BARBARA Davies is the new chief executive of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership. She has been interim director since last month following the departure of Paul Wilson. She has been LEP’s head of place and infrastructure since April
SARA Dudman, of Blagdon Hill, has been selected to exhibit as part of the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2014. Her work will be displayed at the Mall Galleries, London, from September 15 to 20 followed by the Smith & Williamson tour to
REBECCA Pow, who is standing for the Conservatives in Taunton Deane at next year’s General Election, has been along to meet Taunton’s town centre chaplain the Rev Stephen Reed and his team. During the visit to their Market House office, she discovered
FAMILIES living in the Taunton Deane area are being warned that strugging with debts could have a negative impact on their children’s welbeing. According to a study by The Children’s Society and StepChange Debt Charity, 1,978 families in the Taunton
5:25pm A 50-year-old man has been released on police bail pending further enquiries, say Avon & Somerset Police. He was arrested yesterday (Tuesday August 19) on suspicion of facilitating entry of people into the UK
A STAR baritone appearing in the Last Night of the Proms will mark the centenary of The First World War at Stogumber Festival on Thursday, September 4. Internationally-acclaimed Roderick Williams will perform a recital inspired by The Great War
A BOOK of stunning and powerful images of the floods has just been published featuring the work of Somerset-born Matilda Temperley. Under The Surface depicts the people and landscapes of the moors and levels at the height of the winter devastation
RETIRING RAF Warrant Officer Al Sylvester is walking through Taunton on Thursday on a solo charity trek from Land’s End to John o’Groat’s in aid of Prospect Hospice, at Wroughton, near Swindon.
THREE men were arrested in London yesterday (August 19) when detectives raided three properties following a scam in which vulnerable elderly people in the South West were conned out of almost £1million. The arrests came with the help of Zephyr
FLAGS were raised across Dulverton, in celebration of the Exmoor Flag design competition judging day. The eight judges had the difficult task of shortlisting nearly 300 design entries down to just four finalists to go through to the public vote
