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Start date confirmed for work on new £4m roundabout near Wells

On site where serious and fatal crashes have happened

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60 new jobs coming to Taunton as 66-bed care home prepares to open

On one of the town's largest housing estates.

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Taunton Virgin Island star 'relieved' after receiving kiss from sex expert

Taunton's Bertie, a self-confessed 'grade-A virgin', was left feeling 'relieved' after an intimate session with sexologist Celeste Hirschman on Channel 4's Virgin Island

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Biker dies after crash with BMW near Yeovil

The biker, a woman in her 60s, died at the scene

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Biker dies after crash with Land Rover and Volkswagen

Police want to speak to the driver of a blue Audi who may have key information about what happened

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Police investigating 'deliberate' derelict building fire

There will be an increased police presence in the area

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Months of disruption warning as work on new busy road crossing starts

Motorists have been warned

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Vehicles and buildings damaged in Somerset village

A 19-year-old man has been arrested

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Josie Gibson left surprised after ‘amazing’ food discovery while filming ITV programme

Josie Gibson's ITV series Josie's Taste of the West Country sees the Bristol presenter travel across the Westcountry and beyond to discover the region's finest food and drink

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Controversial plan to build hundreds of homes on southern edge of Bath

Developers have drawn up a new application after their last attempt to build on the South Stoke Plateau was turned down two years ago

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Roof of derelict Sherborne building collapses after raging fire

Firefighters remain at the scene

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Doctors say night-time symptom linked to heart disease, stroke, and dementia

Your partner may be the first to see the symptoms

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Building fire closes A-road near Somerset border - updates

The road is shut both ways

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Battery energy storage facility near Somerset travellers’ site refused

The proposals would be "an inconvenience to all users of the route".

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Somerset town getting more homes - but no money for local schools

The council has ruled the school has sufficient capacity - so doesn't have to provide a penny of funding

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Somerset Council 'setting itself up for a fall' over Chard relief road delays

Councillors have criticised the council's officers for the slow pace of delivering the road to date

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Somerset mum with brain tumour runs half-marathon dressed as giant brain

She's already raised almost £8500 for charity

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My journey to Portishead showed why railway line reopening desperately needed

I could get to London in the same time it took to make the 32 mile trip

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Somerset Funeral Notices as heartfelt tributes paid to 38 loved ones

Tributes have been paid to much-loved family members

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Somerset villages feeling costs of Trump's Iran war as bills soar

70% on homes in one village rely on heating oil, which a councillor warned had doubled in cost