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Phil Hill

Taunton

Chief reporter on the Somerset County Gazette.

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  • 1 week ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Phil Hill

    Phil Hill (Image: Phil Hill) Young people get a raw deal. Let me explain. Much as it pains me to say, Rachel Reeves wasn’t that far from getting it right when she decided to mess with pensioners’ winter fuel bonuses. But as things turned out, she made a pig’s ear of the whole thing and it’s more likely than not to become a case of political hari-kari.

  • 1 week ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Phil Hill

    But he worried he’d made a huge mistake when he first entered the High Street premises in 2009 as the recession hit. “It was a wreck,” said Colin. “It had been empty for three years after Laura Ashley moved out. “Damp had got in. The ceilings and a wall had caved in. “The front door was on one hinge and virtually fell off when I came to look at it.

  • 1 week ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Phil Hill

    6 1/1 More than 50 people came together on Saturday night (June 7, for local charity Arc’s annual Big Sleep Out, braving the cold and noisy seagulls to raise awareness and vital funds for those facing homelessness in Somerset, writes Phil Hill.

  • 1 week ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Phil Hill

    Around 300 people celebrated Maddi Bray’s life at her funeral at Taunton Deane Crematorium on Tuesday (June 17). She leaves her mother Lora, stepfather Sam, and seven-year-old sister Imogen. Also her grandparents Martin and Heather. Sam said: “Maddi would have been disappointed to miss the funeral and be sad not to see her piece in the County Gazette. “I’ve been part of her world since she was four. “She was intelligent, clever, beautiful, very funny, determined and always wanted to impress.

  • 1 week ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Phil Hill

    Young people aged 11 to 17 who live or go to school or college in the county can apply for the chance to represent their peers, campaign on issues that matter to young people and represent Somerset on a national stage. The deadline for nominations is Monday, November 3. Three Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs), who will represent Somerset at the national UK Youth Parliament, will be elected with support from schools, colleges and the community.

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Remember this great photo of a murmuration of starlings over Obridge in Taunton - taken by legendary @CountyGazette photographer Geoff Hall? https://t.co/3eFhF10eKL https://t.co/yCGCGjuFal