Dozens of bodies will have to be exhumed from Bridgwater town centre to allow new flats to be built. Taunton-based developer Refresh Living No. 3 Ltd. applied to build 43 flats on a vacant brownfield site on Friarn Street, north of the busy A39 Broadway. Sedgemoor District Council’s development committee …
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There are plenty of job roles available at the Royal Mail across Somerset right now. For those looking for a new job or a switch of role, there are currently eight different roles available at various locations across the county. Jobs are available in Taunton, Yeovil, Wellington, Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Bath …
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A village shop, tea room and Post Office, which has been part of the community for 100 years, has been put up for sale. Churchill Post Office and stores, which comes complete with its own quaint tearoom, has been put up for sale by owners Clive and Sandra Heyward. The …
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Two Somerset areas are on a list of places which are receiving limited delivery services due to Covid. In a service update today (Tuesday, January 12) the Royal Mail has compiled a collection of 26 areas across England, in which deliveries are ‘likely to be limited’. The service said that …
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One worker at Bath’s Royal Mail delivery office has tested positive for coronavirus. Royal Mail have confirmed today (October 5) that they have undertaken an extensive clean of the building. They have also confirmed that the office in central Bath is working as normal. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “Royal …
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Police have explained why a controlled explosion took place in Bath’s royal mail depot on Friday (September 11). Specialist officers, an army bomb disposal unit and police dogs evacuated both Gloucester Road’s Royal Mail sorting office and Bath’s depot on Manvers Street in the early hours of Friday. Police cordoned …
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A bomb disposal unit has been called to the Royal Mail delivery office in Bath this morning (Friday, September 11) amid reports of a “suspicious package” being transported there. Police were first called to the depot in Filton at 2.17am after an alarm was raised about a possible package. Searches …
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A pensioner has been left “gutted” after priceless 140-year-old navy service medals that belonged to his great-great-uncle and grandfather were stolen. Roy Bowden, 86, is descended from five generations of men who served in the Navy – and his most prized family heirlooms are service medals received by two of …
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Nine taxi drivers have been banned from driving in part of Somerset after failing to complete safeguarding training. Sedgemoor District Council issues licences to taxi and Hackney carriage drivers, while ensuring they are safe enough to provide such services to the public. More than a dozen drivers failed to attend …
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A woman has been unable to vote by proxy in Bath due to a mix up by Bath and North East Somerset Council. Julia Aufenast, who lives in Hong Kong, arranged for her brother James Aufenast to vote for her in Bath and North East Somerset. Mr Aufenast was supposed …
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