Ms Bond, chair of the Batheaston New Village Hall committee, said the building had been designed "very carefully" to fit within the conservation area.

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The court was told Somerville, of North Colerne, was driving home in her Mercedes and was involved in a minor collision with a Nissan Almera, near Batheaston.

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