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Catch cheap garden bins before they go up in price
SOMERSET Waste Partnership is urging keen gardeners in Bridgwater to buy a compost bin before prices rise on April 1. The bins are priced £14.50, plus delivery, and customers can also buy another bin for half price. To buy one, call 0844-5714444.
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Police issue fresh appeal to trace man over serious sexual assault
POLICE have this week issued a fresh public appeal to trace a man in connection with a serious sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl at Bridgwater Fair. The terrifying ordeal happened on St Matthew's Field, between 9pm and 10pm on October 1 last year
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New sponsor for Over Stowey Cricket Club
THE Cottage Inn at Keenthorne will be Over Stowey Cricket Club's main sponsor for the next three years. A club spokesman said the deal would “help the club tremendously, especially after a difficult winter when a lot of time and money was being spent
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Three-vehicle collision in Taunton Road
TWO women were hurt following a three-vehicle collision on Showground roundabout in Taunton Road this afternoon. A black Ford Fiesta, a Renault 19 and a van were involved in the accident, which happened at 12.35pm. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset
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Last chance call for Royal Wedding street parties
A LAST chance call has gone out to anybody seeking a road closure to hold a Royal Wedding street party on April 29. All road closure applications must be received by this Monday. Sedgemoor District Council says ten road closure applications have been
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Your Say: Bus station toilets to close at end of the month
MERCURY readers have hit out at plans to close the public toilets at Bridgwater bus station. A sign has been put up in the East Quay building informing customers the facilities will no longer be available from March 31. Patricia Glover or Lower Bath
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Westonzoyland CC's Christmas cart raises £1,450
WESTONZOYLAND Carnival Club's Christmas sleigh has been doing some extra journeys around Bridgwater to raise cash for charity. The club has handed over £1,450 to be shared between St Margaret's Somerset Hospice and the neo-natal baby unit at Musgrove
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Hockey: Bridgwater Men's 5ths XI 3, Mid Somerset 4
BOTH teams were below strength for this game but it was Mid Somerset who edged to victory. Bridgwater were without Steve Pigden and Tim Bennett and Mid Somerset managed just ten men at the start, but they were soon up to 11 following the arrival of former