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  • Volunteers needed to check on detainees

    By Western Daily Press at 09:00 on 04/02/12
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    More volunteers are needed to go behind the scenes of police stations in Avon and Somerset and check on the welfare of detainees in custody. Local people are needed to visit police stations in Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil and Bristol. Applicants must be aged at least 18 and live or work in the Avon and Somerset area. For more information, go to www.aspola.org.uk/custody call 01275 816385 or email lorna.muffett@avonand somerset.pnn...
  • NEW SOUTH WEST SERVICE TAKES THE HASSLE OUT OF MOVING

    By hrbrsd at 16:03 on 02/02/12
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    A new service has been launched that will take the stress away for people looking to move home or sell a property on behalf of someone else. Unique to the South West, it will mean those looking for a helping hand with things such as organising a solicitor, preparing letters for utility companies or even advice on boarding pets can sit back and relax knowing that its all been taken care of. The new service will also help people who...
  • Hero doctor amputated arm 100ft up

    By Western Daily Press at 09:00 on 02/02/12
    Dr James Hickman, a volunteer doctor who amputated a man's arm atop a 100ft gantry
    wdnews@bepp.co.uk A doctor has told of the dramatic scenario in which he had to amputate a man's crushed arm 100ft off the ground. Dr James Hickman, 45, of Stoke St Gregory, near Langport in Somerset, carried out the emergency operation after the 56-year-old man's left arm became trapped in machinery at a feed mill in Langport last week. Seventeen firefighters and 14 medical staff attempted to free the man, who was perched on a...
  • Boarding school plan for £2.3m extension

    By Western Daily Press at 08:00 on 02/02/12
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    A leading Somerset independent school has announced an ambitious £2.3 million expansion. Taunton School, established in 1847, has purchased The Grange, a 19th century listed building in nearby Kingston St Mary, which will be turned into a new boarding house. As well as providing a significant boost to the local economy, the scheme will create 12 new jobs in the area. The boarding house at the 50-acre school will accommodate...
  • trying to contact.

    By sudsyboy at 17:20 on 01/02/12
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    I am trying to contact Sheila Sands as was and her madain  name was Sheila Hawkins, used to live in Holford Rd Taunton  ALSO Hamilton Road,she and i think 3 children one of which is called Paul, Her mother was Betty and a brother called Micheal. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN PLEASE; contact me at ronniesands@talktalk.net thanks

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