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The Christmas lights switch-on we all need in 2020 🤣 🤣
Timing is everything for
@TownBridgwater
,
@Townmayor
and
@thetoptory
🎄 ✨
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What a sight! 🤩
The legend that is Paul McCartney taking in the sunset from beside the famous
#glastonbury
sign.
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Congratulations Sir Michael! 🎖️
The founder of Glastonbury Festival has been knighted by the Princess Royal ➡️
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Dreams CAN come true 🏏🏆
Here's Cricket World Cup winner
@josbuttler
and his brother
@JamesButtler83
with the trophy in 1999 and again in 2019!
#CWC19
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Here it is..........Coney Island!
Workers on one of Yeovil's busiest roads are trying to spread a bit of festive joy by building their own version of a Christmas tree
#coneyisland
#Yeovil
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It's a big day for
@JensonButton
!
He's retiring from
@F1
- so we thought we'd look back to when he did something special in Frome ...
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The big clean-up's started at
@GlastoFest
.
Every piece of rubbish needs to be picked up so the cows can return 🐄🐄🐄
#Glastonbury
#LeaveNoTrace
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The Christmas lights switch-on we all need in 2020 🤣 🤣
Timing is everything for
@TownBridgwater
,
@Townmayor
and
@thetoptory
🎄 ✨
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Homecoming Hero 🏏🏆
England World Cup winner
@josbuttler
has brought the trophy to
@CheddarCricket
where he played as a boy.
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Look at this amazing sand art 🏖️ 🎩 👒
Artist Simon Beck has drawn two Jane Austen characters on the beach at Brean.
📻 Hear more about why campaign group
#Sanditon
Sisterhood commissioned him to do it
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Is it a bird? 🐦 Is it a plane? ✈️ No it's Coronagirl! 🦸♀️
Eight-year-old Betsy wants her superpower to be providing food vouchers for every kid 🍲
She says
@MarcusRashford
has inspired her ♥️
📻 Click on the picture to hear more from Betsy!
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Look at this AMAZING sand art! 😍
Artist Simon Beck drew the huge faces on Brean Beach on behalf of the Sanditon Sisterhood 🏖️
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Getting a taste of life at
@PFNicholls
' stables 🐎
Two young men have been on work experience at the Ditcheat yard with
@Key4LifeUK
.
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What a sight 🌈
This family in Wellington have chalked up their entire house in rainbow colours!
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A fingerpost almost completely BURIED by snow. Yep - that's a thing on Exmoor.
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The landlord said the economy had been sacrificed "because old people are dying". Sir Keir Starmer said he "profoundly disagrees".
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She's only eight, but that didn't stop Rosie applying for an apprenticeship 🚁
@Leonardo_UK
invited her to visit the production line in Yeovil after getting her letter.
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Did you ever see your teachers flossing or doing the 🤖?
These pupils were upstaged by some classic dance moves as they made their leavers video.
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He had no idea just how big Glastonbury would become 🎸 👩🎤 ⛺
Michael Eavis spoke to the BBC at Worthy Farm ahead of the first festival in 1970.
Watch more videos from the BBC’s Glastonbury Festival archives ➡️
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Frome's
@JensonButton
:
@F1
World Champion ✔️
15 F1 Race Wins ✔️
305 F1 Races ✔️
Doctor of Engineering from the
@UniofBath
✔️
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Video's been released by
@RNLI
of the rescue of two five-year-old girls who were swept out to sea on an inflatable swan at Minehead.
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A lovely message in Frome this morning for all our waste collection teams! ❤️
#ThankYou
#clapforkeyworkers
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WHAT. A. MOMENT! ⚽
@YTFC
have lifted the National League South trophy at Huish Park.
Manager Mark Cooper says the 'feelgood' factor is back at the club ➡️
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We all LOVE a picture of Glastonbury Tor right?! 😍
Thanks to
@Glastomichelle
who captured this superb sunrise over the Easter weekend 🌤📸
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Drivers who parked by Castle Cary station reported scratches and wing mirrors being broken off.
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What a BEAUTIFUL view 🤩
Congratulations to Glastonbury based photographer
@Glastomichelle
👏
She’s been nominated for the weather photographer of the year award 📸
Click below to hear Michelle talk about why she chose this shot to enter 👇📻
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Here’s something you don’t normally get to see 🚄
The view from a
@GWRHelp
train cab on the flooded Somerset Levels.
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Faster than a speeding train ...
This peregrine falcon was snapped at RSPB Greylake just before it caught a teal.
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This simple but genius idea could save lives in hospitals. ☕
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What a find!
A metal detectorist has discovered a Roman signet 💍
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A hospital cleaner's bringing happiness to Musgrove Park and
@SomersetFT
with his magical piano playing 🎹 🎶
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"People don't expect a four-wheeled lifeboat to be driving down the M5!"
Jared's converted a camper and caravan to raise money for the
@RNLI
after they rescued him from the sea.
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So good you can almost smell it ...
Thanks to Matt for this stunning pic of a lavender field near Radstock.
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An artist has drawn a massive picture of
@sparksofficial
on Brean beach to celebrate the release of
@edgarwright
's film about them.
Read more about the artwork and the artist Simon Beck.
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A fire-breathing crane 🏗️ 🔥
A pier in a sea of tents 🌊⛺
A turtle made of old tyres 🐢♻️
There’s always lots of amazing new stuff at
@GlastoFest
.
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We reckon police horses add to the splendour of
@WellsCathedral1
!
Thanks to
@ASPoliceHorses
for sharing this photo of PC Gane on Trinity and PC Webber on Somerset outside the cathedral on Legal Sunday.
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The Roman coins discovered by a bulldozer driver.
The 3335 coins unearthed at
@YeovilRec
are on display at
@SomersetMuseum
.
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Ivy's using old plastic bottles in her fight against 🐕💩
The 10-year-old from Burnham-on-Sea is making them into poo bag dispensers.
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Wishing you a very happy
#SomersetDay
☺️
What do you love about our beautiful county? 🌳
Let us know below!
Listen Live: 📻
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Need a morning pick me up??
Introducing the
#BreakfastRave
🎵
Badly brought to you by 💃🏼
@Claire7Carter
🕺🏻
@jackkillah
💃🏻
@misspipparazzi
(They’ll take requests or feel free to better them by sending us yours 😆)
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A true heartwarming act of kindness ...
@TOR_RFC
made the dream of a Shepton Mallet family a reality.
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A southern koala has been born at
@Longleat
! 🐨
It's believed to be the first time the subspecies has been successfully bred in Europe.
Listen to
@Claire7Carter
to hear from the keepers. Click the link and listen live: Radio 95.5FM / 1566AM / DAB 📻
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A very special delivery to Glastonbury Tor 🚁
A helicopter from
@RNASYeovilton
has been transporting stone for
@NTSouthWest
.
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What a view 🌤️
A farmer's planted a wildflower meadow to raise money for the charity
@ElliotsTouch
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This was the first virtual planning meeting they’d held
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Wow 😮
@BCarnival
did Somerset proud.
A massive well done to everyone involved in the
@Jubilee_Pageant
cart 👑
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Ivy's still teaching yoga at the age of 87 🧘
She runs a class in Bridgwater every week for
@AgeUKSomerset
.
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A family of 🦢 🦢 🦢 has been swanning around Wells.
🖥️ Read more about the
@Bishops_Palace
swans here
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Final night of
@LiveinSomerset
at Vivary Park.
The
@KaiserChiefs
are smashing it on the main stage to a crowd of 9,000 people
🎤🥁🎸
#RubyRubyRubyRuby
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"They were amazing."
📻 Listen to Sgt Hannah Clarke from
@ASPoliceHorses
talking to
@Claire7Carter
about policing a violent protest in Bristol and how the horses coped
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The mother of a man from Watchet who died after falling from a balcony in Majorca has set up a memorial fund.
20 year old Freddie Pring was a member of Minehead Rugby Club. Heather Pring wants the memorial fund to help other sportsmen and women fulfill their potential.
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More oohs and aahs than a fireworks display 🎆
We ❤️ a good starling murmuration on the Somerset Levels.
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What a great day for
@SomersetCCC
🏏 Marcus Trescothick signs a one year contract extension
🏏 They wrap up 2nd place in the County Championship
🏏 Tom Abell gets a hat-trick
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Prom 👗 can cost a lot of 💰
These girls from
@KingAlfs
are hiring out pre-loved prom dresses at their school for just £20.
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We'll be chatting to
@LandoNorris
fan, 7 year old Eva and her dad
@aidymutts
on breakfast this morning.
Eva's helmet design will be worn by Lando at the
#BritishGP
this weekend 👏🤩
Listen live: 📻
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What a hero 🐑 👏
This man jumped into a drainage ditch near Burnham-on-Sea to rescue a sheep.
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50 not out! 🏏
Congratulations to our very own cricket commentator Anthony Gibson on 50 years working in BBC cricket 👏
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@arnaau_8
@SanditonSister2
Hi there, you should be able to listen to it now from wherever you are in the world if you click on it again!
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A very hot day on
#Clueless
!
The team visited
@ThorneyLakes
, and met a great bunch of people from
@Nudefest_BN
⛔️👔👙👗
When in Rome...
@AndyBennett01
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Look at this amazing sand art 🏖️ 🎩 👒
Artist Simon Beck has drawn two Jane Austen characters on the beach at Brean.
📻 Hear more about why campaign group
#Sanditon
Sisterhood commissioned him to do it
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“Gromit is always the best character, because he’s so challenging to animate” 🎥
Click below to hear Merlin Crossingham from
@aardman
talking to
@AndyBennett01
about the
#AardmanStudios
past, present & future ⬇️
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Some shocking scenes of flooding in Chard.
Read more about the flash flooding here
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The
@PoppyLegion
Appeal for
#Somerset
is being launched on the
@WSomRailway
. This train is travelling to
#Minehead
...
http://t.co/s7q3VchtVA
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They say "seeing is believing" ...
So here are some highlights of the amazing
@BCarnival
2017!
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We want your Somerset snow pictures! ⛄️How about this one of
@WellsCathedral1
😍
Post your pictures in a comment below or tweet us ❄️
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A man who grew a giant pumpkin decided he’d rather see an elephant destroy it than make it into soup 🐘 🎃
Turn your SOUND UP to hear the crunch! 🔉
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What a hero 👏
Eight-year-old Holly's collected more than 200 advent calendars for Taunton Foodbank 🍫🎅
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Designs for the new
@bathrugby
stadium have been revealed. What do you think of them? Will it fit in to the city?
#Bath
#rec
@visitbath
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What a stunning view 🌅😍
This piper played today on Glastonbury Tor to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day
#Somerset
#VEDay75
Thanks to
@glastomichelle
for the amazing shot!
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This is stunning ...
Tim used his 📷 skills to take this snap of a frozen bubble in Taunton.
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Whoops!
For
#GlastonburyFestival
fans...
Michael Eavis has revealed that Sir Paul McCartney could be performing at next year's festival 🎵🎸
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We’ve arrived! 🏏
@CharlieTaylor4
will bring you all the build-up from Lord’s from 9am, then
@antgib
and
@Lamb165
are on commentary from 11
It’s
@SomersetCCC
v
@hantscricket
in the
@OneDayCup
final! 🏆
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🚂🚂🚂
She's back!
The Flying Scotsman has returned to Somerset.
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Farewell to a Somerset legend Clinton Rogers 📹 🎙️
We wish him a happy retirement after more than 40 years at the BBC.
📻 Listen to Clint talking about some of his favourite moments - including interviewing Sir Roger Moore
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The gates are open!!!!
@glastonbury
2022 is now officially underway 🎤⛺😊
Listen to
@Claire7Carter
on
@bbcsomerset
for all the latest from Worthy Farm. Click the link and get involved:
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Did your house shake?
An earthquake has been felt across large parts of the county.
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The sun is rising at Glastonbury Tor 🌅
Crowds are gathered to celebrate the summer solstice.
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When a 💍 just isn't enough!
A man's proposed to his girlfriend at Brean Down with a bit of help from a sand artist.
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Remember
@coldplay
at
#Glastonbury
2016... 💡
Today on the
#AfternoonShow
with
@AndyBennett01
. We meet the team
@Xylobands
who work with the band to create their live tours
@GlastoFestFeed
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It's an experience most teenagers could only dream of having ...
@YTFC
have held a special day for a lad with an amazing fighting spirit.
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Another one for the list of footballers' freak injuries 🕷️
@YTFC
goalie Joe Day spent three days in hospital after being bitten on the head by a spider!
🎧 Hear more about the injury from Joe ➡️
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