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Teenage Girl Assaulted
24th May

DETECTIVES in Taunton are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was assaulted while walking in the town.

At around 1pm, a 16-year-old girl was walking alongside the River Tone in the nature reserve opposite Hankridge Lake, below Mcdonalds at Heron's Gate.

She was approached by an unknown male who assaulted her before making off in the direction of the Bathpool Bridge over Bridgwater Road.

Man Assaulted As He Walked Home
29th May

A 54-year-old man has been assaulted in Taunton town centre.

It happened just after midnight on Wednesday when the man was walking along Kingston Road.

The man was approached and assaulted by a teenage boy and girl.

He was treated at Musgrove Park hospital for minor injuries.

Fight in Local Pizza Shop
31st May

A fight broke out between two drunken men in a local pizza shop on station road.

Police attended the scene which took place about 11.30