POLICE are searching for a Wiveliscombe man, missing since Friday. Adrian Pope, 29, was last seen between 12.30pm and 1pm in the town’s Ford Road. He was wearing a fawn fleece, light coloured trousers and carrying a small rucksack on
MACMILLAN Cancer Support is looking for runners to join their team for the Wellington 10k race on July 11. The race will start and finish at the Wellington Sports Centre where an after party will be held. For further details ring
THE Government Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has said Cpl Stephen Walker's bravery will not be forgotten. Dr Fox, in Afghanistan on a visit to troops, paid tribute to Cpl Walker, from Norton Fitzwarren's 40 Commando, who was killed in Sangin
THE 40 Commando Marine killed in an explosion in Afghanistan yesterday has been named as Cpl Stephen Walker, from Exmouth. The MoD said tonight that Cpl Walker was killed in an explosion near Patrol Base Almas, in Sangin, Helmand province.
RESIDENTS were evacuated from their homes after a gas leak in Wellington during the early hours of the morning. Wales and West utilities called the fire service to an empty property in Barn Meads Road at 10pm last night. Crews confirmed
A BLUE badge holder has slammed West Somerset Council for time-limiting disabled bay users at one of its car parks. Janet May, of Bishops Lydeard, says the district authority is “preying on the vulnerable” by banning people from using disabled bays in
THIS was the scene on the M5 motorway earlier, after a two-car crash between the two Bridgwater junctions. The crash, involving a Ford Focus and a Rover 25, happened one-mile north of junction 24, leaving one person injured. The exact
FOUR rural cluster communities in Devon and Somerset are to receive help to get better and faster broad band access after a £550,000 funding boost. The money – in the form of grant – has been given to the Devon and Somerset Rural Broadband
A 40 COMMANDO marine from Norton Manor Camp in Norton Fitzwarren – killed yesterday in Afghanistan - 'will never be forgotten' the Army has said. The marine, serving as part of Combined Forces in Sangin, Helmand, was killed in an explosion
SEEING her daughter Maddy going off to university inspired Wellington’s Jackie Whatley to study for her own degree with the Open University. Now mother and daughter are celebrating together after they graduated within months of each other
KATHERINE Walker receives the keys to her home at the new affordable housing scheme in Dipford Road, Trull. The scheme provoked fierce opposition when it was first mooted, with objectors raising a 288-signature petition and 34 letters of protest
