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The Latest Breaking News from Somerset

'Sinister' slogan painted on seven cars in Clifton being treated as criminal damage

Police have urged the public to dial 999 if they see anybody behaving suspiciously around a vehicle

Bristol Post

County cricket: Lancashire v Surrey and more on opening day – as it happened

Surrey’s Ben Foakes steadied the champions’ innings on the opening day of the season with a crucial 76 against Lancashire

The Guardian - UK

Screwfix continues to ramp up expansion plan with the opening of 85 new stores by 2024

It comes after the Somerset DIY brand saved 400 Birmingham jobs after a buyout deal

Birmingham Post

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Leonardo and Morson Projects extend helicopter engineering deal

The Somerset-based defence firm said the agreement would enable it to support engineering projects and secure work across the UK beyond its existing sites

Birmingham Post

Tech components firm Gooch and Housego's revenue rises by £16.9m

The Somerset-based company said it had passed inflated input costs from its supply chain on to its customers

Birmingham Post

Clarks UK managing director steps down from role, exiting the business

The Somerset-headquartered retailer has confirmed that it is looking for a replacement

Birmingham Post

No arrests after Bristol City and Reading fans 'brawl in street' near Temple Meads

Avon and Somerset Police are appealing to anyone with information on the brawl between Bristol City and Reading fans on Saturday, April 1

Bristol Post

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The rise of the 'mega-MAT' as 28 schools in Bristol and Somerset merge

It will run schools for 12,000 children

Bristol Post

Green Cross Code for toads crossing roads as patrol sets out to save them

BBC1’s Wild Isles will show how, in one Somerset village, an army of high-vis patrollers are out stopping traffic to allow toads to safely navigate the streets

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s sprawling childhood home in Somerset for sale for £2.75 million

The Rees-Mogg family moved into the house in 1978 and remained until 2001.

Evening Standard

Family pays tribute to ‘dearly loved’ church warden amid murder probe

Beryl Purdy was found dead at her house in Broomfield, Somerset

Evening Standard

Police call in watchdog as man sent to secure unit after woman’s death

Avon and Somerset police refer themselves to IOPC after fatal assault on 86-year-old in Somerset

The Guardian - UK

Family of couple murdered in home by ex-commando launch bid to overturn appeal win

Collin Reeves brutally stabbed neighbours Stephen and Jennifer Chapple to death at their home in Taunton, Somerset, while their children were asleep upstairs

Daily Mirror

E-cigarettes stolen from Bristol newsagents prompts police appeal

Avon and Somerset Police would like to speak to the man pictured

Bristol Post

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Birmingham Post

Somerset leather goods firm Pittards looks to raise £255,000 as it struggles to ease credit issues

Yeovil-based leather goods producer saw its shares plummet 39% to 23p each last week

Daily Record

Johnny Depp enjoying life in 'country mansion' after Hollywood court drama

The Pirates of the Caribbean star said he is enjoying life again in Somerset, following a gruelling court battle with his ex-wife Amber Heard last April.

Bristol Post

'Shy' Johnny Depp prefers 'quiet life' in Somerset mansion

"That's one of the great things about Britain, and especially Somerset. I can just be me — and that's nice."

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp raves about quiet life on 850-acre Somerset estate: ‘British people are cool’

The £13m property includes 12 bedrooms, eight bathrooms, walled gardens and a dairy farm

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Daily Mirror

Johnny Depp says he loves new life in UK countryside after Hollywood hellraising years

After the parties and bright lights of America, Johnny Depp now prefers to spend his time in the UK and has opened up about why Somerset is the place he loves to spend his life

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp raves about quiet life on 850-acre Somerset estate: ‘British people are cool’

The £13m property includes 12 bedrooms, eight bathrooms, walled gardens and a dairy farm

Evening Standard

Johnny Depp shuns LA for quieter life in Somerset at his £13m estate which allows him to ‘just be me’

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 59, bought the 850-acre West Country estate in 2014

Bristol Post

Police update after man in wheelchair 'punched to floor' near BSB bar in Bristol

Avon and Somerset Police are attempting to identify the victim

The Independent UK

Ex-soldier who murdered neighbours has minimum term cut by appeal judges

Afghan veteran Collin Reeves knifed Stephen and Jennifer Chapple six times each at their home in Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, Somerset.

Daily Mirror

Gran to sell family home bought for just £200 - 102 years after moving in

Nancy Gifford moved into a three-bed house in Street, Somerset, when she was just two-years-old in 1921 when her parents bought it for £200 - but now she's looking to sell the home she's lived in for over a century

Birmingham Post

Screwfix grows with new UK and France stores - and confirms wholesale deal that saves 400 jobs

It comes as the Somerset DIY brand’s parent firm Kingfisher reported profits had dropped by a fifth, with a further dip expected

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