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stevep | 24/04/2009 2:51 pm

  • Kingsmead School award evening - STUDENTS, parents, staff and governors at Kingsmead School welcomed Sheila Wheeler, Chief Executive of Somerset County Council as guest speaker at their celebration of achievement evening.
  • Latest court results - RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Deane Magistrates’ Courts include.
  • Sex assault appeal for witnesses - POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted in Monkton Heathfield.
  • New-style reading group opens in Taunton - A NEW type of reading group, sponsored by The Royal Literary Fund, is being set up in Taunton specifically for people who work some or all of the time at home.
  • Fancy a close look inside a police cell? - AVON and Somerset Police Authority is looking for volunteers to go behind the scenes of police stations to check on the welfare of detainees in custody.
  • UPDATE: M5 accident - TRAFFIC is now easing on the M5 between Wellington and Taunton after an accident earlier this afternoon.
  • Accident on M5 northbound - A WOMAN was trapped in her car following a single vehicle accident on the M5 northbound between Wellington and Taunton this afternoon.
  • Norton Fitzwarren public exhibition - A PUBLIC exhibition showing proposals for a doctor’s surgery and retail centre at the old Taunton Cider site is being held tomorrow.
  • Police clampdown on anti-social summer behaviour - POLICE are warning they will clampdown on anti-social behaviour in the Taunton and Wellington areas over the summer holidays.
  • Brave Dylan back home at last - DYLAN Lettley, the two-year-old Taunton boy whose life was saved thanks to a bone marrow transplant from his twin sister, finally returned home on Monday.
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  • Tourist Information Centre shuts - The Tourist Information Centre in Wells closes after 31 years because it is not making enough money.
  • Open verdict for Mongolian death - An inquest records an open verdict in the case of a Bath man shot dead in Mongolia 13 years ago.
  • Family stuck in mud rescued - A family and their dog are rescued by a hovercraft after becoming stuck in mud on a beach at Weston-super-Mare.
  • Fire centre plans 'to go ahead' - Unions say the government should ditch the new south-west regional fire control centre in Taunton.
  • Boy, five, in school 'sex attack' - Police investigate reports of an alleged sexual assault of a five-year-old boy by other pupils at a school in Somerset.
  • Shed stalker spies on women - A man has been stalking women in Somerset by hiding in their garden sheds to watch them, police say.
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  • Hinkley Point - Public invited to comment on latest plans for Hinkley C
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  • Coroner raises rail safety fears - A coroner raises ongoing safety fears as an inquest jury blames a points failure for the Potters Bar train crash.
  • UK soldiers push to clear Taliban - Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
  • BP boss scaling back oil effort - The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Venables' identity must be secret - The new identity of Jon Venables must be kept secret because there is "compelling evidence" of a threat to his safety, a judge says.
  • Child, 3, drowned in garden pond - A toddler drowned after falling into a garden pond during a visit to a house in Edinburgh, it has emerged.
  • Immigrant worker limit criticised - Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.
  • Lebanon urged to resist violence - Syria's president and the Saudi king call on Lebanon's rival factions to avoid turning to violence amid mounting political tensions in the country.
  • Fugitive Nadir will stand trial - Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, confirms he will come back to the UK to stand trail on theft charges.
  • Benefits face 'radical' shake-up - Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.
  • Girl, 9, dies in rafting accident - A nine-year-old girl from Wales has died in a rafting accident while on holiday in Turkey.
  • French mother 'relieved by truth' - A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.
  • Can I talk to you about Jesus? How a shop manager foiled a robbery - A 20-year-old Christian mobile phone shop manager in Florida stops a would-be armed robber by preaching to him.
  • Seven-year-old boy's paintings fetch £150,000 after exhibition - An exhibition of paintings by a seven-year-old artist from Norfolk sells out, fetching about £150,000 in half an hour.
  • Turner leads GB Euro medal haul - Andy Turner leads Great Britain's medal haul on the fourth day of the European Championships as he takes gold in the 110m hurdles.
  • Anderson puts England in command - Birthday boy James Anderson produces a superb bowling display to put England on top in the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.
  • Bristol City capture keeper James - Bristol City sign England goalkeeper David James following his release from Portsmouth.
  • Vettel heads Alonso in practice - Red Bull appear to be in control as McLaren struggle during second practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.
  • Redknapp defends Parker pursuit - Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp defends the club's pursuit of West Ham's Scott Parker insisting the Hammers are guilty of unsettling the midfielder.
  • Sisters detained over stab death - Two sisters from north Manchester are detained after one stabbed her boyfriend and the other let him bleed to death.
  • Pair forced six children to beg - A Romanian man and a woman are jailed for 30 months for forcing six children, the youngest aged two, to beg on London's streets.
  • Man arrested over gangland murder - A 28-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll in Glasgow.
  • Man in court over T in Park rape - A 28-year-old man appears in court in connection with an alleged abduction and rape at T in the Park.
  • Widow's relief as remains found - The widow of a man believed to have been killed by the IRA in 1981 said she felt sad but relieved that her husband's remains appeared to have been found.
  • Bishop backs 1971 killings probe - A Catholic bishop calls for an independent inquiry into the deaths of 11 civilians killed by the Army in Ballymurphy in west Belfast in 1971.
  • Family funeral tribute to soldier - Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of a "brave, courageous and loyal" soldier killed in Afghanistan.
  • Charges follow quad bike deaths - Two men, 21 and 23, will face charges after a raid on a Cardiff shop ended with the deaths of two others on quad bikes.
  • Three charged with Uganda bombing - Three Kenyans are charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda.
  • Four fined over SA 'racist video' - Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black university workers.
  • Sale of EDF's UK networks agreed - A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).
  • China river hunt for toxic drums - Search teams in north-east China are still searching for thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals washed into a major river by flooding.
  • Deadly forest fires ravage Russia - Forest fires kill at least 23 people in central Russia, while a forecast of heavy rain brings relief to Moscow.
  • Sarkozy threat on police attacks - President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.
  • Military kills Mexico drug lord - The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.
  • Argentine gay weddings go ahead - A gay couple become the first to marry in Argentina under a new law allowing same-sex unions.
  • Saudi warned on expelling Somalis - The UN refugee agency urges Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 have recently been sent to Mogadishu.
  • Arab League endorses direct talks - The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.
  • South Asia floods kill hundreds - Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill at least 385 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges.
  • US has deadliest Afghan war month - US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 66 service members killed in July.
  • US economic growth slows to 2.4% - US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.
  • 'Video leaker' moved to US base - A US soldier accused of leaking video of a deadly 2007 Iraq helicopter attack to the Wikileaks website is transferred to a Virginia base pending trial.
  • Strikes and ash extend BA losses - BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.
  • Northwest agrees to pay $38m fine - Northwest Airlines will plead guilty and pay a $38m fine for fixing air-cargo prices, the US justice department says.
  • Airbus firm EADS lifts output aim - Airbus parent firm EADS says it is confident about future orders, despite reporting a fall in second-quarter earnings.
  • Prescott Iraq intelligence doubts - The intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat was "not very substantial", former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says.
  • Expenses four in appeals defeat - Three ex-Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer lose appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution over expenses fraud allegations.
  • MoD 'to pay for Trident renewal' - The MoD is facing further pressure on its budget after the chancellor says it will have to pay for new nuclear submarines, and not the Treasury as before.
  • Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk - Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.
  • Pregnant women rights questioned - The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.
  • Drug prescribed after web search - A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.
  • Gove defends academy schools list - The Education Secretary insists there no is rush for schools in England to become academies, after criticism over the number of schools coming forward.
  • Maths fears over A-level reforms - Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.
  • 150 schools ask to be academies - More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.
  • Call to check on mobile security - Owners of mobile phones are being asked to test the security of their network to see if enough is being done to stop eavesdropping.
  • UK troops use iPad app for fire mission training - Newsbeat's had an exclusive look at new training being given to UK soldiers at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire.
  • Facebook data hoarder speaks out - Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.
  • Mammals decline in Chernobyl zone - The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl reveals evidence of mammals declining in the exclusion zone.
  • Further Chile quakes 'possible' - Land in the north of Chile is "ready" for another major earthquake, say researchers, adding that authorities did not act on previous warnings.
  • Galapagos off Unesco danger list - A UN panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage sites, to protests from a leading conservation group.
  • Balding complains over sex jibe - Sports presenter Clare Balding makes an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission over an article which mocked her sexuality.
  • DeGeneres leaving American Idol - Comedienne and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol after one season on the judging panel.
  • Ben Shephard says goodbye to GMTV - Ben Shephard bids farewell to GMTV after 10 years telling viewers: "I'm going to miss all of you, every single one of you."
  • Choosing to be child-free - More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do others think it's OK to question this decision?
  • The big cheese - With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?
  • Was Dr Crippen really innocent? - Hawley Crippen is one of the most infamous killers in British history. But was he really innocent of murdering his wife?
  • Grim task of China oil clean-up - China is struggling with an arduous clean up after the country's worst oil spill, with grim conditions for those involved.
  • Gaza children 'break' kite flying record - Thousands of children in Gaza appear to have broken their own world record for the number of kites flown at the same time, the UN says.
  • 'I survived grizzly bear attack' - A Canadian woman has said she played dead in order to escape from a bear during an attack in Montana that left one man dead.
  • Boris welcomes bike 'smackeroonies' - London Mayor Boris Johnson sells the benefits of the London bike hire scheme to the world media.
  • Rescues as Pakistan flood toll soars - More than 400 people have been killed and nearly 400,000 displaced in floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan.
  • Child prodigy paintings sell out - Sought after paintings by seven-year-old prodigy Kieron Williamson have sold out within half an hour in an auction in north Norfolk.
  • Families' reaction to crash verdict - The families of the victims of the Potters Bar train crash say they would like a public inquiry into the incident which killed seven people.
  • Symphony to celebrate Yorkshire - Hundreds of amateur musicians have set the sights and sounds of Yorkshire to music.
  • Bad trip - Are family holidays worth all the hassle?
  • Ultimate rejection - What could drive a mother to kill a child in first few minutes of life?
  • Hoop dreams - Did they really play croquet at the Olympics?
  • On your bike - Testing London's new hire bicycles
  • 7 days quiz - Who's the 'good lad'? Crisps boy, Massa or Dr Watson?
  • On the run - Northern Cyprus is a "haven" for fugitives no longer
  • Rum ration - What did they do with the drunken sailor?
  • Sex tourism boom - Brazil's uphill struggle curtailing lucrative trade in underage sex