News in Midsomer Norton and Radstock

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Staying Insured: Read the Small Print!

Millions of us are now on covid-19 lockdown with many starting to run out of walls to paint or attics to clear. With spare time in hand, this might be the time to check that our car policy paperwork is correct and that we are not inadvertently breaching their terms and conditions of cover.

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A popular children's play area in Radstock has been vandalised, just days after police posed at the gates of it to thank locals for social distancing.

The Tom Huyton Park had been closed due to the government's coronavirus lockdown, but park maintenance crews were still working there, cleaning the equipment ready for the hoped re-opening soon.

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Millions of us are now on covid-19 lockdown with many starting to run out of walls to paint or attics to clear. With spare time in hand, this might be the time to check that our car policy paperwork is correct and that we are not inadvertently breaching their terms and conditions of cover.

Lauren Martin is an ACILEx working in the personal injury department at local solicitors Thatcher + Hallam LLP, where the firm covers a broad range of accidents, from defective products, slips and trips to accidents at work.

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A master butcher, Brian is the third generation from his family to run the shop

It has stared down two World Wars, and a handful of recessions, but when the coronavirus pandemic began, the family-run butchers in Westfield did have to reassess.

Not because anyone was ill, but just because the business, which was started in 1913, was so busy as residents went into lockdown, they needed a bit of a break.

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Bath & North East Somerset Council is restarting fortnightly garden waste collections on Monday 27 April after the service was temporarily paused due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The council is resuming the service as a priority in light of recycling centres having to close and residents are being thanked for their patience since collections stopped, to prioritise recycling and black bin waste collections.

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Back in town : Green waste collections from Monday

Bath & North East Somerset Council is restarting fortnightly garden waste collections on Monday 27 April after the service was temporarily paused due to the coronavirus.

The council is resuming the service as a priority in light of recycling centres having to close and residents are being thanked for their patience since collections stopped, to prioritise recycling and black bin waste collections.

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