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  • Be bike safe in summer

    WITH the clocks going forward this morning, motorcyclists' thoughts turn to the open road, but the roads of rural Somerset can prove lethal to bikers, police have warned. Across the Avon and Somerset Constabulary area there were 36 serious collisions

  • Landfill site set to close

    WILLITON Landfill Site will be taking its last load of waste tomorrow (Monday) after 18years in the town. The site has taken around 650,000 tonnes of household, papermill, local business and commercial waste since it opened on March 30 1990 and will

  • New forms for county planning applications

    ANYONE applying planning permission to Somerset County Council from April 6 must use a new mandatory application form. A Standard Planning Application Form is being introduced by the Government to ensure all planning applications across the country are

  • Ironman returns to Exmoor

    PEOPLE in Exmoor are being urged to lend their time to the Ironman UK 70.3 competition when it returns to the area in June. The gruelling competition includes a 1.2mile swim, a 56 mile bike ride and a 13.1 mile run. Around 1,500 athletes will be competing