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A woman in a hospital bed looking at a donkey which is at her bedside

Donkey makes hospice patient’s 'wish come true'

St Margaret’s Hospice resident Jacquie wanted to give a donkey a back scratch.

Bath's Ciaran Donoghue scores the opening try of the game against Bristol in Cardiff. He is wearing the Bath change kit of white with blue sleeves

Somerset in Pictures: West takeover of Cardiff

This week's pictures from across Somerset include the big West derby and pride in the county.

A group of doctors in blue scrubs stand looking at the camera and smiling. They are all holding small white containers.

Surgeon invents plastic-reducing urine collection pot

Urologist Nick Burns-Cox hopes it will reduce the use of single-use plastic in the NHS.

A group of five women stand together in front of stone buildings in hiking gear wearing vests reading "Mary's March". They are all wearing knitted teal headbands, except the older woman in the centre who wears a pink headband. Her vest reads "Mary's march, walking for cancer aged 90."

Woman, 90, completes eight-day Hadrian's Wall hike

Mary Nicholson, from Somerset, completed the 85-mile challenge to raise money for a cancer unit.

The picture shows the outside of Highbridge Medical Centre. The image was taken on a sunny day. A large tree is in the foreground.

Funding boost for 16 Somerset GP surgeries

The GP surgeries will share £102m to help extend their buildings and provide more appointments.

Two women in traditional white pagan outfits jump over a smoking fire while watched by other people during a Beltane ceremony in Glastonbury

Somerset in Pictures: Sunshine and sporting success

Our weekly image round-up includes pagan ceremonies, sporting triumph and sunny days by the sea.

Three minibuses which have been destroyed by a fire. The bonnet is up on one of the buses and another has burned away. All of them are covered in dark grey patches of soot and ash.

Specially-adapted minibuses destroyed in fire

Police say the incident on Saturday will have a "significant impact" on vulnerable people.

Two people are riding on horses at Taunton Racecourse as the sun sets. Only the silhouettes of the riders and their horses can be seen.

Somerset in Pictures: Swan whisperer and the races

This week's picture round-up of the county includes sporting success and cygnets.

Peter Dunlop wearing a black top and blue jeans, standing in front of the Tower of Pisa, with his arm outstretched as if leaning on it. He is holding a medal in his other hand.

Hearing mum had cancer 'one of worst days of my life'

Peter Dunlop, 39, from Taunton, is running a marathon every month for a year in memory of his mum.