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Far Right or Not Far Right. Is that the Question? - Bridgwater Westover Web
The Daleks are a fictitious race of intergalactic robots. In Bridgewater Place in Leeds there’s a giant building overlooking Holbeck Moor called ‘The Dalek’. The Daleks are a highly xenophobic neo-fas...
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August 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Bridgwater Town Council appoints Town Clerk and Chief Executive Officer - Bridgwater Westover Web
Bridgwater Town Council has confirmed the appointment of Sally Jones as its new Town Clerk and Chief Executive Officer, following a robust recruitment and interview process that attracted a strong fie...
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July 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Planning Isn’t as ‘Planned’ as you think… - Bridgwater Westover Web
In the olden days (remember them?) you used to get your packet of CrunchyCornyWheatyFlakes and empty out all the cereal just to see if you could find that free gift of a miniature Thunderbird 4 hidden...
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July 28, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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Somerset Labour Welcomes Andy Burnham as PM - Bridgwater Labour
Former Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham has become Prime Minister of the UK and the Labour Party and Government is looking for changes that will alter the direction of both the country and the party. ...
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July 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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The Colour of Music - Bridgwater Westover Web
“Have you seen 21 Pilots?” asked the Czech sat next to me. “I’ve yet to see one!” I mentioned as the helicopter drivers seat next to me remained empty. We were about to have a flight around the skies ...
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July 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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The Colour of Music - Bridgwater Westover Web
“Have you seen 21 Pilots?” asked the Czech sat next to me. “I’ve yet to see one!” I mentioned as the helicopter drivers seat next to me remained empty. We were about to have a flight around the skies ...
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July 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Somerset Labour Welcomes Andy Burnham as PM - Bridgwater Labour
Former Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham has become Prime Minister of the UK and the Labour Party and Government is looking for changes that will alter the direction of both the country and the party. ...
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July 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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When's Bin Day?? - Bridgwater Westover Web
It was a long, lonely drive back from Scotland in an empty minibus and there was nothing on the radio. So, I turned it off. Instead, I decided to sing the entire repertoire of Gilbert O Sullivan from ...
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July 14, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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Did You Hear The One About…. - Bridgwater Westover Web
I was sat in a youth hostel on the Isle of Skye with John Lennon, Bruce Lee, Jim Morrison and Mr Blobby discussing how ridiculous conspiracy theories actually were. “Of course, i never shot JFK!” said...
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July 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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When Burnham to Dunsinane cometh.....you know you’ve probably taken the wrong turning at Perth - Bridgwater Westover Web
(I could have guessed the Mercury wouldn’t use my headline…) I’m writing this on Thursday from a picturesque valley in the village of Abergwyngarreg by the spectacular Rhaedd waterfalls. If only i cou...
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May 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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Town Council raises fresh concerns over increasing spread of HMOs in Bridgwater - Bridgwater Westover Web
Bridgwater Town Council has reiterated its growing concern over the increasing number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) across the town, following consideration of a new planning application at ...
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June 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Generation Occupation - Bridgwater Westover Web
It’s the 1st of August 1990 and it’s my first council meeting. It’s the time of Margaret Thatcher’s Poll Tax and people weren’t happy. In fact the Bridgwater Anti Poll Tax Union joined me at my first ...
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June 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Generation Occupation - Bridgwater Westover Web
It’s the 1st of August 1990 and it’s my first council meeting. It’s the time of Margaret Thatcher’s Poll Tax and people weren’t happy. In fact the Bridgwater Anti Poll Tax Union joined me at my first ...
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June 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Bridgwater Pioneers the Airwaves - Bridgwater Westover Web
“Bonjour. Ca va ? Comment allez-vous ?” Yes, we’d finally made contact with Canada. That’s the French speaking Quebecois town of Drummondville. And this was last week. “Mais pourquoi?”  you ask. Well,...
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March 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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All You Need is Lunch - Bridgwater Westover Web
We all know that Love is the answer, but maybe not if the question is “Would you mind breathing into this please sir!” Satisfied that the crystals hadn’t turned green and that I was totally innocent t...
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March 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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The Confessions of a Door-to-Door 'Andyman - Bridgwater Westover Web
This Tuesday I woke up to a barrage of phone call. ” ‘ere Bri your article’s not in the paper!” Oh no, thought I, have i finally crossed the line and upset one Tory too many?? Have I said something un...
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March 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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2026 (and all that...) - Bridgwater Westover Web
I was just polishing my Airfix model of King George the 3rd, wrongly misrepresented in history as ‘mad as a bus stop’  when I heard the news that an ‘un-named man’ , named in the same story as Andrew ...
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February 24, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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AI, AI…. Ohhhhh…… - Bridgwater Westover Web
I got addicted to this new AI caricature craze that’s sweeping the nation at the weekend. You feed a photo of yourself into AI, they access all your information and send back a hilarious caricature of...
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February 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Hello Sailors, Everywhere - Bridgwater Westover Web
My grandad Reginald George Nelson Smedley was at the battle of Jutland. Well, he wasn’t meant to be, he was trying to deliver a consignment of goods to Norway and got caught up in it. I recently found...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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I AM…AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN…A TRAITFUL!! - Bridgwater Westover Web
Two great films from the early 60s were ‘The Sound of Music’ and ’55 Days at Peking’. However, at no point in the Sound of Music was it mentioned that Baron Von Trapp was also the commander of the Aus...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Hot Enough for June - Bridgwater Westover Web
In the 1957 film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ Alec Guiness played the role of Lt Col Nicholson a British army officer who stood up to his Japanese captors and for his defiance was locked in a tin box to...
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June 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Hot Enough for June - Bridgwater Westover Web
In the 1957 film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ Alec Guiness played the role of Lt Col Nicholson a British army officer who stood up to his Japanese captors and for his defiance was locked in a tin box to...
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June 30, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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Hot Enough for June - Bridgwater Westover Web
In the 1957 film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ Alec Guiness played the role of Lt Col Nicholson a British army officer who stood up to his Japanese captors and for his defiance was locked in a tin box to...
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June 30, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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Hot Enough for June - Bridgwater Westover Web
In the 1957 film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ Alec Guiness played the role of Lt Col Nicholson a British army officer who stood up to his Japanese captors and for his defiance was locked in a tin box to...
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June 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM