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 | 24/04/2009 2:50 pm

  • A-road closed after serious collision - Drivers are urged to avoid the area and find alternative routes.
  • 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.
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