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There will be a march through the city's streets later today 🌈
28/07/2024

There will be a march through the city's streets later today 🌈

The mission has started 🎺
27/07/2024

The mission has started 🎺

🏃🚣‍♀️🥊 The Olympic Games are finally here! ⬇️ Click to hear from some of our athletes hoping to bring back gold medals t...
27/07/2024

🏃🚣‍♀️🥊 The Olympic Games are finally here!
⬇️ Click to hear from some of our athletes hoping to bring back gold medals to the West Country.

Jack Killah profiles the athletes from the west competing at the Olympic Games.

The Gorge road is back open! Somerset Council said the temporary closure for filming has now finished at Cheddar Gorge 🎥...
26/07/2024

The Gorge road is back open! Somerset Council said the temporary closure for filming has now finished at Cheddar Gorge 🎥

Read more about why it was closed➡️ bbc.in/3YaYIqz

The money will go towards improving the site's long-term sustainability and accessibility 👏🔗⬇️
26/07/2024

The money will go towards improving the site's long-term sustainability and accessibility 👏
🔗⬇️

Two days of free bus travel has begun! 🚌It's all to celebrate the start of the summer holidays ☀️Click through to see wh...
26/07/2024

Two days of free bus travel has begun! 🚌
It's all to celebrate the start of the summer holidays ☀️
Click through to see which services you can catch for FREE today and Monday ➡️ https://bbc.in/4bZemIP

Refurbishment works are set to start in early autumn 👇
26/07/2024

Refurbishment works are set to start in early autumn 👇

The synthetic street drug can cause a wide range of dangerous side effects, including cardiac arrest 👇
25/07/2024

The synthetic street drug can cause a wide range of dangerous side effects, including cardiac arrest 👇

Happy Retirement Cora! 🍭🚸
25/07/2024

Happy Retirement Cora! 🍭🚸

The victim, who is in her 80s, says she "can no longer see a future".
25/07/2024

The victim, who is in her 80s, says she "can no longer see a future".

Their wedding was cancelled two days before the event 😮Here is what happened next 🔗⬇️
25/07/2024

Their wedding was cancelled two days before the event 😮
Here is what happened next 🔗⬇️

Can you help? ❤️👇
25/07/2024

Can you help? ❤️👇

The grass cuttings are being taken from road verges 🪴
24/07/2024

The grass cuttings are being taken from road verges 🪴

People had complained their driveways were being blocked by inconsiderate parking.
24/07/2024

People had complained their driveways were being blocked by inconsiderate parking.

Happy Retirement Cora! 🍭 🚸She's guided thousands of children across the road at Milborne Port Primary School 👉 bbc.in/3z...
24/07/2024

Happy Retirement Cora! 🍭 🚸
She's guided thousands of children across the road at Milborne Port Primary School 👉 bbc.in/3zTiIEi

Taunton's Market House and the Cornhill in Bridgwater could be sold.Somerset Council is considering selling buildings an...
24/07/2024

Taunton's Market House and the Cornhill in Bridgwater could be sold.
Somerset Council is considering selling buildings and land to help bridge a financial gap of £80m 🔗 ⬇️

A new documentary series promises to "lift the lid on the man behind the public image”.
24/07/2024

A new documentary series promises to "lift the lid on the man behind the public image”.

You'll get “spectacular views” 🌊🎧 Hear how six new sections of the England Coast Path take walkers closer to Exmoor's co...
23/07/2024

You'll get “spectacular views” 🌊
🎧 Hear how six new sections of the England Coast Path take walkers closer to Exmoor's coastline.

"It's heartbreaking" 💔
23/07/2024

"It's heartbreaking" 💔

"We are just asking for a fair deal."RMT union members are striking over pay and conditions at First South West Buses 🔗 ...
23/07/2024

"We are just asking for a fair deal."
RMT union members are striking over pay and conditions at First South West Buses 🔗 ⬇️

"We do look at him sometimes and just think how? How do you do it?" 🎶
23/07/2024

"We do look at him sometimes and just think how? How do you do it?" 🎶

Seen any stars around Somerset? 👀⭐️
23/07/2024

Seen any stars around Somerset? 👀⭐️

Go Becky! The athlete says it's been her dream to compete in the Olympics since she was six years old.
23/07/2024

Go Becky! The athlete says it's been her dream to compete in the Olympics since she was six years old.

Watch out for zombies! 🧟Cheddar Gorge is shut for filming - it's rumoured to be for Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later.Read mo...
22/07/2024

Watch out for zombies! 🧟
Cheddar Gorge is shut for filming - it's rumoured to be for Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later.
Read more ➡️ bbc.in/3YaYIqz

There was a ceremony featuring lanterns and roses 🌹
22/07/2024

There was a ceremony featuring lanterns and roses 🌹

Motorists are asked to avoid the area - emergency services are at the scene.
22/07/2024

Motorists are asked to avoid the area - emergency services are at the scene.

Better late than never! 🎖️98-year-old George Lewis served with the Royal Tank Regiment in Belgium, Holland and Germany 🔗...
22/07/2024

Better late than never! 🎖️
98-year-old George Lewis served with the Royal Tank Regiment in Belgium, Holland and Germany 🔗 ⬇️

Good luck for the future Alex ⚽️He's retired from football a year after returning to the pitch.The striker suffered a se...
22/07/2024

Good luck for the future Alex ⚽️
He's retired from football a year after returning to the pitch.

The striker suffered a serious head injury after crashing into concrete advertising hoardings 🔗⬇️

"It's a fantastic feeling to know that we are secure."Gail Ward and her husband now have their own home after receiving ...
22/07/2024

"It's a fantastic feeling to know that we are secure."
Gail Ward and her husband now have their own home after receiving compensation 🔗 ⬇️

Campaigners say there are "too many accidents" on the A39 between Minehead and Porlock.
22/07/2024

Campaigners say there are "too many accidents" on the A39 between Minehead and Porlock.

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Go Becky! 🚣‍♀️ Taunton will be cheering her on when she makes her Olympics rowing debut tomorrow ➡️ https://bbc.in/3A7VI4d

"I'm going to miss the children" ❤️ 🚸 Cora has helped thousands to cross the road to school. She's retiring after 32 years as a lollipop lady.

This place doubled up as a fake Bristol in WWII - designed to trick German pilots to drop bombs there. Luke Knight has been to see what remains of the dummy city.

There could be zombies in Cheddar Gorge 🧟 It's closed for filming and there are rumours that Danny Boyle is filming 28 Years Later there - the sequel to zombie film 28 Weeks Later.

It's a special time for the West Somerset Railway 🚂 It's celebrating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the line between Watchet and Minehead. #westsomersetrailway

Happy 90th Birthday Mick! 🍻 He's still pulling pints at The Muddled Man. The pub landlord says he has no plans to retire.

Leon loves his job so much he never wants to retire 💇 The 80-year-old opened his barbershop in 1964.

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has lost his seat in North East Somerset & Hanham, which he’s held since 2010. It's been taken by Labour’s Dan Norris - who had 40.6% of the vote, to Rees-Mogg's 30.2%. This is how he signed off.

What a LEGEND! ⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Louis Tomlinson brought a TV to #Glastonbury for the England game. The festival had announced it wouldn't be screening the match anywhere at Worthy Farm. #onedirection #1D #louistomlinson

Jan doesn't get dance music, but she loves helping people ❤️ She volunteers as a steward in the Silver Hayes dance area at #Glastonbury.

Would you get a Sunday roast at #Glastonbury? Hundreds have queued for one at the festival's Deluxe Diner - paying £36 for the pleasure.

Build-up to Shania Twain at Glastonbury
Build-up to Shania Twain at Glastonbury

It's almost time 💃 Join us and thousands of people at the Pyramid Stage ahead of Shania Twain's Legends Slot set. You can watch it here ➡️ bbc.in/4cDxxZw

This vintage printing press is a thing of beauty 🗞️ It's used to make #Glastonbury's newspaper and posters.

"A mullet in 2024 is like having a perm in the 80s" 💇 Mullets are back at #Glastonbury - but are they here to stay?

"Baffled, impressed, a bit emotional" 🏃‍♂️ People have kicked off Glastonbury Festival... with a run. Ravers2Runners took 500 people around the site to get some exercise and take in their surroundings 🏃‍♂️

"It's gonna be a long day" - but this morning, Dua Lipa fans are already waiting at the front of the Pyramid Stage to see her perform... at 10pm 💃 #Glastonbury

What a moment ❤️ Sir Michael Eavis has made his first appearance at #Glastonbury Festival 2024 with a performance on the Park Stage. The festival founder sang "My Way", "Suspicious Minds" & "It Was A Very Good Year".

He's a legend to everyone at #Glastonbury! Festival-goers showed their love with a Michael Eavis Flashmob.

What a show! ✨ 576 drones mark the opening of #Glastonbury Festival 2024.

Drone Show at Glastonbury Festival
Drone Show at Glastonbury Festival

This should be ✨awesome✨ 576 drones are putting on a show to mark the opening of Glastonbury Festival 2024 - followed by the traditional fireworks 🎆

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