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South Africa cricketer wakes from coma after being assaulted outside pub in Somerset

20-year-old South African cricketer Mondli Khumalo was attacked outside a pub while playing as an overseas professional for North Petherton Cricket Club in Somerset

Daily Mirror

Picasso faces down his hero while Henry Moore gets stoned – the week in art

Picasso goes toe to toe with his unlikely hero Ingres, Moore’s primordial forms go on show in Somerset, and punk feminist Penny Goring lets rip

The Guardian - UK

15 South West companies that have won top awards for business excellence

From food and drink producers to law firms and tax experts, we take a look at some of the success stories from our region

Birmingham Post

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Queen's carriage repairer among South West business leaders named in birthday honours

We profile those across the South West named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list

Birmingham Post

Avon and Somerset Police is quickest in country to answer 999 calls

It was the only police force in the country to meet the Government's new target

Bristol Post

South African cricketer hospitalised after being attacked outside Somerset pub

Mondli Khumalo, a fast bowler for North Petherton Cricket Club, is in a serious but stable condition, Avon and Somerset Police say.

Evening Standard

Cricketer hospitalised after being attacked outside a pub

Mondli Khumalo, a fast bowler for North Petherton Cricket Club, is in a serious but stable condition, Avon and Somerset Police say.

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Government 'considering' extending Hinkley Point B to protect UK electric

The business secretary has looked at continuing generation at the Somerset power station to guard against depleted European gas supplies

Birmingham Post

Police taser use doubles in four years in Bristol area as more officers allowed to carry devices

There are concerns that expanded use could be a 'worrying erosion of safeguards'

Bristol Post

Country diary: If you want to feel giddy and small, look up at the sky

M5, Somerset: Clouds only last for minutes, constantly dissolving and reforming. But what grandeur in that short life

The Guardian - UK

Somerset firms launch bid to protect environment around Taunton

Accountancy business Albert Goodman and law firm Clarke Willmott have launched the green initiative

Birmingham Post

EFL welcomes sanctions imposed by Avon and Somerset Police over fan misconduct

The teenager was also cautioned.

The Independent UK

Dramatic moment hot air balloon lands with BUMP in car park after nearly hitting houses

Residents in Taunton, Somerset were left baffled and alarmed after a hot air balloon landed in the middle of a locked car park after an "erratic flight" that saw it nearly hit some houses

Daily Mirror

This ‘super reserve’ is not just for the birds. It could change the landscape of Britain

A wildlife-watcher’s paradise, the Somerset site will also serve as a blueprint for sustainable countryside management

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Mum of missing Nasim, 14, makes emotional appeal for help to find him

"I love him and I miss him. I want him to know that he is also being missed"

Birmingham Post

Hinkley Point C delayed by one year as costs rise by £3bn

French energy giant EDF outlined the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the nuclear plant project in Somerset

The Guardian - UK

Somerset ‘super nature reserve’ will benefit UK’s rarest wildlife

Environmental organisations partner to create 15,000 acre protected wetland 70 years after creation of England’s first nature reserves

Birmingham Post

New Somerset director for Thomas Westcott accountants

Tara Bell, who will be based at the Bridgwater office, has more than 19 years’ experience

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Avon & Somerset Police chief urged to tackle low prosecution rates for rapes

The police chief said increasingly more women were reporting being victims of rapes and sexual offences

Birmingham Post

Acorn Property secures £10m for Somerset eco housing scheme

All the houses in the development are designed to be sustainable

Birmingham Post

Former Somerset office block could become flats as firm seeks £5m

A property firm has secured planning permission for the proposed homes at 1 Tangier Central in Taunton

Wales Online

People in Wales spot bright green 'spectacular' fireball meteor

The UKFA is asking for images and any video footage to be reported to them

The Independent UK

Father whose incurable condition causes tumours on his nerves reveals warning sign everyone should know

Somerset account manager Mike Bird, 37, was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) as a baby after a seizure alerted doctors

Bristol Post

Jeremy Clarkson tells Avon and Somerset police catching dog walker who hit farmer with rock is 'number one priority'

"The rock struck the tractor driver on the head resulting in an injury which required hospital treatment"

Daily Mirror

CCTV of last known sighting of missing girl, 15, who vanished two weeks ago

Avon and Somerset Police have released the CCTV footage of the teen, known as Madison or Maddie, who has been missing since April 26 - she is described as white, about 5ft tall and of an average build with shoulder-length brown hair

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