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Head teacher praised for improvements at school

TEAM WORK: Assistant head teacher Dave Dwyer, business manager Helen Hatcher, MP David Heath and deputy head teacher Emma Wilkes join pupils from the school council at King Arthur's alongside their new minibus. Pictures by Laura Jones

Friday, March 12, 2010

A WINCANTON head teacher has been praised for improving standards at her school.

King Arthur's Community School was judged to be "satisfactory" in 2007 and achievement in science was highlighted as a weakness.

Three years later the school which caters for 585 11...

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Head teacher praised for improvements at school

TEAM WORK: Assistant head teacher Dave Dwyer, business manager Helen Hatcher, MP David Heath and deputy head teacher Emma Wilkes join pupils from the school council at King Arthur's alongside their new minibus. Pictures by Laura Jones

Friday, March 12, 2010

A WINCANTON head teacher has been praised for improving standards at her school. King Arthur's Community School was judged to be "satisfactory" in...

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Couple offer village clean water lifeline

HELPING HAND: Bryony and Richard Loader of Wincanton with villagers in Ughandi B in Tanzania. The couple have set up a number of projects to improve the quality of life for residents there

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

RESIDENTS of a remote African village are continuing to benefit from the efforts of a Wincanton couple striving to encourage self-dependency within...

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Couple offer village clean water lifeline

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

RESIDENTS of a remote African village are continuing to benefit from the efforts of a Wincanton couple striving to encourage self-dependency within...

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Butterflies get protection against hungry blue tits

Monday, March 01, 2010

NATURALISTS have been facing a stark choice as they protect wildlife at a Castle Cary nature reserve – should they save the butterflies or the...

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Butterflies get protection against hungry blue tits

INSECT ALLY: Carymoor Environmental Centre nature reserve officer Jules Cross has sided with butterflies in their survival battle with birds. Pictures by Laura Jones

Monday, March 01, 2010

NATURALISTS have been facing a stark choice as they protect wildlife at a Castle Cary nature reserve – should they save the butterflies or the...

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Parents get the Bugs as they ready play area for opening

BUSINESS SAVED: The new owners of Dizzy Bugs in Wincanton, Philip and Hannah Hinkley with their children Lawrence, three, Fergus, seven and daughter Amelia, nine. Picture by James Dadzitis

Monday, March 01, 2010

A COUPLE who saved a doomed business from becoming another victim of the recession are preparing to reopen. Hannah and Philip Hinkley, of Henley near...

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New era sees team return to bat again

Sunday, February 28, 2010

RENEWED enthusiasm means a cricket team will be representing Bruton again this summer. The club disbanded due to a shortage of players in 2006, after...

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New era sees team return to bat again

FOLLOWING ON: William Bonner, Stephen Tate, Colin Clark, and front, Phil Harry, Matthew Ough, and Al Duncan, are members of the new Bruton Cricket Club, which has reformed after it disbanded in 2006. Picture by Laura Jones

Sunday, February 28, 2010

RENEWED enthusiasm means a cricket team will be representing Bruton again this summer. The club disbanded due to a shortage of players in 2006, after...

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Hip tot's mother slams health workers

AWARENESS CALL: Helen Pearce of Barwick with her daughter Jorja, two, whose hip problems were not picked up until she went to the Little Gryphon Nursery in Sherborne. Picture by Jennie Banks

Saturday, February 27, 2010

A MOTHER has blasted health authorities for failing to spot a rare condition in her baby daughter which has left her at increased risk of contracting...

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