ONE in three mums in the South-West now cook ‘double dinners’ - one for the kids, then another later when dad gets home, a study has revealed. Researchers found 35% of mums in the region cook a meal for the children soon after they get home from school
A £1million scheme to restore a Grade I listed building at Taunton Castle has received a boost. The Heritage Lottery Fund has made a grant of £86,900 for Castle House – and could pump in up to £450,000. The building, which attracted 200 visitors during
SEVERAL jobs will be created when an ECCO shoe shop opens in North Street, Taunton, on Saturday week. The store will be operated by ECCO’s new franchise partner Retail Oxygen, who plans to open 6 ECCO retail stores across the South-West over the next
MINEHEAD’S lifeboat station has received a makeover thanks to donations from businessmen in the area. The RNLI volunteer crew's station now has new kitchen units and fittings as well as a flatscreen television provided by Minehead Radio.
SOMERSET currently top the LV County Championship after picking up maximum batting points on day three of their match with Durham. James Hildreth's 105 was the highlight as of the day as Somerset made 426 in their first innings, giving them a lead of
MONKTON Heathfield School pupil Daniel Samuel (pictured above) was in action racing his quad in the 125cc expert class of the 2010 youth championships at Trewint Farm, near Bude on Saturday. Daniel raced in the two race meeting on a track specifically
A WORKING gundog test at Burton Pinsent Farm, in Curry Rivel, raised £1,600 towards a new diathermy machine for Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. The event, organised by Rodney Brooks and his daughter, Mell, required han dlers to complete 11 retrieves
A WOMAN who moved to Taunton after she was flooded out of her home has celebrated her 100th birthday. Lilian Edgington was born and brought up in Malmesbury, in Wiltshire, where her father was a butcher. She later married and moved to Reading, where
CATRIONA Gullick (pictured above) took her kickboxing Black Belt grading on Sunday and passed with flying colours. The 20-year-old, who has continued her training throughout her time at university in Reading, experienced a gruelling hour and twenty
FIVE local friends are cycling from Taunton to Portugal’s Algarve to raise £10,000 to revamp the play area at Musgrove Park Hospital’s Children’s Unit. They leave on Sunday, September 26, planning to arrive in Armacao de Pera a week and 700 miles later
TAUNTON’s Ellie Gardner (pictured left) has won the Under-12 Girls Singles crown at the Somerset County Closed tennis tournament. Gardner took the title after winning four matches, beating Charlotte Smith 4-0, 4-0, Courtney Parsons (Burnham) 4-0, 4-
TWO popular canalside car parks which people feared could be closed will remain open. The car park at Firepool Weir was initially considered for re-development by Somerset Waterways, but has now been acquired by Taunton Deane Council as part of Project
