ST ANDREW'S Primary School, in Taunton, held a special day that was dedicated to science only. Key stage two children had a day of experimental and investigative science activities, designed to help develop thier scientific curiosity, and to encourage
BUS operator First needs volunteers in Taunton for an independent customer panel being trialed for six months. Applicants should express an interest by next Monday, June 25, have an interest in bus travel and want to be a link between customers and First
Glastonbury festival goers will be able to experience Christian Aid's ultimate Green Garden in the Green Fields and learn how to transform stylishly their own gardens while helping to tackle climate change. Climate change is the central theme for the
COASTGUARDS in West Somerset have warned the public after a man died jumping 30ft onto rocks. A 46-year-old man from South Wales, who has not been named, died at the scene after he jumped off the roof of a building into the sea in a stunt known as "tomb
ONE in eight people in the South-West fell in' to their current job, reveals new research from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Rather than make an active decision about the career they wanted to pursue, 16% of those questioned in this region left
FOR the June meeting members of the Norton Fitzwarren Garden Club were given an entertaining talk with slides by the guest speaker Dr Pat Hill Cottingham on the subject of good and bad animals and insects in the garden. Dandelions are a pollination source
NATURE lovers in West Somerset are being urged to man local beaches in the annual UK National Whale and Dolphin Watch, which starts on Saturday. Organisers, the marine and conservation charity Sea Watch Foundation hopes that more people than ever before
Scout Council: Somerset Network invites all 17 - 25 year olds to the Beach Party to be held at Huish Woods on Saturday, July 14 from 5-9pm. Cost: £3.50 including barbecue. There will be a competition for best-dressed and best prop, so be adventurous!
WORK to upgrade and refurbish three bridges over the M5 between Junctions 24 (North Petherton) and 25 (Taunton) starts on Monday. The project includes work on West Newton Road, Moon Lane and the A361 Glastonbury Road overbridges. Work starts at West
A display of local craftsmanship will be on show at a charity garden party in Watchet in aid of the new Children's Hospice SW. Among works in display will be a 3ft carved beech wood sculpture, made and donated by Mike Leach, of Allerford, well-known
VOLUNTEERS from all over the country will be converging on Exmoor next month for a working holiday with a difference. The volunteers, of all ages and abilities, will be working on tracks and paths across the moor to protect the surrounding vegetation
THE Freedom of the Borough of Taunton Deane has been transferred from the Somerset Light Infantry to its successor regiment, The Rifles. The Rifles will exercise their right to parade through Taunton with "bands playing and bugles sounding" at 2.30pm
A SERVICE to mark National Veterans Day is being held at St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton, at 2.30pm next Wednesday, June 27.
WI: THE president, Patricia Vernon, welcomed members and one new member to the June 13 meeting of the Bradford-on-Tone WI held in the skittle alley at The White Horse Inn, due to a production by the Bradford Players in the village hall. The minutes of
WI: An even more lively and busy meeting at Sampford Arundel WI this month. Jan Goodman, a craft teacher, showed how to use virtually any craft known to woman to make quick and very effective greeting cards. There was a buzz of activity and chatter (or
I WOULD like to use this page if possible to contact anyone who has walked around the Beacon or Culm Valley woods area near Hemyock recently because I have dropped my car key and lost it. Because it has to be tuned into the car a new one has cost
A TAUNTON restaurant has made sure everything is in place ahead of the ban on smoking in public places in England. The country goes smokefree on July 1 - and smokers have been unable to light up in Uddins, on East Reach, since the start of this month
A TEAM of volunteers from Taunton Deane will be manning the 24-hour-a-day Sanctuary Marquee at this weekend's massive Glastonbury Festival. As well as offering a safe place for the 120,000-plus festival goers to shelter over the three days and nights
THE rain just about held off for Taunton's first ever walk in the park, which took place in Vivary Park last Saturday, June 16. Tone Leisure teamed up with Diabetes UK to help support sufferers of the disease, of which there are 107,000 in the South
DRIVERS speeding on the region's roads have put more than £250,000 into local schools thanks to the police's "Operation Taboo". Under Taboo, drivers caught breaking the speed limit are offered the option of attending a 90-minute speed awareness and road
COMMUNITY groups in Chard, Ilminster and Crewkerne could net £90,000 if an X-factor-style voting event is backed at a meeting today (Wednesday). South Somerset District Council's Area West Committee will be asked to approve funding for community forums
GREYLAKE nature reserve, an area of some 270 acres of floodplain grassland, was purchased by the RSPB as recently as 2003. During the short few years since it was ground that had been ploughed up for the cultivation of carrots and potatoes, thirteen miles
GREYLAKE nature reserve, an area of some 270 acres of floodplain grassland, was purchased by the RSPB as recently as 2003. During the short few years since it was ground that had been ploughed up for the cultivation of carrots and potatoes, thirteen miles
GREYLAKE nature reserve, an area of some 270 acres of floodplain grassland, was purchased by the RSPB as recently as 2003. During the short few years since it was ground that had been ploughed up for the cultivation of carrots and potatoes, thirteen miles
POLICE have mounted a huge operation across Avon and Somerset in a bid to crack down on bogus callers. Officers pulled over hundreds of vehicles as part of an intelligence gathering operation as they go after rogue traders targeting homes in the force
ANDY Caddick and Charl Willoughby bowled Somerset to an emphatic innings and 151-run victory against Gloucestershire at Bristol in the Liverpool Victoria Championship match which ended on Sunday. The victory moved Somerset to the top of Division Two,
THERE is an opportunity for all ages to learn more about beekeeping at the Blake Museum, Bridgwater. The Somerset Beekeepers' Association, (S.B.K.A.) and it's newly formed Quantock Division, have together staged a beekeeping exhibition that runs until
THE Castle Probus Club met for their monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 13 at the New Pavilion of the Somerset County Cricket ground. As it was ladies day no business was scheduled, therefore the President, Tony Vickery, opened the meeting by extending
ON June 14, in the absence of the leader, Carol Jones, Shirley Gibbs, Secretary of The Wilton Group, introduced the speaker, Janet Jordan, and also her friend Amanda. As an artist, Mrs Jordan spoke about the traditional printing process of producing
THE AGM of Taunton Amnesty International took place this month, there was an overview from all officers and the chairman reported a very good year where the group has grown both in number, enthusiasm and commitment. The monthly action was six letters
RALLY drivers will be revving up for a new charity time trial event taking place at Porlock next month. The event, organised by Minehead and Burnham motor clubs, will be a mixture of a rally and a hill climb, taking place over a one and a half mile section
THE result of the countywide poll on plans for a super council in Somerset is expected on Tuesday (June 19). As reported, Somerset County Council wants to merge itself with the county's five district councils - Taunton Deane, West Somerset, South Somerset
IT'S all change this week as the Rector of Kilve, Rev Andrew Stevens, leaves the village bound for retirement after 38 years in the ministry. With Mr Stevens' departure following his retirement at the end of May, the six parishes of the benefice of Quantoxhead
SOMERSET traders are being warned to beware after several fake £50 notes were passed in the county in the past fortnight. Police have already seized six of the false Bank of Scotland notes, with a further five incidents reported on Friday. Of those
MORE than 250 people have been given crime reduction advice and magnifying glasses as part of a huge police operation to beat bogus callers. Called Operations Relentless', the police initiative has seen officers stop hundreds of vehicles in Avon and
TAUNTON has less than three weeks to make sure it is in tip top condition for this year's South West in Bloom contest. Judges Richard Budge and Kim Parish will hit the town in the morning of Wednesday, July 11. Taunton is competing against the likes
POLICE have issued an e-fit of the person they would like to speak to in connection with an incident at ASDA supermarket in Taunton, where a man was stabbed in the arm. Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to call Taunton CID on
