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Private fosterers urged to tell council of arrangements
ANYONE looking after someone else's child on a long term basis is required by law to tell Somerset County Council. To report a private fostering arrangement, call the council's children and young people's team on 0845-3459122 or e-mail childrens@somerset.gov.uk
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Local election nominations wanted
NOMINATIONS for district, town or parish councillors in Sedgemoor can now be submitted ahead of the local elections on May 5. Papers are available from Sedgemoor District Council's electoral services team on 01278-435334 or from the council offices at
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Former teacher to learn fate next month after admitting 14 child sex charges
A DATE has been set for the sentencing of Philip Walker, the former deputy head teacher of Brymore School of Rural Technology, in Cannington, who has pleaded guilty to 14 sexual offences involving children. At Bristol Crown Court last month, Walker (
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Bridgwater home celebrates Irish and Indian festivals
TWO cultures collided at the Rosary Nursing Home in Bridgwater yesterday. Staff and residents celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick's Day before bringing a taste of Asia to mark the Indian spring festival of Holi. There was an Irish bar serving
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Mums wanted for breastfeeding group
New mums and expectant mums in Bridgwater are being encouraged to go along to local NHS breastfeeding groups by NHS Somerset Infant Feeding Specialists for help and advice on how to feed their baby the natural way and to learn how breast feeding can
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Memories of the Bridgwater Art and Technical Institute
MERCURY reader John Ratcliffe dropped in this class snap of student engineers from Junior Technicians School at the old Bridgwater Art and Technical Institute. The Blake Street institute was formed in 1946 to teach teenagers aged 13 to 16 building or
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Sweet Charity is coming soon!
TICKETS for Bridgwater Amateur Operatic Society’s spring show are already flying off the shelf as another sell-out in anticipated. Sweet Charity will be performed at Bridgwater Town Hall from April 13 to April 16. Ticket bookings are already running
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It's Red Nose Day: send us your snaps
MILLIONS of people across the country are doing their bit to raise money for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Whether you will be sitting in a bath of beans, enduring a sponsored silence or selling cakes for a good cause, the Mercury wants to hear
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Battling Bill spurred on by late wife in mountain trek
BATTLING through a blizzard, unable to see in front of him, and in crippling pain, there was only one thought spurring on Bill Crawford - his late wife Jude. Bill, of Wembdon Road, in Bridgwater, endured one of the toughest challenges of his life when