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Children's social workers warn redundancies will 'devastate' their work
'The idea that you can cut out a huge chunk of our team will just devastate our capacity to support vulnerable families and children who are being looked after'
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'Clear shift' in key ISA allowance rule change update
Savers have been changing their behaviour, according to new analysis
Victorian 'school' disease spreading as people mistake it for eczema
Sufferers are ignoring the symptoms or getting the wrong treatment, allowing the disease to spread
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Surgeon lists five bowel cancer symptoms he would never ignore
If you have any of these symptoms, or if you’re worried about any changes that you notice, visit your GP
Employee sacked at Royal United Hospitals after sexual offence allegation
A member of staff was dismissed
Work begins on £1m coastal defence scheme to protect Minehead seafront
Minehead town centre has been prone to coastal flooding for many year
Bath primary school on journey of improvement after 'significant changes in leadership'
St Martin's Garden is on the right track
£54m cost of new Bath Fashion Museum explained
'We have a strong grip on the project, the costs are not over-running, and we have solid, well planned funding routes for the whole project.'
Bath Half Marathon 2026 in pictures as over 12,000 runners take part
Runners of all ages and walks of life took part
Somerset Council can’t reveal where 2,333 empty homes are located
Because the system needed to do this is "still being developed"
Cars parked on Bath half-marathon route craned off the road by council
Parking restrictions were in place all over the city
45 fantastic pictures from the Bath Miles fun run
Over 12,000 runners are expected to take part in the main race today
Is Yeovil the new Ibiza? Maybe not - but it’s definitely on the up
Everything's coming up Yeovil, baby!
North Somerset village’s GP surgery faces permanent closure
'Escalating land prices driven by nearby housing developments' made building a new surgery unfeasible
Major Somerset quarry can operate until 2056 as expansion plans approved
It's a major source of silurian andesite
Three cousins born on same day at same Somerset hospital
They were born just hours apart
The cheapest places to fill up your car in Somerset on Saturday
The price of fuel varies widely across the county
Signs shame owner of beautiful Bath building left empty for 35 years
It is the latest in the one-way war of words between a Bath circus performer who once attended the school and the reclusive brewery proprietor who owns it but has left it abandoned
Bath woman celebrates 100th birthday and the astonishing twists and turns of her life
Sheila Tushingham was just a teenager when she joined the war effort
Older people may be due extra £344 every four weeks from next month from DWP
Pensioners receiving Attendance Allowance, PIP or ADP could see their Pension Credit disability element rise