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New Lidl store opens in Chard
CHARD has a brand new supermarket after discount store Lidl opened its latest branch in the town. More than 40 people braved the cold and queued up to watch the supermarket, in Tapstone Road, open its doors at 8am on today (November 21) replacing
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Firefighters are having more crashes in service vehicles, report reveals
FIREFIGHTERS in Devon and Somerset are having more and more crashes in fire service vehicles. The number of fire service personnel being involved in vehicle incidents has risen risen by more than a third over a two-year period. In the year to
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Take Art's marriage of food and art in Somerset as part of international project
TAKE Art is to launch the UK leg of International project Ruritage, aiming to support the rural areas through a celebration of food and the arts. Ruritage is a large scale four-year international project, taking place in 25 countries, with 38 partners
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Man dies after 'medical incident' in Chard
A MAN has sadly died after a 'medical incident' in Chard. Emergency services were called to Crewkerne Road in Chard at around 11.30am today (November 21) following reports of a medical incident. South Western Ambulance Service sent various
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Mount Hindrance football stadium plans delayed at packed out council meeting
AROUND 100 people packed into Chard's Guildhall as the council prepared to debate plans for a new football stadium at Mount Hindrance. The application for the sports facilities also has 295 homes attached, and is next to another bid to build 142
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Plans revealed for how Somerset will deal with heavy snow when it comes this winter
IT WAS one year ago on this day (November 21) that the West Country was subject to heavy snow. Motorists using the A303 in Somerset and Wiltshire reported large amounts of snow swirling around as temperatures dropped to freezing point or just below
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Rolfe stars as Chard beat Wellington in cracker
Wellington Under-18 Ladies 20, Chard Under-18 Ladies 44 AFTER a tough start to their season away to Dings of Bristol in October, Chard Under-18 Ladies travelled to Wellington on Sunday, for what proved to be a competitive and exhilarating match,
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Firefighters attend 'deliberate' vehicle fire in Yeovil
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a vehicle fire in Yeovil in the early hours of this morning. A crew from Yeovil was sent to Addlewell Lane at 1.51am today (November 21) to investigate reports of a vehicle fire. On arrival crews confirmed there was
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Celebrations after success for campaign to name street after youth club leader
A CAMPAIGN to get a new Chard road named after a community stalwart who turned around the town’s youth club has finally seen success. The bid to honour Frank Botterell has been going for nearly two years, and was led by former youth club attendee