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HOCKEY: Dramatic late winner for Chard Ladies
Verde Recreo Men’s League Central 2 Chard 0, Keynsham 1 CHARD remain second bottom in the table after a 1-0 home defeat to top-half side Keynsham on Saturday. Three points adrift of 10th spot, Chard travel to leaders Team Bath Buccs D this
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More than 100 Avon and Somerset police raids in crackdown on 'county line' drug dealers
POLICE raided more than 100 Avon and Somerset homes suspected of being 'cuckooed' by county lines drug dealers. ‘Cuckooing’ is when dealers use violence, exploitation and intimidation to take over the home of a vulnerable person to use as a base
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Water company using drones to spot leaking pipes in Somerset
A FLEET of ten drones has been scouring Somerset for leaking pipes during the current cold snap. Wessex Water has been launching the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) fitted with leak-spotting thermal imaging cameras at dawn. Led by the company's
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PICTURES: Brilliant Blues shock Watchet
Uhlsport Somerset County League Premier Division Watchet Town 1, Ilminster Town 2 ILMINSTER Town travelled to fourth-placed Watchet Town to renew a longstanding Somerset County League rivalry that goes back to the mid-1960s, writes Andy Fish
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Tesco announces 9,000 jobs to go and 90 deli counters to close in shake-up
TESCO has confirmed that up to 9,000 jobs are at risk across its head office and stores as part of efforts to "simplify" the business. The supermarket, which has large stores across Somerset - including Taunton, Chard, Ilminster and Yeovil - said
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Theresa May faces crucial vote over Brexit deal: What happens - and when?
THERESA May faces a crucial day in the Commons that could carve the shape of Brexit, with fewer than 60 days remaining until the UK is due to leave the EU. Amid an ongoing revolt among backbenchers and her DUP allies, the Prime Minister has swung
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Brave family's bid to raise awareness after their baby is stillborn at 16 weeks
THE grieving parents of a stillborn child have shared heartbreaking images of the tiny baby curled in the palm of their hand. Emileen Clapp, 33, and her husband Nathan, were devastated when she delivered the couple's second child together just
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Somerset could see up to 10cm of snow, Met Office warns
SNOW and ice warnings are in place for Somerset - with forecasters warning people to prepare for the severe weather. The warning is in place from midday today (Tuesday) and 11am tomorrow as cold, unsettled conditions bring the chance of disruptive
