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Lidl to open new store in town

11:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

LIDL is set to open a new store in Crewkerne later this month in the George Shopping Centre.

Dramatic crash closes the A378 at Fivehead

11:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

THE A378 at Fivehead has been closed after a car rolled, felled an electricity pylon and caught fire.

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Jelly good time at networking event

10:50am Tuesday 9th February 2010

A BUSINESS event is promising to bring a bit of New York to Ilminster next week.

Ambulance crews called to Holyrood Street

10:20am Tuesday 9th February 2010

TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill in Holyrood Street, Chard, this morning as ambulance crews attended an incident.

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Model show is coming to the Fleet Air Arm Museum

10:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

MORE than 2,000 visitors are expected to attend the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s Model Show on February 13 at RNAS Yeovilton.

Bridgwater postal workers walk out

9:23am Tuesday 9th February 2010

POSTAL workers at Bridgwater’s Royal Mail Sorting Office are staging an unofficial walkout this morning.

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Gigs start TONIGHT at Yeovil College

9:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

YEOVIL College music students will be performing brand new and classic material at the Barn on the Mudford Road campus on tonight (Tuesday) and tomorrow.

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Celebrity backing for Taunton charity swim

8:40am Tuesday 9th February 2010

SWIMMERS in Taunton are being invited to make a splash for charity in April as part of the Marie Curie Cancer Care Swimathon 2010 challenge.

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Local trio battle hardships to land learning awards

8:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

COLLEGE students from Highbridge, East Bent and Berrow have battled personal trials to be honoured for their outstanding achievements.

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Chard crooks branded 'scum'

8:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

THIEVES who targeted elderly dementia patients in Chard on the weekend have been branded ‘scum’.

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