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Weston pair deny murder in Somerset town

Mr Lock died after an incident in Stockers Close, Wiveliscombe

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Daniel Bond and Lee Conlon have admitted killing a man in a Somerset town last month - but deny murder.

X-rays showed the pellets in the gulls recovered from Bridgwater

Gulls killed after being shot in 'senseless' attack

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Police at the Glastonbury Festival

Police issue advice for Glastonbury Festival revellers - and residents

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The new efficient GWR train. Picture: Great Western Railway

GWR train services that ARE running during next week's strikes

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Start of the Strawberry Line on the approach to Yatton Railway Station. Picture: MARK ATHERTON

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How an accident with a boy and his bike in 1983 led to the reinvention...

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A number of areas are at risk of rising sea levels, according to the research

Thousands of North Somerset homes could be abandoned by 2050s: Report

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Van destroyed by fire in Somerset village

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Avon and Somerset Police HQ

Special constables BANNED over 'discriminatory messages'

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Jordan Cox in batting action for Kent Spitfires in the Vitality Blast

Somerset suffer Vitality Blast setback as Kent's Cox hits career best

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Somerset's Roelof van der Merwe celebrates

Van der Merwe blitz seals memorable Somerset win in Vitality Blast

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Members of Hornets RFC with the Beaumont's County Championship Division Two trophy.

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Somerset claim Bill Beaumont's County Championship Division Two after...

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Somerset's Will Smeed batting during a Vitality Blast T20 south group match

Smeed blitz sees Somerset cruise past Glamorgan in VItality Blast

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Somerset's Rilee Rossouw batting during the Vitality Blast

Rossouw blitz in vain as Somerset succumb to Sussex in Vitality Blast

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Marchant de Lange of Somerset celebrates with team mates after taking a wicket

Overseas stars steer Somerset past Essex in Vitality Blast

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Memorial Stadium Bristol GSV

Teen, 16, among football fans BANNED from matches

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The entrance to Homestead Park in Wookey Hole

Plan for nine homes near tourist attraction refused

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Police are asking the public to surrender unwanted firearms in a national two week campaign.

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Police ask public to surrender unwanted guns in two week campaign

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The Great War Teamat the Weston Air Festival and Armed Forces Weekend. Picture: Weston Air Festival/

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Full line-up of Weston Air Show revealed

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Really Wild Adventures comp.

Officials using DRONES to clamp down on out-of-season fishing

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Will White is Avon and Somerset Constabulary's new assistant chief constable.

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Police appoint new assistant chief constable

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The proposed site of 60 homes and a community hall on Brookside Road, Combwich

Up to 60 new homes planned in village for Hinkley workforce

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A new specialist school has been approved for North Somerset.

350 pupils miss out on first-choice primary school in Somerset, figures...

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Matt and Lauren with baby Nolan, who tragically passed away aged just three months

Couple's fundraising total in memory of tragic son reaches £17,000

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Adam Rossington in batting action for Essex

Essex edge past Somerset in County Championship thriller

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Tips from pest control expert on how to stay safe from wasps in your garden during summer

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What not to do when you find a wasp’s nest and 7 simple tips to help you...

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Hampshire's Mohammad Abbas celebrates with teammates after taking a wicket against Somerset at the Ageas Bowl

Somerset slump to innings defeat at Hampshire

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Hampshire's Joe Weatherley in batting action against Somerset

Somerset toil as Weatherley's best puts Hampshire in control

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Somerset's James Hildreth bats during day one of the LV= County Championship season against Hampshire

Hildreth proves worth as Somerset suffer at start of season

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Brothers Lincoln, aged seven, and Abel, aged five, pictured climbing Pen y Fan - the highest peak in South Wales.

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Highbridge brothers to climb Mount Snowdon for Parkinson’s UK

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Somerset players and staff face the camera at The County Ground ahead of the 2022 season

Somerset start new county championship season without Banton

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