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Man charged with attempted murder after woman attacked in her own home

He is due to appear at court next month

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Woman spots candle in Somerset TK Maxx and then realises true value

Bargain hunter Bethany Slack is urging people to 'run, not walk' to their closest TK Maxx store after making a rare discovery in the candle section that's worth much more

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Decision to keep ‘unsafe’ Bath LTN under scrutiny

Traffic has roughly doubled on a road past a primary school

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Teenager, 14, among trio of hare coursers sentenced

One man has been banned from entering Wiltshire

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Five year animal ban after dog left with untreated skin condition

Roxy was bald with inflamed and thickened skin

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Live: Burst water main cuts supplies at Weston-super-Mare

Crews are on their way to investigate

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'I was exhausted and losing hair because I should have taken one pill'

Rose was told she was fine and it was normal, then she pushed for a diagnosis

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Fears huge rural area could lose all its buses for the second time in three years

'Both the X91 and our 99 bus services are vital for the health and wellbeing of users, helping prevent rural isolation and connecting villages to each other'

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Plans to turn former Somerset Pizza Hut restaurant into tanning salon approved

Pizza Hut operated from Unit 1 of Enterprise House within the Wessex Fields business park in Frome until 2020

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M5 in Somerset to close overnight for almost two weeks

Drivers are being warned

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Somerset flood alerts remain in place as rain threatens more damage

Five flood warnings and 11 flood alerts are in place

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Free bus travel during your birthday month quietly axed

Former West of England mayor Dan Norris said it was his main achievement in the role

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Somerset Council ‘not in territory’ of going bankrupt within 12 months

But say its becoming increasingly difficult to balance the books

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Woman stole nearly £2,000 of goods from Boots near Yeovil

Police want to identify this woman

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Drivers baffled by 5p cash-only toll bridge in middle of the English countryside

Motorists were left baffled when they came across a 5p cash-only toll bridge. One Reddit user said: "Imagine the logistics of finding a 5p coin every single morning though. Proper commitment that."

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North Somerset Council given permission for 8.99% council tax hike

'None of us wants to raise council tax beyond the usual limits, but our financial position has worsened'

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Live: A30 closed in Yeovil as fallen tree causes entire day of disruption

The bank on the side of the road was brought up with it

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Vegan on 10-hour Virgin Atlantic flight gets 'worst meal ever'

Paul says the flight attendant admitted it was 'unacceptable'

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Warning over fake £20 notes in Taunton

They have been used in a shop, petrol station to to buy items sold online

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Somerset sinkhole to finally be repaired – after nearly five years

Work finally got under way yesterday