A VEHICLE ended up on its side following a road traffic collision in Wellington tonight (Saturday). Fire crews arrived at the incident in Longforth Road shortly before 10pm. All people were free from the vehicle and firefighters made it and
IT has been ruled that fees for bringing employment tribunal cases are unlawful and must be quashed. The Supreme Court has ruled that the fees - which range from £390 to £1200 - prevented access to justice for those unable to afford the costs of
A MISSING man may have been in the Taunton area in the last few days, police believe. Gareth Meadows, 48, from Morchard Bishop, near Crediton, is known to have frequented remote areas around Wellington Monument. He left his home address in
AVON and Somerset Police have appointed a director of people and organisational development to 'value and support' its people. Mark Milton took up the role this week, joining the force from South Wales and Gwent Police, where he was director of
A GROUP of talented bakers raised £100 for a disability charity by baking tasty treats for a nationwide bakesale. Staff from Nurse Plus on Victoria Street in Taunton set up cake stands last week and invited residents to come along and sample their
FIREFIGHTERS called to a vehicle 'fire' were surprised to find no sign of flames or smoke. A 999 call had reported the incident on the M5 northbound between junctions 27 and 26 shortly after noon today (Saturday). But fire crews came across
TAUNTON Flower Show is set to kick off on Friday morning, and the schedule of events is looking jam-packed. Gates open at 9.30am for members and 10.30am for the general public on Friday, and closes at 7pm. On Saturday, the show kicks off
A VICTORIAN coffee table stormed past its £1,000 estimate when it sold for a total of £17,360 in the Charterhouse June auction.“The owner of the table, who lives in a Farmhouse south of Bristol, is about to move home and called us for help and advice
A PRE-SCHOOL near Wellington may be forced to close its doors if new members of the team don’t come forward. Stawley Pre-School for Under Fives, Appley, is in need of new members to take on responsibilities within its committee or it will not be
AN elite partnership has been established between top women’s cricket team Western Storm and Taunton School for the 2017 season. The school hopes to inspire young female cricketers with this sponsorship. Western Storm will offer training sessions
THE Avon and Somerset Police helicopter spent an hour hovering over North Taunton this morning (Saturday). It arrived on the scene at around 5am and was continually surveying the area over Priorswood until around 6am. We've put in a call
GOOD morning - and the morning is as good as it's going to get weatherwise in Somerset today (Saturday). We can expect sunny spells up until about 10am, after which we've got cloud cover to look forward to until around 2pm. After that, we can
A VACANT shop off Taunton town centre could be turned into a hot food takeaway. Planning permission has been granted for change of use from retail to takeaway restaurant at 59 East Reach, Taunton The premises was previously home to Country
A NEW £22 million road was supposed to help tackle Taunton's chronic traffic congestion. The Northern Inner Distributor Road opened on Tuesday, July 11, but why aren't that many motorists actually using it? There's at best a trickle of traffic
CAN I give a big thank you to the land-owning community, specifically around the North Taunton area, for so generously selling even more of their land to the wonderful, socially-minded land speculators, sorry, I mean developers. Both parties are
RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include. Darren Paul Bird, 33, of Charles Crescent, Taunton, assault by beating, three months prison suspended for 18 months, 150 hours unpaid work, £100 compensation, £140 victim surcharge
With luck, you shouldn't need to get the sprinkler out this summerThere's been no sign yet this summer of a hosepipe ban, but we should all be thinking about ways to use less water - particularly the greenfingered among us, who have gardens to
EMERGENCY services called to reports of a road traffic collision spent "some time" locating the incident. Firefighters and police worked together after the call out to Cutcombe Hill, Wheddon Cross, near Minehead, at 11.23pm yesterday (Friday).
