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 | 24/04/2009 2:50 pm

  • Volunteers needed to help show shoemaking history - The Shoemakers Museum says it needs guides and people to help in the archives.
  • Friends who took aid to Ukraine plan a second trip - Stephen Ryder and Winkie Fry are back in the west after driving a second-hand ambulance to Lviv.
  • Deafblind woman counting down to Everest climb - Karolina Pakenaite, 29, has Usher syndrome which causes progressive hearing and sight loss.
  • Men laughed as they torched elderly woman's home, court told - Four men have admitted starting the fire, but a 19-year-old woman denies committing arson.
  • Dog faeces found in multiple play parks - Park play equipment is also being replaced after being damaged by dog bites.
  • Disabled man's 'shock' at council tax changes - Andy Mitchell is taking his local authority to court over its council tax reduction scheme.
  • New weather warnings as water levels still rising - A major incident remains in place as dozens of homes are flooded and roads remain impassable.
  • Air ambulance to move base due to high demand - Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance plans to move to the Leonardo helicopters airfield in Yeovil.
  • The 'secretive' Goshawks starring in Hollywood film - The film, starring Claire Foy, has been nominated for a Bafta award.
  • 'Four explosions' as lorry bursts into flames on M4 - Two lanes westbound are now open, but traffic won't return to normal until at least 17:00 GMT.
  • 'We've never seen flooding like this before' - Taunton Rugby Club says local people have rallied to help after damage caused by Storm Chandra.
  • Plans submitted to reopen museum after three years - The plans involve the fashion museum moving into a listed building in the city centre.
  • How Hot Fuzz had big impact on Somerset tourism - Tourist trips to Wells in Somerset have been boosted due to to the Simon Pegg and Nick Frost film.
  • More homes likely to flood, council warns - Further heavy rain is forecast for the end of the week, falling on already saturated ground.
  • 'Action needed as people dump human faeces in canal' - Residents have spoke of their shock after witnessing boat-dwellers using the area as a toilet.

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  • Trump says 'dangerous' for UK to do business with China as Starmer lands in Shanghai - Sir Keir Starmer says "the UK has got a huge amount to offer" as he visits China to reset relations.
  • Two officers to face court martial over handling of Jaysley Beck sexual assault case - The officers are to face a court martial over the handling of the case of teenage soldier Jaysley Beck.
  • Millions to get £150 off energy bills for further five years - The government has confirmed the discount for six million low-income households will continue for the rest of the decade.
  • Syria's defiant Kurds vow to 'fight until last breath' despite government push - The US fought IS with the Kurds for years. Now, Donald Trump is siding with Syria's new leader.
  • Secret warehouse guards lost world of treasures found on HS2 route - Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.
  • Arrests made over supersized illegal rubbish dump - The Environment Agency says the arrests are a "vital step" into the Kidlington dump investigation.
  • 'He enjoyed hurting people': Teen attacked others before murdering schoolboy, 12 - Det Insp Joe Davenport says the killer attacked his victims in Birmingham for "violence sake".
  • Could weight-loss jabs be behind rising gallbladder removals? - Last year, there was a 15% annual increase in the operations and surgeons want more research.
  • A legal blunder allowed the man who abused us at school to escape justice – until now - William Brydson, who was "head of care" at a Newton Stewart boarding school, has been jailed for a litany of offences.
  • Israeli hostage held for nearly 500 days in Gaza says he can 'breathe again' - In his first international interview, Sasha Troufanov tells the BBC how he thought he would die in captivity after he was taken hostage on 7 October 2023.
  • Secret filming catches locksmith charging 10 times quote - A couple expecting to pay £50 for a locksmith say they ended up forking out more than £5,000.
  • Trump says 'it would be great' if US 'didn't have to use' military force on Iran - The US president says he has told Iran it has to do "two things" to avoid military action, as the US builds up its forces in the Gulf.
  • Venezuela's oil ghost towns hope Trump plan will revive their fortunes - Amid rusting oil pumps and rigs, once affluent Venezuelan oil towns place their hope in US investment.
  • The Papers: 'Capitulation in Beijing' and 'Revolt over cancelled elections' - Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is pictured alongside China's Xi Jinping on most of Friday's papers.
  • Why China moved so quickly to execute 11 members of a notorious mafia family - The Ming family ran scam compounds along the Chinese border with Myanmar in Shan state.

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