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stevep | 24/04/2009 2:51 pm

  • Rob Froud retires as county librarian - ROB Froud, who was awarded the OBE in the New Year’s Honours List in 2009, is retiring as County Librarian of Somerset.
  • Musgrove wheelchairs to get colourful facelift - WHEELCHAIRS at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton are set to get a colourful facelift.
  • Swimathon 2010 entries being taken - ENTRIES are still being taken for the three-day Swimathon 2010 at Taunton Pool starting on Friday April 16 in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Swimathon Foundation.
  • Firefighters cut woman from car - A WOMAN driver was cut free by firefighters after her car collided with a Western Power Land Rover at Listock Junction, on the A378 near Fivehead, at 8.53am today.
  • MS Society's marathon support from Shaun - A MONKTON Heathfield man is hoping to raise thousands of pounds to fight MS.
  • Castle School names new head - THE Castle School, in Taunton, has appointed Sarah Watson as head teacher from September.
  • Thriller cadets support Help for Heroes - THERE were scary scenes in Taunton town centre on Saturday as a team of 20 Somerset Army Cadets gave five performances of Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance movements.
  • Sport Relief in Orchard centre - SHOPPERS in Taunton will have the chance to have a go at all kinds of fun virtual sports from Tuesday to Saturday next week - and help raise hundreds of pounds for Sport Relief.
  • Oscar Romero celebration in Taunton - TAUNTON’S Catholic Centre is hosting a celebration of the life of El Salvador bishop Oscar Romero, who was killed 30 years ago while saying Mass.
  • Anti-violence DVD £500 boost - AN anti-violence campaign started by a Taunton man after his brother was murdered has received a £500 boost.
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  • Teenager 'stabbed man 17 times' - A Somerset teenager murdered her friend's lover by stabbing him up to 17 times with a carving knife, a court hears.
  • Hospital trust seeks to save £37m - Staff at Musgrove Park Hospital are asked for suggestions on where efficiencies could be made to help save £37m.
  • Bath Abbey plans are scrutinised - Plans to modernise the 500-year-old Bath Abbey are closely monitored by conservationists in the city.
  • Elephant grass blaze sweeps field - Firefighters spend the night tackling a blazing field of elephant grass in Somerset which may have been started deliberately.
  • Distiller in cider brandy battle - A Somerset farmer takes his fight to brand protect cider brandy to the European Commission in Brussels.
  • Tunnels path work under way - A scheme to create a cycle and walkway through disused rail tunnels between Bath and a nearby village begins.
  • Resistance heroine dies aged 105 - A French resistance heroine who saved more than 100 lives and survived a Nazi death squad dies at the age of 105.
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  • Inmate reoffending 'costs £10bn' - Reoffending by thousands of criminals serving short sentences in England and Wales costs up to £10bn a year, says a report.
  • US attacks East Jerusalem plans - The US vice-president condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, as he prepares to visit the West Bank.
  • Economic storm not over, says PM - Gordon Brown is expected to say he has guided the economy through a "storm" and is best-placed to secure its recovery.
  • Five killed in Pakistan attack - Unidentified gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing up to five people, police say.
  • Call to halt NHS medical database - Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
  • Cars in rail 'Russian roulette' - The driving test should have compulsory questions on level crossings to teach good habits in learner drivers, says Network Rail.
  • Banking fraud 'moves to internet' - Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.
  • Social care deal 'dead in water' - Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water ahead of a key summit.
  • US 'hid terror suspect treatment' - A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.
  • Baby P rules 'may increase risks' - Rules to improve child protection after the Baby P case may leave children more vulnerable to harm, council leaders warn.
  • UK seeks Afghan political drive - Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.
  • Ancient eggshells of extinct species yield DNA - The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.
  • Bendtner shines as Arsenal progress - Nicklas Bendtner silences his recent critics with a hat-trick as Arsenal see off Porto in emphatic fashion to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.
  • Portsmouth 1-2 Birmingham - Two goals from Cameron Jerome inspire Birmingham to a battling win against bottom-club Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
  • Sunderland 4-0 Bolton - Darren Bent scores a hat-trick as Sunderland claim their first league win of 2010 against ten-man Bolton.
  • Does the UK need fewer graduates? - Targets for getting young people into university should be scrapped, say graduate recruiters. What do you think?
  • Dotcom Crash - 10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst
  • Paper review - Kit criticisms after soldiers' inquests widely reported
  • Sleeping killers - Why obesity is leading drivers to sleep at the wheel
  • Royal junk mail - Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers
  • Art 'crime' - UK painter defiant despite Turkish conviction
  • Tracked down - Paedophile priest left alone by Church and state
  • MPs query coalfields revival plan - A £1bn government scheme to regenerate former coalmines has been poorly co-ordinated and lacks vision, MPs argue.
  • Medical records lost after error - A woman whose medical records disappeared from her GP surgery has sparked questions over the security of patient record transfers.
  • Call for school closure changes - Two assembly opposition parties call for changes to the way school closure proposals are handled.
  • Trio charged over UVF bomb attack - Three men have been charged in connection with a pipe bomb attack on a house in Larne seven years ago.
  • Nigeria 'ignored attack warnings' - A Nigerian governor accuses the army of ignoring warnings of attacks, as communal tension remains high near Jos.
  • Ban honours UN's Haiti 'heroes' - Ban Ki-moon pays tribute to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti quake, as President Preval seeks US support for the economy.
  • Activist case to open in Israel - A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, is to open.
  • Indonesia militant 'was killed' - Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed terror suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
  • EU concern over end of tanker bid - Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.
  • Indian MPs approve women's bill - India's upper house sees a second day of uproar as it backs a bill to reserve a third of all parliamentary seats for women.
  • BA strike action talks to resume - Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended.
  • PM hails 'historic' justice vote - The devolution of policing and justice to Northern Ireland marks the final end to decades of strife, says Gordon Brown.
  • 'No proof' IVF aided by acupuncture - There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.
  • More schools likely to be failed - More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, figures are expected to show.
  • Collider to shut for year to fix faults - The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
  • Wonderland film breaks 3D record - Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland enters the UK and Ireland box office at number one, with record opening takings for a 3D movie.
  • File-sharing sanctions 'unfair' - Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.