This is The West Country | Somerset http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/ This is The West Country /news/somerset_news/ en-gb Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:06:54 +0000 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:06:54 +0000 http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/resources/images/570046/?type=rsslogo This is The West Country http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/ Knife detectors in pubs http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4026562.Knife_detectors_in_pubs/ DOOR staff in Taunton pubs and clubs are being issued with hand-held metal detectors aimed to deter knife crime. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000 e2755ac3e2f85aad9d789cf3fb739b59 New nightclub for Bridgwater? http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4030627.New_nightclub_for_Bridgwater_/ BRIDGWATER could get a new nightclub if a controversial scheme is passed next Tuesday. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:24:24 +0000 16538b68936c8254b06107e1bb4f53fd Teenager admits knife charge http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4029980.Teenager_admits_knife_charge/ A BRIDGWATER teenager today pleaded guilty to possessing a knife in public during an attack on another man. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:21:13 +0000 34e105af8af3e5872f6447dbbdacd1d5 Crash victim, 13, named http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4029937.Crash_victim__13__named/ A 13-YEAR-OLD boy killed in a road traffic collision in Somerset this morning has now been named by police. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:18:08 +0000 64bac94e9920eebc9f8398617d06bfca Delays easing on M5 http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4030900.Delays_easing_on_M5/ POLICE have just announced that traffic delays on the M5, due to an overturned lorry earlier this evening, are beginning to ease. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:54:15 +0000 8505b680981524f911ba4a8d6dfb99ce Long delays continue on the M5 http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4030845.Long_delays_continue_on_the_M5/ THERE are still long delays on the M5 between Avonmouth and Clevedon due to an overturned lorry. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:43:30 +0000 de024a2466bebb2cf8357ef3b7403cf7 Taunton has new Church parish http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4023603.Taunton_has_new_Church_parish/ GALMINGTON, in Taunton, has become a Church of England parish in its own right, with St Michael the Archangel as the parish church. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:50:00 +0000 b0e68f3721b6a711953e7355e93d5bcf Stop Smoking Shop comes to town http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4023521.Stop_Smoking_Shop_comes_to_town/ SOMERSET’S first NHS Stop Smoking Shop is coming to Taunton. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:10:00 +0000 11ef08a2bfa4270624d1dec25000022c A third of smokers pledge to quit in 09 http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/4027833.A_third_of_smokers_pledge_to_quit_in_09/ A TOTAL of 1,150 people in Somerset quit smoking last year with NHS help. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:50:00 +0000 58ced5870809f4008832d601a88a55f5