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‘Here’s a thing I am sure about – mobile phones are an assault on good manners’ PLEASE ladies and gentlemen, allow me to talk about manners. There – I’m already showing I have them! Taunton’s historic bridges refurbished and replaced for NIDR Scores of people watched as the disused rail bridge over Station Road was removed on Wednesday 25, 2016. Key Somerset A-Road 'likely to be closed for some time' due to collision A361 Marston Road near Frome has been closed by emergency services due to a crash. New Shoemaker's Museum being built at Clark's Village Shoemakers Museum, located at The Grange next to Clark’s Village, is a new visitor attraction set to open in Summer 2025. It is inspired by the Alfred Gillett Trust's vast collection of over 150,000 objects, ranging from 200-million-year-old fossils found on the site to 200 years of shoemaking and Clarks shoes. What's happening at the proposed Nexus 25 business park on the edge of Taunton? Measures intended to speed up the delivery of a business park near the M5 in Somerset will remain in place – despite the lack of physical progress over the last few years. Several changes to Taunton bus service timetables will come into effect next week Taunton bus service routes and timetables are set to change from next week. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey braves waterslide as campaign bus rolls into Somerset Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey went down a waterslide in Frome today while on the general election campaign trail. Charity bike ride raises £80,000 for pub industry charities The Lethbridge Arms in Bishops Lydeard hosted the 60 strong 'Pedalling 2 Pubs' charity bike riders for lunch on the last of their 3-day ride across Somerset and North Devon, on Saturday May 18. Residents miss out on £772k for schools as revised plans for 100 homes approved Langport residents will miss out on more than £770,000 of funding for their local schools after amended plans for new houses were approved. Councillor wins battle against his own council as solar panel appeal is allowed A Somerset councillor has won his legal battle against his own council to install solar plans throughout his holiday business on the west Somerset coast. Read more

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