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Local News
Explosives charges accused guilty
A man pleads guilty at Taunton Crown Court to four charges relating to making explosives at a house in Burnham-on-Sea.
7 February 2012 | 11:42 am | read more »
Work begins on town's road layout
Work begins on a road layout plan which the council hopes will help regenerate a Somerset town.
7 February 2012 | 7:05 am | read more »
Bell dropped from one-day squad
Somerset's Craig Kieswetter and Jos Buttler are named in England's one-day squad to face Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with batsman Ian Bell dropped.
7 February 2012 | 5:31 am | read more »
Man, 37, jailed over town murder
A Weston-super-Mare man is jailed for life for murdering another man in the North Somerset town.
6 February 2012 | 4:46 pm | read more »
International News
Euro 'could survive Greece exit'
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes piles pressure on Greece to agree tough reforms, saying a euro exit would be 'no man overboard'.
7 February 2012 | 1:53 pm | read more »
Abu Qatada 'may yet be deported'
The government is still working with Jordan to try to reach assurances that will allow radical cleric Abu Qatada to be deported, the attorney general says.
7 February 2012 | 1:52 pm | read more »
Russia 'wants Arab role in Syria'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calls for a solution to the Syria crisis based on the Arab League's plan, after seeing leaders in Damascus.
7 February 2012 | 1:51 pm | read more »
Chinese workers released in Sudan
A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan last month has been freed and flown to Kenya, officials from both countries say.
7 February 2012 | 1:51 pm | read more »
Obama to give back campaign funds
US President Barack Obama's election campaign is to return some $200,000 of funding linked to the family of a Mexican fugitive.
7 February 2012 | 1:33 pm | read more »
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