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Vandalised clock tower fixed at eleventh hour

06 November 2020
Vandalised clock tower fixed at eleventh hour

A clock tower which is lit up for Remembrance Day and Diwali but was vandalised has been fixed at the eleventh hour.

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70,000 bootleg cigarettes seized from shops

05 November 2020
70,000 bootleg cigarettes seized from shops

More than 70,000 illegal cigarettes, tobacco and cash have been seized from two corner shops.

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'Someone needs to be held accountable for dad's death'

05 November 2020
'Someone needs to be held accountable for dad's death'

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - The daughter of a man who died before he could get an appointment for a rare skin condition is demanding answers.

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Moment moped raiders smash into salon

04 November 2020
Moment moped raiders smash into salon

This is the moment moped-mounted raiders smashed their way into a salon - which has been burgled twice before.

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Campaign begins again to stop huge housing plan

03 November 2020
Campaign begins again to stop huge housing plan

Residents angry at the possibility of farmland being turned into a housing estate have stepped up their campaign – for the second time.

Ryan's high-flying gift

02 November 2020
Ryan's high-flying gift

A teenager asked for an unusual gift for his 18th, and helped raise cash for charity too.

'We will not be going down while I'm in charge'

02 November 2020
'We will not be going down while I'm in charge'

A charity which buys life-saving hospital equipment is struggling as sales tumble.

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Cash machine plan for historic high street

01 November 2020
Cash machine plan for historic high street

A popular high street among tourists could be about to get its only 24-hour cash machine.

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Fashion student's big ideas

30 October 2020
Fashion student's big ideas

A fashion student has seen a firm she launched in lockdown boom as people discover her designs.

Flat fire hero mugged hours later

29 October 2020
Flat fire hero mugged hours later

A hero who ran into a burning block of flats to rescue residents was savagely beaten and robbed hours later.

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Business' thriving despite lockdown

28 October 2020
Business' thriving despite lockdown

A sad result of the pandemic is the huge number of job losses and shops being forced to close. But some local traders have bucked that trend.

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Anyone for tennis?

26 October 2020
Anyone for tennis?

Villagers can enjoy tennis, netball and football after sports courts were given an £80,000 revamp.

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Farm firm appeals housing plan refusal

22 October 2020
Farm firm appeals housing plan refusal

Campaigners are readying themselves for another battle over plans which would see 1,250 homes built on farmland.

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Third diver taken to hospital

20 October 2020
Third diver taken to hospital

An air ambulance was scrambled to treat a diver taken ill at a lake in the third such case there in as many months.

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Mum makes festive face coverings

20 October 2020
Mum makes festive face coverings

A seamstress whose business has been hit hard by the pandemic has turned her hand to making 'blingy' face masks to wear this Christmas.

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Parades cancelled as Remembrance Day moves online

16 October 2020
Parades cancelled as Remembrance Day moves online

Parades to honour the fallen have been cancelled due to the restrictions of public gatherings caused by coronavirus with plans to move events online.

Star of BBC comedy Bread dies

16 October 2020
Star of BBC comedy Bread dies

A star from a hit 1980s comedy who later made the county his home, has died aged 81.

Year group sent home after positive virus cases

15 October 2020
Year group sent home after positive virus cases

Multiple cases of coronavirus have been recorded among primary school pupils and staff forcing an entire year group to be sent home to isolate.

Hospital patients test positive for Covid-19

15 October 2020
Hospital patients test positive for Covid-19

Visiting has been suspended to a specialist ward at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak.

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Big move planned for star's former school

14 October 2020
Big move planned for star's former school

The school once attended by reality TV star and dancer James Jordan is going to be relocating to a new site.

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