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<Slug>BOMB 1</Slug>
<TEXT>Homes and businesses in Bridgwater had to be evacuated this afternoon - after a member of the public walked into the police station with a suspected world war 2 bomb..

They'd found it on the beach at Kilve - and while the bomb squad were called - a 100 metre cordon was set up around ten past 2.

The device was taken away now to be disposed of - and the police gave the all clear at quarter to 4.
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<Slug>ROWELL 2</Slug>
<TEXT>Former BBC Radio Somerset presenter Peter Rowell has been jailed for 6 years for a string of sexual assaults on teenage girls.

The 53-year-old, from Wickwar in South Gloucestershire, pleaded guilty in January to 12 counts of indecent assault on girls under the age of 16 - as well as making and possessing indecent images.

The offences took place between 1989 and the early 90s.
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<Slug>WALL 2</Slug>
<TEXT>Work is progressing on repairs to the collapsed river wall at West Quay in Bridgwater.

Engineers have stabilised the town's main sewer pipe after heavy rain and flash floods left a huge hole below it - and forced residents and traders to be evacuated.

Somerset Councillor Harvey Siggs told us work to strenghten the wall itself should be completed by the end of May:

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B/A: They're aiming to have that all done by September.

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<Slug>samaritan4</Slug>
<TEXT>Two men have been found guilty of robbing a Malaysian student during last summer's riots.

Footage of the pair pretending to help the 21-year-old in Barking was posted on YouTube.

But they were actually robbing him of his Playstation
portable and games.
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<Slug>fuel 4</Slug>
<TEXT>The cost of fuel is now at a record high...

Tensions in the Middle East, and increasing global demand, have driven the average price of unleaded to 1-pound-37 pence a litre.
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<TEXT>Nova news - now you're up to date
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