FORMER BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond is starring in the Retail Therapy Fashion Show at the County Ground, Taunton, at 6pm on Wednesday. Local women on the catwalk will be Olympic Torch bearer and breast cancer survivor Paula Cannings, Paralympic
THE mid-Somerset branch of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society is urging people in Taunton to host a tea party to raise awareness of the condition. Celebrity chefs Greg Wallace and Lorraine Pascale have suggested cake recipes and ideas on
SOMERSET County Council is looking to recruit up to 150 new foster families to replace existing carers and cope with the rising number of children going into care. See www.fosteringinsomerset.org.uk or call 0800-5879900 for an information pack.
A LATE-NIGHT mission to Taunton to get a kebab quickly turned into a rescue effort for three young men from West Somerset. Taunton School student Benson Pocock, 18, from Stogumber, University of Greenwich student Hugo Hall, 19, from Kingston St
SOMERSET Cricket Club has announced the signing of the biggest title sponsorship deal in itshistory with South-West company St Austell Brewery. St Austell Brewery have been brewing in Cornwall since 1851 and are a family owned brewer, pub company
TAUNTON Town held on grimly to beat relegation-threatened Winchester City 4-3 at Wordsworth Drive last night, writes James Wright. Taunton completely dominated from the first whistle but Winchester almost pulled off a sensational comeback. The
FOLLOWING the news of the sudden closure of The Brewhouse Theatre, its founder-chairman Cllr John Meikle (pictured) has issued a call to arms. ‘THE king is dead, long live the king’. The first era of the Brewhouse is dead – long live
WELLINGTON continued their resurgence under manager Jamie Ward with a second cracking win in five days at the Playing Field last night. The 2-1 victory over Cribbs Friends Life gave them quick revenge for their 1-0 defeat by the league newcomers in
A SOMERSET farmer whose cattle was injured after being spooked by low-flying military aircraft was awarded more than £2,200 in compensation. The claim is among 824 settled by the Ministry of Defence in the past seven years, totalling more than
TAUNTON Prep School is welcoming one of the country’s leading business figures to give a talk on his career tonight - and the public are welcome to attend. After a six-month Graduate Training Scheme with C & J Clark at Street, John Timpson
