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Somerset this week: 29 Sept 2023
This week saw another candidate announced for the next General Election, some woeful figures from Somerset NHS and a rethink of the Octagon Theatre…
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Welcome to the war zone
In 2018 South Somerset District Council announced a flagship town centre regeneration programme for Yeovil. It could have gone so well. Instead the town…
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Independents Day
As disenchantment with political parties grows, is there is a place in politics for Independent MPs? We see it in local government, less so in…
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Somerset this week: 22 Sept 2023
News stories from around our patch that broke this week.
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Tata? Agratas? Who/what are they and why should you care?
Just about everybody in Somerset now knows the name Tata. After all, they’re going to build a massive new battery factory here. But who are they? And…
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News stories from our patch that broke this week.
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On memory and forgetting
In the past week two crises have crossed the desks of Somerset Council's councillors and officers. One related to the council budget, the other to its…
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The carnival is over?
It is always a worry when a body, public or private, says they are taking something "very seriously". When they refuse to disclose information they…
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Charity Case?
Who funds the NHS and who provides the service it offers. The answer to an apparently simple question is becoming ever more opaque
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Bank holiday work break
Dear readers Somerset Confidential® is taking a break on bank holiday Monday. We’ve got several new stories on the go and we’ll be spending the bank…
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