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They're regarded as cultural British icons - right up there with warm beer, a decent cuppa and double-decker buses.

Each week we pay tribute to the loved ones remembered in our area with a funeral notice and online tribute page. To read the ...

Heartfelt messages have been paid to 49 much-loved Somerset locals in the latest funeral and death notices this week.