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Stories for 10 February 2004

Devon Devon Sport

Gulls, Grecians, Pilgrims and Robins review

Jo Kuffour was Torquay's hero when he netted on 85 minutes last Saturday to give the Gulls a 2-1 win over promotion rivals Swansea City.  more...

Gulls, Grecians, Pilgrims and Robins review

Jo Kuffour was Torquay's hero when he netted on 85 minutes last Saturday to give the Gulls a 2-1 win over promotion rivals Swansea City.  more...

Devon Exeter Sport

City crumble against bogey side

Exeter City were undone by Gravesend at St James' Park on Saturday - the Conference rivals who are steadily becoming their bogey team.   more...

Devon Northdevon Sport

Bideford in the last eight

Bideford made it through to the last eight of the FA Vase on Saturday when they beat Chertsey 1-0.  more...

Devon Plymouth Sport

Pilgrims looking over their shoulders

Argyle played out a hard-fought goalless draw at Home Park against a Bournemouth side who looking at the Pilgrims as role models.  more...

Devon Tiverton News

Warnings over 'obscene' text messages

POLICE in Mid Devon have received a call from a 15 year old girl after she received unsolicited, obscene text messages on her mobile phone.  more...

Devon Torbay Sport

Jo Kuffour was Torquay's hero when he netted on 85 minutes last Saturday to give the Gulls a 2-1 win over promotion rivals Swansea City.  more...

Kuffour grabs the winner

Jo Kuffour was Torquay's hero when he netted on 85 minutes last Saturday to give the Gulls a 2-1 win over promotion rivals Swansea City.  more...

Somerset Bridgwater News

Fossil Goes On Show In County Museum

A fossil found in Bridgwater Bay will go on public display in April.  more...

Decision Time on Blake Hall Future

A verdict on the future of Bridgwater's troubled Blake Hall and Liberal Club is due this week.  more...

Man Admits College Theft

A Bridgwater man has escaped with just a conditional dishcarge after stealiong more than £1,500 worth of computer equipment from the art department of Bridgwater College.  more...

Four Church Raids

Police are appealing for witnesses after four churches were targeted by early morning burglars in the space on 48 hours.  more...

Homes Outrage

Sedgemoor District Council has been slammed for ditching plans to help deprived Bridgwater families and instead looking to sell valuable land earmarked for a new medical centre to housing developers.  more...

Somerset Bridgwater Sport

Win or Bust for Albion

Bridgwater and Albion know that if they lose away to third-placed Cinderford on Saturday, the relegation trap door will be well and truly yawning open for them.  more...

Red Cards 'Very Harsh'

Bridgwater Town will wait to see the referee's report before deciding what action to take over the dismissals of defenders Jon Ashton and skipper Paul Toms at Exmouth on Saturday.  more...

Dean is Back on Schoolboy Title Trail

Bridgwater boxer Dean Mills, who reached the semi final of the schools' ABA Championships last year, is just one step away from the last four again.  more...

Somerset Burnham On Sea News

Town May Get Cultural Centre

A new cultural centre for Burnham caught the eye of potential cash investors during a major meeting of regeneration chiefs.  more...

Somerset Chard News

Double blow for couple

A TATWORTH couple were this week counting the cost of a fire and flood which struck on the same day.  more...

Somerset Ilminster News

Table been around 40 years

ILMINSTER and District Round Table celebrated its 40th anniversary on Monday night.  more...

Somerset Minehead News

Anger over axed postal service

Fury has erupted across West Somerset after Royal Mail axed postal deliveries without telling anyone.  more...

Somerset Somerset News

Boost for students

Students in Somerset are to benefit from a new grant scheme aimed at helping more young people stay on in full-time education after school.  more...

Somerset Taunton News

Matrons back on the wards

Matrons are doing the rounds again at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.  more...

Somerset Wellington News

Head on the move

The popular headteacher at Wellesley Park Primary School in Wellington is leaving to jet off to America.  more...

Somerset Yeovil News

Tory spokesman meets with Yeovil students

CONSERVATIVE Parliamentary spokesman for Yeovil, Ian Jenkins, recently visited Yeovil College where he spoke with students and their concerns over the controversial tuition top-up fees.  more...

Somerset Yeovil Sport

Yeovil track Rose?

PRESS reports this morning suggest that Yeovil Town are tracking the progress of Hereford United's left-sided defender Michael Rose.  more...

Sundayindy Cornwall News

Coach crashes probe under way

A HIGH-level investigation was continuing today into two separate coach crashes on the A38 on Saturday night involving vehicles from the same Camborne operator.   more...

Man dies in A38 crash

ONE of the main arterial road routes into Cornwall remains closed today after an early-morning accident claimed the life of a male car driver.  more...

Tobacco seized from liner

A SEVEN-day Customs operation this afternoon resulted in the seizure of more than a tonne-and-a-half of hand-rolling tobacco and more than half-a-million cigarettes.  more...

Sundayindy Cornwall Sport

Argyle draw a blank

Argyle played out a hard-fought goalless draw at Home Park against a Bournemouth side who looking at the Pilgrims as role models.  more...

Sundayindy Somerset Sport

Graydon has now gone - really

Ray Graydon has finally left Bristol Rovers - three weeks after he agreed to go.  more...

Yeovil looking at Rose

Yeovil manager Gary Johnson has targetted Hereford's left-sided defender Michael Rose.  more...

City putting pressure on Argyle

Bristol City beat Brentford 3-1 on Saturday to increase their winning streak to eight consecutive games.  more...

  
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