some articles courtesy of the Bridgwater Mercury

2007

January

Thieves torch Commercial Inn on Christmas Day
First baby born in Bridgwater Hospital on Xmas day for 6yrs
Couple banned from keeping pets
Three charged with Pub blaze
Blake hall closes its doors for last waltz
£45m agriculture centre at Huntworth gets started
Spaxton school gets new library
63 assaults at Bridgwater schools
Missing teacher Sarah Flooks found dead in London
Bigwood & Staple finally demolished
Clampers tow away cars and demand £400 release fee
Panto celebrates 50th birthday with Aladdin
New Doctors & Pharmacy opens at Victoria Park
The old St John HQ in Albert St sold £333.000 for Flats
Local man Barry Pavey joins Brean Rally
Woman rescued from River Parrett
Barbara Clark launches her book

February

Primary school children age 11 & 13 nicked by police
Jermaine Jackson does a NO SHOW at local school
Driving instructor Robert Unwin 62, charged with sexual assault
Yobs vandalise Eastover Park
Civil servants go on strike
Over 50% of council homes in need of repair
Local man wins £50,000 - spot the ball
Bibic plans to expand
Bishop Rev Declan Lang meets Mayor
Bollywood comes to town
Daniel Hole 18 & Ryan Jodkowski 20 jailed for beating man unconscious
Princess Anne visits Wedmore
Troy Woollan 17 stars in Big Movie - Hot fuzz
Local woman callapses after chasing thugs
Mayor has a Medieval Banquet in aid of charity - Homestart
Haygrove School hosts Duke of Edinburgh Awards to 250 students
Body of missing Mervin Hurd 48, is found after 3 days
Council spends £6,000 on tea & biscuits
Queen Elizabeth Court celebrates 25th Birthday
Accident between car & motor-cyclist closes the clink again
Soroptimists hold local luncheon with Mayor
£5m expansion for Brymore School

March

300 jobs go at Gerber over next 15 months
sex offender Symon Bain 42, back in custody
local woman Judith Allen wins Bridgwater Cup
Doug Moles 74, retires as Macebearer for Mayor after 35 yrs
Homestart gets £460 from Mayors live music night
Somerset levels flooded after recent heavy rainfall
Gremlins win more than 60 cups for their Ghost Ship
Town Hall is falling apart
Womans World day of prayer held in St Johns Church
Towns historic buildings are highlighted with blue plaques
Two youths found guilty of Monmouth St blaze
Daniel Williams of Purley Drive may lose house from Drug dealing
Johnny Depp is he moving to Broomfield
Town council sponsers football match
Andrew Lukins 38, sent to prison for Arson
Lord King unveils plaque on his former home
Mrs Fanny Dyer celebrates her 103rd Birthday

April

Town Hall to get £10m overhaul
Barracuda Group to open new pub in town
Joseph Ilot convicted of attempted Murder of his girlfriend
Cllr David Busby assaulted in own home
Town celebrates Admiral Blakes death 350 yrs ago
Hamp Industrial Estate starts development
Cornhill market celebrates 1st Birthday
Cats Fancy opens new premises
Firefighters off to New York for football tournament
OAP Mark Wilson, 71 willing to go to prison over council tax hike
Bikers raise money for BIBIC & Penrose School

May

Mayoress in training, Race for Life
ReCreation centre in Hamp gets £91,000 from Children in Need
Election results
Arson at the Quantock Gateway Pub
Joe Leach, 19 becomes Sedgemoors youngest ever Winning Candidate
Scouts celebrate St Georges Day with parade
Tragic death of young student, Timothy Whattler, 17
Police suspect Arson at flat in Halswell Close
New pub opens Baracuda's - The Cornhill
Bridgwater Amateur Operatic Society celebrate 100 years
Fight to stop Taunton taking Sedgemoor District Council
Body of a Man is found floating in River Parrett
New Mayor & Mayoress for town
New chairman of Sedgemoor takes over
Duke of Monmouth Pub changes hands
The Bower Inn, up for Sale £650,000
Open day at Durleigh Reservoir Sailing Club
Thousands of teenagers rescued by helicopters on Ten Tors Camp
Mayors opens gardens
Race for Life - Weston S Mare
Haygrove & East Bridgwater have School Proms

June

Marketeers FC celebrates 21st Birthday
Colin & Joyce Criddle celebrate Diamond Wedding
Speedboat blocks Bath Rd by College
Nigel Saunders 19 & a 15yr old youth jailed after robbery
French Crash widow says Thank-You for all support
Pub manager Steven Lovell spared jail after assault
Former Chapel in King St may become flats
Judith Legg celebrates 30yrs in Bakery
Westonzoyland stores cash machine Ram-Raid
Cannington man, Stephen Gell 39 in hospital after Machete attack
Postal Workers go on 3 day strike in town
James Barr pays tribute to son Andrew who died in Falklands
86 flats to be built on former Bigwood & Staple factory
man cut free from car on busy Taunton Rd
Air Ambulance flies in to Bills Bash
Joseph Ilott 62, jailed for attempted murder of girlfriend
M5 closed northbound after major Accident
Cavaliers celebrate 70yrs in Carnival

July

Unitarian Church re-opens after restoration work is finished
Robert Blake School celebrates 50yrs
A White Horse & Carriage leads funeral of Baby Alexi age One
Lorry overturns on A39 at Holford road closed 10 hrs
Family joy over baby Lucianna Grace
Bus & Lorry wedged together in High St - One Way System
Vagabonds celebrate 60th Anniversary
Brymore School has open day - Despite pouring rain
Video of kids fighting goes on Youtube
New Directions new place officially opened by Mayor
Blake 350 celebrations keep going with Sea Sunday Service
Her Majesty's Royal Marines band comes to Town Hall
Blake School & Chilton School have School Proms
Hamp Junior have school prom
Two killed on Notorious Westonzoyland Rd
£60m cost to upgrade council homes
Council celebrates as Unitary bid rejected
Man wanted by police
Hunt for missing 15yr old - Sarah Woodward

Aug