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Christmas comes to Thatchers Cider farm in brand's first-ever festive TV advert

The farm has been given a makeover by world-famous animation studio Aardman

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86 homes planned for small Somerset village near A303

'There is an acute unmet affordable housing need in south Somerset'

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New £3.2m Taunton transport hub will not open before Christmas

The new hub will include six bus stops, each with their own shelter

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Aldi gets green light in Keynsham but Lidl denied in Bath

Plans for the discounter were controversially refused

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Bath boarding school teacher 'carried out indecent act while watching pupil sexually abuse younger boy', court hears

Barker has denied three charges of buggery, three charges of indecency with a child and two charges of indecent assault

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Men tried to grab child in Weston-super-Mare

They exited a van and tried to grab the boy

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Man who advertised wife for sex used men ‘as pawns’, court told

Connor Sanderson-Doyle said he believed Joanne Young had consented

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Cyclists do support controversial Bath cycle lane halted by cyclists, says council

A major objection from pro-cycling campaigners has halted work on a new cycle lane in Bath — but the council insists other cyclists support it

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Teens arrested after climbing onto Taunton Theatre's roof

Police had reports of someone trying to gain entry to the building

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Somerset village's much-loved library is saved from closure

"This is much more than a place to borrow books"

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Map shows Somerset fields near M5 where 410 homes could be built

The new neighbourhood could divide the existing village in two halves

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Somerset MP came round from surgery to be told: 'I'm really sorry but there has been a mistake'

She suspected something was wrong as she woke up from the operation

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Remembrance Sunday 2026 parades in Somerset - locations and timings listed

Many towns will be hosting a parade to pay their respects

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Man accused of answering ad to have sex with woman ‘believed she consented’

Connor Sanderson-Doyle was 22 at the time

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Biker in hospital after crash with van in Bath

They sustained leg injuries

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Somerset town's famous 'cellophane clock' is making a comeback after years

It was a local landmark for decades

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Man who advertised wife for sex said risk was ‘great thrill’, court told

Philip Young drugged and abused his wife over 13 years

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'Blot on the landscape' Bridgwater site could partly become housing

"It's been so sad to see this building decline over the years"

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New bid for 77 new homes on edge of beautiful Mendip Hills

Plans have refused twice before for the site

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