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  • Taunton has New Mayor

    By marion_TLocal at 00:13 on 20/05/11
    Taunton Mayor Steve Brooks and Mayoress Diana Brooks
    Taunton Deane Borough Council elected their 128th Mayor at the annual council meeting on Thursday evening, held at the Taunton Rugby Club. Councillor Steve Brooks and wife Di are the new first couple in the Deane.Cllr Terence Hall is the new Deputy Mayor; the vote was unanimous for both appointments. Cllr Coles who was the proposer for the new mayor, spoke of Cllr  Brooks' upbringing; an adopted child whose loving parents instilled...
  • Resounding No from West in referendum

    By Taunton People at 09:00 on 09/05/11
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    wdnews@bepp.co.uk Voters across the West delivered a resounding No verdict on proposals to scrap the traditional electoral system, it has emerged. Close analysis of the votes – cast on Thursday but only counted late on Friday night – show most of the West were even more against AV than the rest of the UK. Bristol, the last place to declare a result late in Friday night, apart from Northern Ireland, was the place in...
  • Elections 2011 The fight for Taunton Deane

    By marion_TLocal at 00:47 on 05/05/11
    Taunton redevelopment
    As Taunton people head for the polls from 7am today,which party will dominate the Borough and parishes by the end of the week? With a  major redevelopment scheme in full swing and tough times ahead will the new council carry on building bridges or fall in the river? As the county town of Somerset Taunton has 26 Borough wards and 42 parishes . Will the balance of power in the Borough Council change? The previous party representatio...
  • Election fever grips West as gloves are off in voting war

    By Taunton People at 07:00 on 27/04/11
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    wdnews@bepp.co.uk The gloves were off in the final days of election campaigning with increasing acrimony over the voting referendum dominating the agenda. Senior political figures were on the campaign trail across the West, including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Shadow Work and Pensions Minister Liam Byrne. But the growing split between coalition Government partners the Tories and Liberal Democrats over the referendum was...
  • Clegg says relatives ought to act as care watchdogs

    By Taunton People at 09:00 on 21/04/11
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    t.rowe@bepp.co.uk Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg met residents of a West care home yesterday and urged friends and families of all who live in care to act as vital watchdogs. The 'Big Society' stance towards regulation came as the Liberal Democrat leader visited Taunton and Bristol ahead of the local elections and AV referendum on May 5. Care service unions, including the Royal College of Nursing, have warned that major changes...

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