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http://www.tauntonstar.co.uk/ - Dec 3, 2010 11:39:47 AM - Dec 2, 2004 9:49:52 AM
Wellington head: Celebrate, not cap, overseas students
Updated 7:00pm Friday 3rd December 2010
PLANS to cap the number of overseas students in the UK have been slammed by the headmaster of Wellington School who says they are worth about £7½m to the local economy.
First Somerset and Avon face inquiry into 'unreliable' bus services
Updated 4:38pm Friday 3rd December 2010
ONE of Somerset’s biggest bus operators has today faced an inquiry into why its services are not running on time.
Taunton Deane Council awaits Government settlement
Updated 4:14pm Friday 3rd December 2010
TAUNTON Deane Council is nervously awaiting to see how much money it will have to spend next year.
CRICKET: Parsons takes charge at Huish
Updated 4:20pm Friday 3rd December 2010
RICHARD Huish Sports Academy’s new cricket programme is well underway, under the watchful eye of former Somerset all-rounder Keith Parsons.
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Air ambulance rescues elderly woman after fall
Updated 1:30pm Friday 3rd December 2010
AN elderly woman was winched to safety by an air ambulance after falling down a steep hill in woodland near Somerton yesterday afternoon.
Santa evacuated from Debenhams fire in Taunton
Updated 1:00pm Friday 3rd December 2010
FATHER Christmas was among those evacuated from Debenhams today.
Weather causes sporting havoc
Updated 2:45pm Friday 3rd December 2010
THE freezing weather is playing havoc with the weekend sporting programme again.
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Stirling Moss launches cancer service
Updated 11:30am Friday 3rd December 2010
FORMULA One racing legend Sir Stirling Moss is in Taunton on Tuesday to launch a mobile chemotherapy service for cancer patients.
ICY SOMERSET - travel news and school closures on December 3, 2010
Updated 8:11am Friday 3rd December 2010
TEMPERATURES plummeted overnight to leave driving conditions treacherous across Somerset this morning.
RACING: Tincknell's experience double success
Updated 9:20am Friday 3rd December 2010
LOCAL horse owner Angela Tincknell had a day to remember at Taunton Racecourse last week when she landed her first ever double, in the fourth and fifth races.
Chef Marco Pierre White at St Margaret's Hospice
Updated 6:40am Friday 3rd December 2010
FEARSOME celebrity chef Marco Pierre White brought smiles to staff and visitors at St Margaret's Hospice in Bishop's Hull on Sunday.
A38 vehicle collision - roads open as normal
Updated 9:44pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
A VEHICLE has been involved in a collision on the A38 Westbound.
Connect South West wins national award
Updated 8:50pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
SOMERSETS leading careers education, information, advice and guidance specialist Connect South West has won a national accolade.
Cades Farm on council agenda
Updated 8:00pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
PLANS for a further 350 homes on the Cades Farm development in Wellington will be debated by the town council’s planning committee on Monday at 6pm.
Dulverton services face threat
Updated 4:30pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
Dulverton's services could be under threat if West Somerset Council presses ahead with plans to regain responsibility for car parks in the town, according to the parish council's chairman.
England's World Cup bid fails
Updated 3:30pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
ENGLAND'S bid to host the 2018 football World Cup has failed.
County council warns salt may not be enough
Updated 3:26pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
Somerset County Council has warned that salt may not be enough to stop the county's roads from freezing tonight.
BASKETBALL: Tigers win in the Channel islands
Updated 2:30pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
National League Division 4: Guernsey 48, Taunton Tigers 70
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Dunster by Candlelight starts tomorrow
Updated 1:40pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
DUNSTER by Candlelight will see the village illuminated by thousands of lanterns tomorrow and Saturday.
Snow in Taunton, Wellington and West Somerset - send us photos
Updated 10:42am Thursday 2nd December 2010
IT'S causing plenty of disruption but it's pretty too - so send us your snow pix.
Minehead coach pleased with sides commitment
Updated 1:10pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
Minehead Barbarians head coach Andrew Stevens says he is delighted with the commitment and passion shown by his players in Saturday’s 23pts-23 draw with league leaders Weston hornets. The Babas came from behind to snatch a draw with a late try against a side who hadn’t previously dropped points in the league and Stevens said he was ‘delighted.
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Snow causes widespread disruptions - Thursday, December 2
Updated 9:51am Thursday 2nd December 2010
HEAVY snow has caused widespread disruption across Somerset this morning.
Back brace promised for disabled Taunton girl
Updated 9:00am Thursday 2nd December 2010
HEALTH bosses have promised to urgently consider funding a vital back brace for a five-year-old disabled girl from Taunton after the County Gazette took up her case.
Snow is back - school closures and roads danger
Updated 7:51am Thursday 2nd December 2010
MOTORISTS are being urged to take care on the roads this morning after Somerset suffered its first heavy snow fall of the winter.
West left furious by decision to postpone match
Updated 9:10am Thursday 2nd December 2010
Taunton boss Paul West was left furious after the postponment of his side’s Wordsworth Drive clash with AFC Totton on Saturday. Faced with an icy pitch on Saturday morning Taunton had called in a local league referee for an inspection.