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'Computers can't provide services' as merging NHS boards 'could increase rural deprivation'
"Computers can't provide these actual services – they can just give lots of information. I'm becoming more concerned about this."
Man suffers life changing injuries after stabbing in town centre
He remains in hospital at this time
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'Culprit' identified as M5 in Somerset grinds to a halt
Thousands of drivers were held up
Fed-up police activate Bath dispersal order as teens terrorise city
"This goes beyond just 'kids being kids'"
Home Office raid in Somerset village found shop in 'serious breach'
But residents living nearby spoke in defence of the shopkeeper
Family denied dream Bath house only accessible by boat
They've brought the neglected canal-side site back to life over a period of almost a decade
Staff at leaky Somerset maternity unit given daily weather forecast
A dripping roof is a regular occurrence
Baby's life saved after racing heartbeat detected by the family dog
The baby was rushed to hospital after the family dog became 'needy' around him
'Curious young guy' accused of answering husband's 'abuse my wife' ad
The man who responded said he was 'just a young guy trying out new things' and believed it was consensual, a court heard
Ex-Taunton Town chief admits offences linked to rape
He was due to stand trial next week
Youths involved in shoplifting and 'hate-related attacks' in Bath
A dispersal order will be in effect this weekend
Woman's crucial evidence was key in proving her rapist's guilt
The victim told police she began feeling “more and more uncomfortable”
Probe into abusive husband sparked by extreme pornographic image, jury told
Police found 'intimate' images of Phillip Young's wife on his phone, a court heard
NHS patient 'resorted to wrapping wounds with plastic bags' as he awaited private provider HCRG
Concerns over a particular provider, whose contract covers Bath, were heard in Parliament
Developers lobbied Somerset Council for three years over M5 ‘garden village’
A 'garden village' of 7,000 homes is planned near Taunton Racecourse
Homeless Somerset veterans struggling to access emergency housing
Somerset has around 5,000 regular armed forces personnel
Somerset city getting 50 homes with 'scratty little gardens' as plans approved
Homes to be built on fields on the edge of the city
Fire crews help rescue man's canal boat that keeps being untied
It happened twice in two days
Pheasants unlawfully killed with catapults in Frome
'Incidents such as this cause unnecessary suffering'