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A303 diversions after serious Somerset crash

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Live: Serious crash shuts A303 in Somerset as air ambulance lands

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A-road crash left key Somerset route blocked

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'I’m a trauma therapist — I send my patients to calming Somerset city to relax'

For places 'that have the potential to aid an over-stressed individual', Kaila is a fan of one in particular

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Dementia care home finds the perfect neighbour which is blooming lovely

Residents at Camelot House and Lodge enjoy regular trips to a nearby garden centre praised for its warmth, donations, and cake

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Somerset church handed £18,000 for carbon-cutting blueprint

Taunton Minster to act as a model for sustainable church energy after receiving Church of England funding

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Here’s how much you may soon have to pay to park in Somerset on a Sunday

The proposals have been branded 'anti-motorist'

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Somerset schools rally behind Children in Need with colour, coins and cha-cha-chas

Schools across Somerset pulled on Pudsey ears, pounded playgrounds, and penned anonymous compliments as they joined the UK’s £45 million Children in Need effort

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Bath pupils trace fallen soldiers’ footsteps on emotional WWI journey

Royal High School Bath students made history personal as they discovered their own family connections on the battlefields of Ypres and the Somme during an unforgettable Remembrance trip

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Odd socks and big smiles as Radstock pupils kick off Anti-Bullying Week

From stripes to spots, no two socks matched at St Mary’s in Radstock

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Wellington School drama department lands national award nomination

Wellington School is the only South West finalist for the 2026 Music and Drama Education Awards' Outstanding Drama Department prize

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Cash, drugs and weapons seized by police

Police warn drug dealers 'were' coming for you'

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Bath couple 'very lucky' after fall of iconic tree 'only just missed the house'

'The house sort of shook'

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Longleat duo take on London Marathon for African wildlife cause

Maisie Squire and Scott Ashman are set to run the London Marathon in aid of Tusk, helping raise funds for conservation efforts across Africa

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‘Christmas mad’ couple’s legacy lives on in brain tumour awareness campaign

After losing her husband to a glioblastoma, Mandy Calaz is calling on the public to support Brain Tumour Research this Christmas to help fund life-saving work

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Over 250 roles at risk as KDC/One plans to shut Wellington site

Cosmetics firm KDC/One says work will move to Scotland, leaving hundreds in limbo as MP demands answers

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Cheddar woman embarking on gruelling 100km trek in memory of her brothers

The 'two beautiful souls' both tragically died by suicide

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M5 crash sparked long delays in Somerset

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Residents of small village face fight to stop solar farm

'Mahe Farm is an inappropriate site in view of the steep gradient of the land'

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MP hits back at Richard Tice over ‘dangerous’ SEND diagnosis remarks

Adam Dance says Richard Tice’s remarks risk taking the country backwards on inclusion and neurodiversity support