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Cheddar Valley village calm 'could be cannabis haven'
The police have told people living in a sleepy Cheddar Valley village to be wary of cannabis farms sprouting up in their rural neighbourhood. The twin villages of Chapel and Stone Allerton may not look...
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Why doesn't it surprise me that the BBC has found it difficult to discover exactly how much the new system of police and crime commissioners is costing the country. We were told by the Home Office...
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Ex-postmistress awaits verdict of Royal Mail 'bug' probe
ROYAL Mail admitted this week there were bugs in their computer system after a probe revealed sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of cash discrepancies. But the investigation continues and one of...
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Emily and Paddy the horse are a winning tag team
YOUNG horse rider Emily Hawkins has an enviable record – she has competed at either the Royal International Horse Show or Horse of the Year show since she was just three-years old. And she will be back...
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450 people tuck into 396lb of meat at Allerton Harvest Home
THE sun was shining over Allerton this weekend for the annual Harvest Home held in the cricket grounds. Over 430 tickets were sold for the event on Saturday, which raises money for groups and...
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Death by Fatal Murder tickets on sale for Allerton Players
INSPECTOR PRATT, the highly inefficient but hilarious detective, is back. This time he is in Death by Fatal Murder by Peter Gordon which will be performed by Allerton Players. The show will be...
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Review: Allerton Players' Death by Fatal Murder
INSPECTOR Pratt returned to Weare for another slice of funny business among the upper classes in 1940s England.Allerton Players performed another Inspector Pratt mystery, Murdered To Death, a few years...
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Time for the battle of the boffins at quiz night in Weare
Reckon you know all the weirdest facts? Think of yourself as a bit of a boffin? It's time to put that to the test! Members of Allerton Players and Weare Memorial Hall committee are organising a quiz...
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Looking Back: Celebrating half a century of drama by the Allerton...
THIS week's Looking Back is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Allerton Players. Members of the group are from a diverse area, including Cheddar, Wells, Mark, Allerton and Wedmore. The Allerton...
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Wedmore First World War project appeal
CAN you help with an appeal for information from The Isle of Wedmore Remembers the Great War Project? Tim Moreman, who made the appeal on the Wedmore Past and Present Facebook group, said: "Does anyone...
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Stone Allerton attack 'will haunt man forever'
A STONE Allerton man who attacked his partner and caused facial injuries which required surgery told a judge he "did not know where it came from" and said it would "haunt" him forever. Deke Orris, 36,...
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Sub-postmaster from Somerset gains support in bid to clear name
FORENSIC accountants are combing through mountains of paperwork to support the case of hundreds of sub-postmasters who say they've been wrongly accused of fraud or false accounting, including one in...
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