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New jobs will be coming to Bridgwater in the coming months after plans for new industrial units near the M5 were approved. The Peninsular 23 Business Park lies between the River Parrett and the A38 Bristol Road bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news…

New jobs coming to Bridgwater as industrial units near M5 approved

New industrial units will be created in the next 12 months after Somerset Council approved plans to expand the Peninsula 23 Business Park

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Somerset Council rejects calls to halt new developments after severe flooding ift.tt/NDMSk1A

Somerset Council rejects calls to halt new developments after severe flooding

Somerset Council has rejected demands to stop approving new housing developments until additional flood prevention measures are put in place

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Woman and child taken to minor injury unit after crash near Bridgwater pub ift.tt/CL46mKT

Woman and child taken to minor injury unit after crash near Bridgwater pub

A woman and a child were left with minor injuries following a collision involving two cars outside the Malt Shovel pub, police said.

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Chinese takeaway rated one out of five by Hygiene authority ift.tt/rMX528U

Chinese takeaway rated one out of five by Hygiene authority

A Chinese takeaway in Bridgwater has received a new food hygiene score

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Emergency services respond to two car crash outside Bridgwater pub ift.tt/uKA5Lbs

Emergency services respond to two car crash outside Bridgwater pub

A two-car crash has been reported outside the Malt Shovel in Bridgwater, with emergency services at the scene.

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Millions of Windows 10 users warned to act now before support ends completely in 2026 ift.tt/ZxAqn0v

Millions of Windows 10 users warned to act now before support ends completely in 2026

Tech experts have issued a warning to millions of Brits as official support for Windows 10 will completely stop in October 2026

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UK chocolate brand sold at Aldi, Tesco and Asda set to close as it enters liquidation ift.tt/jZYCBiq

UK chocolate brand sold at Aldi, Tesco and Asda set to close as it enters liquidation

Icon Foods, which supplies products to Aldi, Tesco, Asda, and other major UK stores, is set to close after voluntarily entering liquidation.

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BBC TV Licence cost set to rise again for millions of UK households next month ift.tt/t1fhLja
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Green light for review of the introduction of Somerset car parking charges ift.tt/7vn1idc

Green light for review of the introduction of Somerset car parking charges

A review of the introduction of car parking charges across Somerset has been given the green light by Somerset Council’s Executive this week.

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Clinton Rogers column: How will AI affect our jobs? ift.tt/PF3TXQh

Clinton Rogers column: How will AI affect our jobs?

UK jobs face AI disruption as automation threatens roles in law, accounting, and journalism. Adaptability key as careers evolve in the age of AI.

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Column: Why Somerset Council’s budget is heading in the right direction ift.tt/iYrXAD0

Column: Why Somerset Council’s budget is heading in the right direction

Somerset Council moves from financial emergency to recovery, approving 2026/27 budget, cutting funding gap, and raising council tax below regional…

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Latest Bridgwater planning applications: February 22-28, 2026 ift.tt/N60PdRY

Latest Bridgwater planning applications: February 22-28, 2026

Here are the latest planning applications in and around Bridgwater.

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Latest Bridgwater planning decisions, February 22-28, 2026 ift.tt/XqVLJCg

Latest Bridgwater planning decisions, February 22-28, 2026

Here are the latest planning decisions made in and around Bridgwater.

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Police charge man with eight offences following series of incidents ift.tt/eTlPfdr

Police charge man with eight offences following series of incidents

Police have charged a man with eight offences following a series of incidents in Bridgwater and Street.

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400 new homes near M5 'not likely to have significant effect' on environment ift.tt/AUDp1Q6

400 new homes near M5 'not likely to have significant effect' on environment

Plans for 400 new homes near junction 23 of the M5 have cleared the first hurdle after Somerset Council approved a screening request for the site

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How did Somerset MPs vote on the under-16 social media ban? ift.tt/hDeNCFB

How did Somerset MPs vote on the under-16 social media ban?

MPs took to the House of Commons to vote on passing a bill, meaning that social media would be banned for children under the age of 16.

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Family from Bridgwater say goodbye as HMS Dragon deployed to Mediterranean ift.tt/nEM3Cub

Family from Bridgwater say goodbye as HMS Dragon deployed to Mediterranean

Royal Navy’s HMS Dragon departs Portsmouth for the eastern Mediterranean, leaving the Bridgwater family facing months apart.

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Column: Gorton and Denton's soap opera reached its sad finale ift.tt/4mGFNcO

Column: Gorton and Denton's soap opera reached its sad finale

Keir Starmer faces criticism after Labour's Gorton and Denton by-election loss amid calls for clear plans on NHS, housing, and cost of living…

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Housing association to sponsor Somerset awards scheme ift.tt/Mf1Ozue

Housing association to sponsor Somerset awards scheme

Hastoe Housing sponsors CPRE Somerset’s Love Your Countryside Awards, celebrating local environmental and affordable housing projects across…

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Bridgwater restaurant receives updated score after 'major improvements' needed ift.tt/IibeJL7

Bridgwater restaurant receives updated score after 'major improvements' needed

Chickaros in Bridgwater has received an updated rating after getting a food hygiene rating of 1.

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