AVON and Somerset Police have confirmed this morning, Thursday, March 26, that missing 13-year-old Amy Miles has been found safe and well. A force spokesman said: "Amy was missing from an address in Devon and ws believed to have travelled to the
A VEG box collection scheme that gets customers discounted vegetables and raises money for school projects has kicked off in Watchet. Knights Templar Church School, Little Vikings Nursery and Watchet Children’s Centre have partnered with Plowright
A COMMUNITY scheme which gives householders the chance to clear their sheds, garages and cupboards of unwanted paint is making a welcome return to Taunton this Easter. From Monday, March 30, to Saturday, April 11, the Kick Out The Can initiative
THE “Bootnecketts” held a spring fair at St James Church to help raise money for the Royal Marine Charitable Trust Fund (RMCTF). The Royal Marines are known as Bootnecks and a group of their wives and girlfriends have joined forces to help raise
RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates’ Courts include: Christopher Fox, 25, of Alcombe Road, Minehead, possession of cannabis, £120 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G). Shane Millard, 18, of Stedhams Close, Wellington, drink driving
POLICE have launched an appeal to help trace a missing man who has links to Taunton and Bridgwater. Jason Tennant, 43, of no fixed address, was last seen at 6pm on Monday, March 23. He is described as white, with a shaved head and he normally
FIRE crews from Dulverton were sent to a chimney fire on Lady Street in Dulverton at 7.44am this morning, (March 25). On arrival at the scene crews confirmed one chimney fire involving a wood burning stove and got to work to make safe. Wood burning
A “SKIRTING science” day was held at Taunton School on Tuesday (March 24) aimed at getting more females involved in science. The STEM day (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) was organised by Soroptimist International Taunton and
SOMERSET’S profile as a great business destination has been boosted in and around London following a recent advertising campaign on catch-up TV channels. The ‘Seize the Opportunity’ advert, commissioned by inward investment organisation Into Somerset
DULVERTON Films will screen the recent Oscar award-winning film The Imitation Game in Dulverton Town Hall on Friday, March 27, at 7.30pm. Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race
STEPHEN German, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate at the General Election in Taunton Deane, joined activists campaigning against Department of Work and Pensions sanctions. Mr German, speaking at the event in Taunton High Street
CHILDREN from four primary schools got Easter Cracked at a church initiative. Christians played out the events leading up to Christ’s Crucifixion and the Resurrection, setting off from St Andrew’s Church, with Jesus on a real donkey. They then
