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  • Winter gathering on Quantocks

    THE Woodland Play Centre is using the woods in the Quantock Hills for a wild winter gathering on December 13, 14, 20 and 21. This family event is said to promise magical adventures and show times are 3.30pm-5pm and 6pm-7.30pm. Click here for

  • Taunton Specsavers in line for national prize

    THE Taunton Specsavers store has reached the company national finals for “people excellence and development”.  Out of 89 stores, Specsavers in East Street has been shortlisted to the final 13 and will attend an award ceremony at the ICC in Birmingham

  • Family pays tribute to Adrian Roy Barber

    THE family of a motorcyclist who died in a collision at Cutcombe Hill, in Timberscombe, have paid tribute to him. Adrian Roy Barber died at the scene of the collision on the A396 last Wednesday (November 19). Mr Barber, 64, of Bridgwater, was

  • Christmas fair at Wellington Football Club, November 29

    A CHRISTMAS fair at Wellington Football Club tomorrow (Saturday) will be followed by a children’s disco. The fair, from 10am-2pm, will include crafts, gifts, coffee and cake, mince pies and mulled wine – and a raffle will raise money for the under-nines

  • Friday evening traffic problems in Taunton

    MOTORISTS are reporting heavy traffic and hold-ups in and around Taunton this evening. The A38 West Buckland Road is closed both ways closed due to accident between B3187 Taunton Road / Summerfield Way (Chelston Roundabout, Wellington) and Silver

  • Woman kicked in face in "opportunistic" robbery in Taunton

    A TEENAGER pulled a woman from her bike and punched and kicked her in the face, before robbing her of £40 in an “opportunist” attack, a court heard. Joshua Harriss, 19, of St Patrick’s Road, Taunton was sentenced to two years in a young offender institution

  • FOOTBALL: Taunton Under-18s rained off

    TAUNTON Town Under-18s were forced to postpone their match with Gillingham Town in the Somerset Floodlight Youth League at the Viridor Stadium last night because of a waterlogged pitch. Taunton are third from bottom in the table but have games in hand

  • FOOTBALL: Blues celebrate 125 years

    MINEHEAD Football Club start their 'Y125' year of celebrations this weekend with a string of events that should be of interest to local football fans. The main event is Sunday’s re-staging of the first game ever played by a Minehead XI when they hosted

  • GOLF: Adams edges out Arbourne in Massey Poyntz

    MINEHEAD and West Somerset Golf Club hosted the Massey Poyntz in excellent for this time of year – a sunny day with very little wind. Pete Adams won with +5 from Phil Arbourne 2nd with +4 and Dorrien Bickerstaff 3rd with +3. A good field of 64 entries

  • TENNIS: Victory for Minehead B in veterans league

    MINEHEAD B beat Wedmore B 8-2 in the North Somerset vets league Minehead produced some very good tennis to beat their hosts by 6 sets to 2 with debutant Jane Thicknesse contributing fully to a deserved win. In the men’s doubles Andy Fay and Paul Rees

  • ROWING: Wimbleball juniors do the club proud

    THREE Junior rowers from Wimbleball Rowing Club took part in their first Head race, hosted by Dart Totnes ARC on the river Dart in Devon. Head races are a time trial and are about endurance as well as speed with competitors of all ages taking part.

  • CRICKET: Maynard talks of selection plans for next season

    SOMERSET'S new director of cricket, Matt Maynard, has spoken about the recent comings and goings at the County Ground, writes Richard Walsh. He said: “There have been some big changes for the club, probably more than I would have liked initially, some

  • KARATE: Milverton dragons on fire in county event

    MILVERTON Red Dragons Karate Club finished well clear in the medal table at the Devon Karate Championships held in Exmouth. They picked up 16 medals – double that of the second-placed team. Red Dragons faced 12 other clubs from across the region – Exeter

  • RUNNING: Father and son make their mark at Longrun Meadow

    HYDRO Harrier Andy White achieved a landmark 50th Parkrun at the latest Longrun Meadow event, coming home in 16th position in 21m 6s. The winner was his son Sam who timed 18m 27s. Clubmate Brian Pearson finished in 42nd place in a time of 23m 12s while

  • HOCKEY: Huish girls reach national championships

    RICHARD Huish College’s girls hockey team has secured a place at the Association of College National Championships after remaining unbeaten in the recent South-West tournament. The girls went into the tournament, at the University of St Mark and

  • CROSS COUNTRY: Colleges' runners to contest national finals

    TEAMS from King’s College and Queen’s College will be competing in the national schools cross country championships in Newquay tomorrow (Saturday). King’s College U-16 girls’ came third in the recently-held South-West regional finals. This year there

  • SWIMMING: Swimmers excel in Olympic pool

    SWIMMERS from Taunton School and Queen’s College competed in the London 2012 Olympics pool at the weekend – and were in outstanding form. The girls travelled to the London Aquatics Centre to represent the South-West at the English Schools’ Swimming Association

  • GOLF: Kelly wins on countback at Oake

    OAKE held a men’s weekend Stableford on Sunday. In Division One there was a struggle for the top place between Cyril Kelly, James Macey (2nd) and Rob Watkins (3rd) who all finished on 40 points and had to be separated by countback. Next were Simon

  • GOLF: Pellow takes the honours at Taunton and Pickeridge

    SATURDAY was Prizegiving Day at Taunton and Pickeridge and in the morning another full field took part in a Stableford played on main greens. In Division One it was Kevin Pellow who took the first place with 44 points that included a hole in one.

  • NETBALL: Galmington notch cup hat-trick

    IT was Somerset League knock-out cup action at the weekend with four of Galmington’s teams involved, three of them progressing to the quarter final stages of their respective cups. Hovelands travelled to fellow Premier Division opponents Sapphires in

  • 90 suspected cannabis plants found in Galmington

    POLICE discovered 90 plants, believed to be cannabis, and associated hydroponics equipment at a garage in the Galmington area of Taunton on Saturday. A 49-year-old man was arrested and has been released on police bail while enquiries continue.

  • Taunton double glazing salesman rapped over £16k tax evasion

    DOUBLE glazing salesman Joel Millett saw a window of opportunity to avoid paying tax. The self-employed canvasser and agent, of Waterleaze, Taunton, earned £79,000 commission over two years, but failed to declare the sum to HM Revenue & Customs. He

  • Swedish comedy screening in Watchet

    A SCREENING of the Swedish comedy film, The Hundred-Year-Old Man who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared, will be shown at Knights Templar School, in Watchet, on November 28. The film is directed by Felix Herngern and is based on the novel of

  • IPCC consults on holding Nick Gargan hearing in public

    THE Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has started a consultation to determine whether all or part of the gross misconduct hearing for the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Nick Gargan, should be held in public. The law

  • CRICKET: Somerset pay tribute to Phillip Hughes

    SOMERSET'S club flag on the Andrew Caddick Pavilion flew at half-mast yesterday as a mark of respect following the shock death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes who was hit by the ball a Sheffield Shield match. A number of the club's players have

  • CRICKET: Somerset's fixtures for 2015 are announced

    FIRST Class fixtures for the 2015 season have just been released. Somerset begin their season with the traditional Universities match when they take on Durham MCCU over three days beginning on Thursday, April 2. Their first LV= County Championship

  • Black Friday - shopping heaven or hell?

    POLICE have been called to supermarkets across the UK to deal with disruption caused by the surge of shoppers looking for bargains on Black Friday. At least two people were arrested at a Tesco store in Greater Manchester. Black Friday has its origins