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<TEXT>Police say 8 people from Sedgemoor have been charged with drugs and money laundering offences.

It follows a 10 month investigation in to suspected drug crime in Highbridge, Burnham and Bridgwater.

During raids officers seized cannabis plants worth around £130,000 pounds...as well as loads of other drugs.

The 8 will be attending court over the coming months.
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<TEXT>With 18 gold medals already - Great Britain are on course to make London 2012 their best Olympic Games for more than a century...

There's still 6 days of action left...today Sir Chris Hoy could break Sir Steve Redgrave's 5 gold medal tally when he goes in the Keirin at the velodrome...and there's a great chance of a Team GB gold in the men's triathlon.
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<TEXT>Two charities have compiled a report, warning about the risk of another care home scandal.

It follows an undercover documentary last year which exposed the ill treatment of vulnerable patients at the private hospital, Winterbourne View, in south Gloucestershire.

Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation say they've received 260 allegations of abuse and neglect, involving people with learning disabilities in institutional care.
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<TEXT>Fly tipping rates in North Somerset are some of the worst in the south west.

New figures out put us fourth in a league table - with over two thousand incidents reported last year ... costing the council 70 thousand pounds.

They say they take the issue extremely seriously and have prosecuted 13 people for fly tipping in the last 3 years.
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<TEXT>Family and friends of Gary and Dawn Barlow have been sending their condolences after the couples baby daughter died.

Poppy - their 4th child - was delivered stillborn on Saturday.
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