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Yeovil diver dies after North Somerset teenager helped rescue him off Dorset coast

A diver has died after North Somerset teenager helped rescue him from the sea off Dorset's Jurassic Coast. The 58-year-old man from Yeovil, Somerset, was pulled from the sea off Portland just after 1pm on Sunday by the coastguard helicopter. Hannah ...

School set for creative fundraising award

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Final office sold at Portishead development

Commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton announced the freehold sale of the unit at Portis Fields in the North Somerset town. The detached building, which comprises 5,250 sq ft of office space, has been bought from national developer ...

North Somerset Show: It's still quite a show 157 years on

Thousands braved the rain at the annual North Somerset Show in Wraxall yesterday and in Gloucestershire the village green at Frampton-on-Severn was packed for the Elver Eating World Championships. The Cheltenham Jazz Festival was as popular as ...

Banksy's Dismaland Gets South Bank Awards Nod

Built on the site of an old lido in Weston-Super-Mare in North Somerset, Banksy's so-called "bemusement park" includes 10 pieces by the artist as well as work from 50 other artists from 17 countries around the world. Here a billboard of David Cameron ...

Calamity strikes police cadets after PCC Sue Mountstevens hopes they 'drown'

PCC Sue Mountstevens has posted an apparently sinister message to some police cadets at the North Somerset Show. She tweeted to some of the youngsters, who were out in the rain: "Hope you get drowned out. Thank you for all your hard work." SHARE ...

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