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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

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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

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

Birmingham Post

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.

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'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."

Bristol Post

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

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

Avon and Somerset Police are attempting to identify the victim

Bristol Post

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.

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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

Bristol Post

Family pay tribute to 'much-loved' James Bruce who died at home in Bristol

Avon and Somerset Police continue to investigate the 43-year-old's death earlier this month

Liverpool Echo

Escape to the Country buyer in tears by Nicki Chapman's choice

Martin and Sarah were on the hunt for a country home in Somerset

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Moment police officers on galloping horses chase driver spotted using mobile phone

Police spotted the man driving through East Reach in Taunton, Somerset and quickly turned their horses around before catching up with the motorist at traffic lights

The Guardian - UK

UK mounted police chase down man holding mobile phone while driving

Officers on horseback deployed to reduce use of phones by motorist; driver faces £200 fine and six points on licence

The Independent UK

Mounted police chase down driver using phone at wheel

Officers from Avon and Somerset Police are seen pursuing a driver in a video shared to social media.

Birmingham Post

Cheese producer Wyke Farms opens new £10m butter dairy

The Somerset-based business said the new facility would help it to produce products for its growing export markets

Bristol Post

Nearly half of Avon & Somerset Police officers are fresh out of college

Chief Constable says she understands public dissatisfaction but it will take years to get recruits up to speed

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a special place’: Somerset Levels star in new David Attenborough series

Wild Isles reveals places such as Ham Hall RSPB reserve are as rich and diverse an ecosystem as Serengeti, says BBC

Bristol Post

Twenty-six serving Avon & Somerset cops have committed misconduct or gross misconduct

Chief Constable revealed the figures during a grilling by the police & crime commissioner

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