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Despite the cost of living crisis, several properties have been sold for over seven figures in Bridgwater this year.

LEVELS School completes purchase of Etonhurst. After Shapwick School closed last year, staff members decided they needed to find somewhere else for…

Weston High Street, just before lockdown. - Credit: MARK ATHERTON Two Weston business owners who threw open their doors in the midst of a pandemic have described what it has been like to trade and run a new company in lockdown.   Daniel Strange and his partner of 18 years, Sarah Moseley, own The Strange Catch in West Street. In March 2020, their lives were turned ‘upside down’ when Shapwick School, where they worked and lived in Bridgwater, was shut down following the announcement of the ...

Headteacher of new Somerset specialist school on opening during a lockdown It is providing for children with dyslexia and co-occurring differences Updated A pupil with a staff member at The Levels School GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Tha...

Shapwick School near Bridgwater closed permanently in March 2020 after 45 years. It is understood the schools demise came after protracted financial difficulties and at a point when it was facing the likelihood of losing fee income as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But staff members Gareth Wright and Hellen Lush decided to open a new school in one of the boarding houses for Shapwick - one that wasn’t involved in the insolvency process. And so Abbot’s Way School in Meare, near...