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How many hours a day is a healthy screen time for kids? An expert answers
FROM our phones and tablets to TVs, it's hard to escape screens these days, whether it's ourselves or our kids. Scrolling on TikTok, posting on BeReal and liking their friends' Instagram posts - there is an entire (and very addictive) world online
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Martin Lewis warns millions they could be paying too much tax - what to do
MARTIN Lewis has issued a warning to “millions” of people who are paying too much in tax. The Money Saving Expert has urged workers across the UK to check their pay slip in case they could be owed money from HMRC. Mr Lewis warned that millions
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DWP to pay £800 for one of these 25 common conditions after increasing PIP
THE Department for Work and Pensions has hiked payments for anybody suffering from 25 conditions by £600 amid the cost-of-living crisis. Personal Independence Payments (PIP) payments are comprised of two elements for living and two for mobility
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Residents and farmers campaign against plans for huge solar farm near Bridgwater
LOCAL residents and farmers on the Somerset Levels have joined forces to campaign against plans to build one of the largest solar farms in England in their area. The group, known as SOS Levels, hope to put a stop to a proposal to construct a 591,000
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I am offended that you have taken offence to something that wasn’t offensive
My wife loves watching reality TV, she calls it her ‘guilty pleasure’. I object to the word ‘guilty’; she works a full-time job at a hospital and works another full-time job at home as a mum to two kids. Reality TV is her ‘pleasure’ and there is
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'This week I went and did a history talk in the depths of the Polden Hills'
THIS week I went and did a history talk in the depths of the Polden Hills, writes Cllr Brian Smedley, leader of Bridgwater Town Council. The topic was Bridgwater’s most radical, radical in ‘radical’ history. I told them about ten of our best
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Developer's donation supports Bridgwater businesses
The developer behind the Westminster Walk site in Kings Down has donated £3,000 to support businesses in Bridgwater. Persimmon Homes Severn Valley presented the cheque to the Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce's manager, Diogo Rodrigues, following
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Review: I had a huge breakfast from BOS Café on Bridgwater High Street
AS gale force winds struck Bridgwater yesterday, in a state of panic (and desire for breakfast food), I found myself dramatically gust towards BOS Café on the High Street. In my efforts to escape from the adverse weather conditions, I saw no other
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Warnock and TUST consortium facing rejection in Torquay United ownership bid
Torquay United has announced one ‘preferred bidder’ to take over ownership of the club and it is not believed to be the consortium involving Torquay United Supporters Trust (TUST), former manager Neil Warnock and a group of local businessmen. Former