THE Harvester restaurant at Blackbrook, in Taunton, has raised over £100,000 to support children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions. Funds will be donated to the restaurant chain’s official charity, the Make-A-Wish Foundation
SMILING youngsters turned out in numbers in Priorswood this week. The energetic bunch attended the last of the Pride in Priorswood activity days on Tuesday (August 27), which are held over the summer months. Mayor of Taunton Deane Libby Lisgo
THIEVES have stolen tens of thousands of pounds worth of computer equipment from Taunton Academy. The school confirmed that equipment and gadgetry worth around £40,000 was taken from the Cheddon Road campus. Principal Mark Trusson said: “Unfortunately
THERE’S FA Cup action at Wordsworth Drive on Saturday when Taunton Town take on local rivals Bridgwater Town in a preliminary round tie, kick-off 3pm. The Peacocks have yet to record a win this season, opening their league campaign with three successive
PEOPLE are being urged to show their support for a proposed scheme to turn a disused hospital in Minehead into a cultural hub as it is put up for sale. Owner NHS Property Services is putting the Grade II listed building in The Avenue on the market
A GANNET Foundation grant is like a golden ticket for a community charity – just ask Taunton’s Reminiscence Learning. Reminiscence were able to put their vital dementia project, Please Do Not Forget About Me, into action after benefiting from an
ON a clear day, you can see all the way to Glastonbury Tor from the top of the 8th Century St Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton. Weekend visitors clambered up 163 steps to the very top of the church tower, in an open day where they got to see mile-upon-mile
A LIVELY debate night on the future of the arts in an age of austerity is being held at the Creative Innovation Centre, Taunton, on September 9. Tackling the question ‘Can the arts remain part of civil society without public subsidy?’, the debate
WELLINGTON have a re-arranged game at Almondsbury in division one of the Toolstation league on Saturday (3pm). The Tangerines were due to be without a match because of FA Cup preliminary round matches. Mike Hawes’ side go into the fixture with
SHE was the darling of the ’70s and ’80s heavy metal world – Thin Lizzy pin-up and wife of the late, troubled Auf Wiedersehen Pet star Gary Holton, a model in demand who danced for Sylvester Stallone and appeared in cult cinema including 1979’s Quadrophenia
BEKI Upham hopes her second charity single will ramp up the funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust when it launches on Sunday (September 1). The 15-year-old student from Bishop Fox’s has sung since the age of four and, over the last year, has been
SYDNEY Royal Opera House veteran Anita Watson is one of many acclaimed performers set to perform at Stogumber’s music festival, opening today (Thursday). The Australian soprano comes to St Mary’s Church, the focal point of the festival, this Saturday
YOU can meet like-minded lovers of modern, classic, thoroughbred, vintage and venerable motor vehicles at a free event on Sunday, September 1, from 11am to 2pm in the front park of the Mount Somerset Hotel, Henlade. Follow the signs east on the
THE story begins with David Clark, played by Jennifer Aniston’s good pal Jason Sudeikis, a small-time drug dealer with small-time clients – think housewives or chefs (but no kids because he has scruples). When a good deed goes wrong and his attempt
DJ Sugarshaker will join a raft of feel good talent for the return of Hype! at Taunton’s Live Room this Saturday – a night of rhythmic electro from ‘deep’ to house and progressive techno. After a storming launch night, Sugarshaker will be flanked
AN exhibition by Creech St Michael’s Monday Morning Art Group runs from Monday, September 2, until September 14 at Taunton Library. Visitors can see the group’s work from 9.30am and 4.30pm.
BRIDES-TO-BE who are looking for the genuine article on a tight budget may find what they’re looking for at The Wedding and Fine Events Show at Taunton Racecourse this Sunday, September 1. Reputable South-West bridal retailers will be there, along
BILLY Smart’s world famous circus is coming to Taunton’s Vivary Park this September. It’s a triumphant comeback for the circus, which has a reputation built on fiery innovation, making its first full tour across Europe after three decades.
ARTISTIC youngsters in Taunton got to experiment for a week with a mix of media and methods at a summer art school. Among the skills and techniques teacher and adult creativity coach Ceri Morton-Thomas passed on to her group of budding Botticellis
“WHAT a festival! What a beautiful part of the world! WEST COUNTRY!” The Hoosiers’ Alphonso Sharland couldn’t have better captured the buzz of Watchet Live 2013 as the band played the rip-roaring set Saturday night’s crowd had been waiting for.
A BRAVE woman's life has undergone a 360-degree turnaround after she received a pancreas transplant. Student nurse Nicky Knight, 41, of Westonzoyland, had struggled to cope with the debilitating effects of type 1 diabetes after being diagnosed
FIRST, there was America’s Silicon Valley. Then, London’s Silicon Roundabout – a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity. Could Silicon Somerset be next? If Taunton’s Creative Innovation Centre has anything to do with it, the answer is a resounding
