard"

Man denies driving Land Rover dangerously in seaside Somerset town

Campaigners protest at Highbridge station against rail fare hikes

VIDEO

MURMURATIONS IN SOMERSET: Nine stunning pictures of starlings in action - plus video

VIDEO

BIRDS BUNNY: Murmuration takes the shape of a GIANT RABBIT in Somerset skies

GALLERY: 35 pictures from the 2019 Stoke Stampede 10k race

RISING PROPERTY VALUES: Here's how much people MADE when selling their homes last year

Fancy running donkey rides on Burnham beach? Well, now's your chance...

NOSTALGIA

SOMERSET THEN AND NOW: 17 stunning pictures that show how the county has changed in 100 years

Festive toy collection at Brean Leisure Park is a success

Staff celebrate after Somerset company moves to new home

Turn off children's gadgets an hour before bedtime, parents advised

Somerset GP's urge residents to consider alternatives to A & E as flu season begins

Sport

PICTURES: Burnham edged out by leaders Wiveliscombe

COUNTY CRICKET: Somerset talent pens new deal

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

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Sport

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

Sporting review of the year part two: Silverware for cricketers and mixed bag for Rebels

Sporting review of the year part one: Mixed fortunes as Burnham RFC go down but United A lift title

DARTS: Anderson thumped by van Gerwen in World Championship semi

DARTS: Anderson cruises into last four at Worlds

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National sport

Extra-time goals from Joselu and Ayoze Perez send Newcastle through

Rory Burns relished early Alzarri Joseph test

Manchester City squad coming back together at right time – Bernardo Silva

Joe Root finds form in England’s first warm-up game in Barbados

Monaco boss Thierry Henry sends warning to Patrick Vieira ahead of Nice clash

Karamoh’s superb goal earns Bordeaux win at Angers

Babel confident he can help Fulham stay in Premier League

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

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MP who delayed Caesarean op to vote on Brexit deal enters Commons in wheelchair

PM promises cross-party talks after her Brexit plans suffer historic defeat

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Brexit options: What potential outcomes remain?

Result of Brexit vote increases risk of UK crashing out of EU – Irish government

Brexit Live: Labour tables confidence vote after May’s deal defeated

Rihanna sues father over use of their last name for business

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