POLICE are vowing to tackle shoplifiting and retail crime after a spate of thefts in Taunton this month. Officers investigating a string of thefts at supermarkets and shops have released a series of CCTV images of people they want to speak to.
AN anti-badger culling group is calling on Avon and Somerset Police to hold a review of audio, video and written recordings from the Government, following a report that Gloucestershire Police is investigating an alleged misconduct. The Sunday Times
ROD Stewart’s sell-out concert at Somerset County Ground in Taunton generated a whopping £150,000 for St Margaret’s Hospice in June. Around 18,000 fans helped raise the six figure sum in what the hospice has described as its “biggest ever” fundraiser
SOMERSET Walking Club will take a wander around Wiveliscombe on Sunday. Walkers should meet at the town’s North Street car park to join the group at 10am. There is an option to do a 5½- mile or 11-mile route. Call 01823-326249 or visit
WALKS and talks have helped intrepid Taunton man Andy Dickson raise a total of £10,000 for Children’s Hospice South West. After finding inspiration from a book, Andy, who moved to Hambridge from Falkirk in Scotland 35 years ago, decided to walk
A REMEMBRANCE service will take place tomorrow (Friday) for former Wellington School student Andrew Hoare and his family. Mr Hoare, 59, his Dutch wife Estella, and their sons aged 15 and 12, died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over
FROM Pocahontas’ story, inscribed to Elizabeth I, a first folio of Shakespeare, to Beethoven’s scores, Nick Abrams has been entrusted to restore them all. This year, the founder of the Tonedale-based Abrams Bindery celebrates 50 years of his art
BOSSES at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton are considering new Government guidance on parking to see whether its charges and facilities need to altered for certain patients. The Department of Health guidance says hospital trusts should look at
LONG-SERVING face of British comedy Jim Davidson brings his tour, ‘No Further Action’, to Bridgwater in February with tickets already on sale. Davidson’s tour, which carries the strapline, “laugh you will, cry you might …” was christened “one man
VISITORS have just days left to hunt for 50 fire-breathing dragons which have made their way into the town’s businesses. Wellington’s hand-crafted dragon trail launched on August 2 in the name of celebrating the town’s independent shops and businesses
A STAR baritone who is appearing in the Last Night of the Proms in London will mark the centenary of The First World War and open Stogumber Festival 2014 next Thursday, September 4. Williams’ appearance will come just days before he is due to perform
PUPPET-MAKING, wood turning, sculpture and site-specific art are just a snapshot of Hammet Street’s family festival in Taunton on Saturday, September 6. The Go Create team is coordinating activities across various locations between 9.30am and 4.30pm
RENT, Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award-winning rock remake of Puccini’s opera La Bohème, is set to kick off the Tacchi-Morris Art Centre’s new season in style next week. Wells’ Young Musical Theatre Company presents this lively, emotional and stirring
CRIME pays handsomely in this visually arresting sequel to the 2005 neo-noir anthology based on Frank Miller’s comic series. Blessed with the same black-and-white aesthetic, Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For, is festooned with corrupt cops, gun-toting
A DISCO to raise funds to develop a hospital and school in West Africa is on at the Princess Royal in Taunton on Saturday (August 30). The venue in Cannon Street is hosting a night of family fun, with music, a barbecue and a grand raffle, with
COMEDIAN Lee Hurst, above, has been forced to postpone his forthcoming appearance at Taunton’s Brewhouse Theatre because he is undergoing heart surgery for a second time. Hurst, who was due to appear at the venue on September 19, has already agreed
By Rupert Cox, chief executive of Somerset Chamber of Commerce. I FIND it fascinating how risk-averse the average Brit is and that it often takes certain times of the year to stimulate us into making some of the big decisions in our lives.
A MAN was taken to hospital with serious burns following a fire at a property in Taunton in the early hours of this morning (August 28). Fire crews were called out to the incident in East Reach at around 12.15am. They found a fire in a ground
MORE than 60 classic cars from all over the county attended the Wiveliscombe Horticultural Society’s 100th annual show last Saturday. And there was pride at stake as car owners competed against one another in order to be named the winner of the
DISGRUNTLED parents are urging OFSTED to intervene at West Somerset College after a sharp drop in the number of students getting top GCSE grades. Just 38% of students at the Minehead school achieved five A* to C grades, including English and maths
