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More groups needed for parish hall
PEOPLE who run Combe St Nicholas Parish Hall are becoming anxious that they will be unable to improve its facilities unless more groups can be encouraged to use the hall. The hall was built in the years leading up to the start of the Second World War
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Second-hand traders targetted by police
POLICE in the Chard and Ilminster areas have been visiting second-hand dealers, car boot sales and scrap yards as part of Operation Fair Trade to make it harder for thieves to sell on stolen property. Officers planned the week-long operation with South
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Green Fair on Sunday
SOUTH Somerset District Council is encouraging young people to go green and get creative on Sunday (June 17). The council is supporting the Green Kidz area at the fifth South Somerset Green Fair and Scything Festival, held at the Thorney Lakes Campsite
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Tom's greeting cards take off
A CHARD student was among a group of ten from King's College, Taunton, who helped raise £450 for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance by displaying their entrepreneurial skills. The students, including 15-year-old Tom Lawson, made, marketed and sold
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Scouts on the lookout for new blood
A CHARD Scout group is seeking new members and a new Beaver leader. The First Chard Scouts meet every Monday during term time and there are currently vacancies for boys and girls in the Beavers, aged six to eight, and the Cubs, eight to 10. The group
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Road blocked after lorry hits tree
A BACK road near Crewkerne was partially blocked today (Tuesday) after a lorry hit a tree. The white Mercedes was travelling along Behind Butts, near Chiselborough, when the accident happened at about 8.45 this morning. Police say nobody was seriously
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Charity collection
CHILDREN and parents at Chard's Avishayes Primary School helped raise money for the community swimming pool yesterday (Tuesday) by bagging up their old clothes for developing countries. A van full of clothes, bags, shoes and bedding was taken from the
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Nine trapped ducklings....
AN ILMINSTER woman turned animal rescuer on Monday, as she helped to save nine trapped ducklings. Maggie Whaites, Winterhay, Ilminster, spotted a duck sitting at the side of the road at 6am in Thickthorn Lane, as she went to work, and became concerned
