Swanage And Wareham Voice
Charity reopens popular park paddling pool for another splashing season
One of Bournemouth’s much-loved community park attractions will be back for another sunny season.
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Residents evacuated and road closed for nearly five hours after shop fire
More than a dozen residents were evacuated in the early hours on Monday morning after a fire broke out at a shop in Charminster.
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North Somerset Times
Do you need a driving licence to use a mobility scooter in the UK?
Do you need a driving licence to use a mobility scooter in the UK?
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West Somerset Free Press
Check the latest West Somerset and Exmoor planning applications and decisions
Planning applications recently received by Somerset Council:
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Swanage And Wareham Voice
Plans to install Bleed Kit and Defibrillator outside Poole bank
A proposal to install life-saving equipment outside a bank in Poole has been submitted to BCP Council.
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Weston Super Mare Live
Yeovil Town rebuild work starts now with top end National League target
"We are going to try and build a squad that can compete at the top end of this league. And by the New Year we want to be in a good place, and I think we will be.”
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Bath Echo
Bath startup secures €4.1 million to scale plastic-free material
Naturbeads, a University of Bath spin-off, has received the funding to help establish a production plant in Puglia.
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Bath Echo
Council begins process to sell off three pieces of surplus land
At Chatham Row, the “minor” land holding is said to be surplus to the Corporate Estates’ portfolio and requirements.
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Swanage And Wareham Voice
Plans for new car park next to block of flats in Bournemouth
A proposal for a car park has been made to improve the marketability of a recently developed block of flats.
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Somerset County Gazette
Busy road in Taunton to close for emergency repairs
Station Road in Taunton is set to close for emergency repairs.
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West Somerset Free Press
Property of the week: Lancock Street, Wellington
BENEFITING from no onward chain 24, Lancock Street, Wellington is a well presented three bedroom semi detached family home situated in a private plot position on the popular Dobree Park development within easy walking distance of a range of local amenities.
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Bath Echo
Plans for popular Bath boxing gym’s relocation hit the spot
Roman Boxing Gym has been given the go-ahead to convert the former engineering premises in Bellotts Road.
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Midsomer Norton & Radstock Journal
Butcombe Group refinancing deal supports reinvestment in Somerset pubs
The leading South West hospitality business says it will use the deal to further invest in its 118-strong estate.
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Wellington Weekly News
Richard and Jo are tops in Shield Competition at Petanque Club
WELLINGTON Pétanque Club have started the summer season with their Mixed Doubles Competition.
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Bath Echo
Man drove home from a wake while twice over the alcohol limit
A member of staff at Tesco was concerned that a customer was intoxicated and alerted the police.
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Weston Super Mare Live
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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Bath Echo
Bid to remove ‘rare’ part of Bath’s industrial heritage is blocked
The wider site includes four large warehouses and a yard for external storage, parking and deliveries.
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Weston Super Mare Live
Building fire closes A-road near Somerset border - updates
The road is shut both ways
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The New Blackmore Vale Magazine
Roof collapses at derelict Sherborne building after fire – with road closed
THE roof collapsed at a derelict building in Sherborne after a fire on Sunday evening (April 26) – with the A30 closed to traffic. More than 30 firefighters were sent […] The post Roof collapses at derelict Sherborne building after fire – with road closed appeared first on The New Blackmore Vale Magazine.
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Swanage And Wareham Voice
Dorset businesses make finals of prestigious awards
A raft of Dorset businesses are in with a shot of winning a coveted regional Muddy Stilettos award this year - now in its 13th year.
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Swanage And Wareham Voice
Residents evacuated after fire breaks out in Bournemouth
More than a dozen residents have been evacuated after a fire broke out in a commercial property in Charminster Road.
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Alfred (Shaftesbury)
The Alfred Daily – 27th April 2026
The Alfred Daily is a 60-minute radio programme for Shaftesbury and the surrounding area, being broadcast 7 days-a-week. On today’s Alfred Daily:
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West Somerset Free Press
Tropiquaria visitors mourning caiman set to welcome crocodile in her place
A WEST Somerset zoo is soon to welcome a replacement for Mrs Nasty, its much-loved spectacled caiman which died in January.
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Wellington Weekly News
Wellington passengers face two-year wait for trains once access road is built
A NEW road being built to take traffic to Wellington’s planned £20 million railway station is expected to be completed before the autumn of this year.
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Weston Super Mare Live
Bath Rugby player ratings from Northampton Saints defeat - 'Wonderful'
Bath Rugby were beaten 41-38 by Northampton Saints at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday in Round 14 of the 2025/26 Gallagher PREM
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BBC Somerset
'I hadn't been treated by a dentist for 20 years'
The mobile dental surgery travels across the country treating the homeless and victims of abuse.
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BBC Somerset
I almost gave up on cancer treatment amid 40-mile trip
John Kiely says those needing radiotherapy in north Somerset have to make long journeys to Bristol.
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Weston Super Mare Live
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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Weston Super Mare Live
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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Weston Super Mare Live
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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