PLANS have been put in place to bring back the 33-metre-high Observation Wheel to Minehead Seafront in Easter next year.The Minehead Events Group is currently undertaking consultation and say they have directly emailed many who expressed concerns when
YEOVIL Town Ladies are celebrating after achieving Tier 1 status from the FA. A club statement said: "Yeovil Town Ladies FC are delighted to announce that the FA have accepted their application to become a Tier 1 club. "Following considerable
SOMERSET families are being urged to get rid of all recycling and rubbish before Christmas to avoid the risk of bad weather and collection disruption during peak waste demand. And the advice for after Christmas is to spread the waste load over
A HUGE business park that aims to bring thousands of jobs to the town is set to be built without normal planning permissions. Taunton Deane Borough Council met to discuss plans for the Nexus 25 business park, to be located off the M5. It was
A WELLINGTON hair salon has been chosen as the winner of a festive window competition. The competition was hosted by Taunton Deane Borough Council’s marketing and visitor centre team. Kamyko Hair gained the most ‘likes’ in the competition that
A BID to reinforce Taunton Deane's dedication to providing affordable housing has been flattened. Councillors met to discuss a proposition by the Deane's Liberal Democrats to change the wording of the core strategy, TDBC's plans for housing
A FORMER nightclub in the shadow of a church has a new occupant - another church. Taunton Vineyard has moved into premises in Church Square. The premises, at the back of Bailhache solicitors, is part of the former Sloane's nightclub. It
A 53-year-old man believed to be drink-driving was arrested after failing to stop when a car crashed into a petrol station. The incident happened on Sunday evening at the Esso garage on Longforth Road in Wellington. The driver is said to have fled the
PEOPLE visiting Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital are being asked if possible not to leave unaccompanied dogs tied up outside during appointments. The appeal comes after a patient complained about the potential danger posed by a Labrador left tied
A CAR was almost totally destroyed in a fire in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). The fire service received numerous 999 calls about the incident in Creech St Michael shortly before 4.30am. Crews extinguished the fire in the engine
CRAIG Overton has retained his place for the third Ashes Test, with the tourists naming an unchanged side for the crunch encounter in Perth. The 23-year-old impressed with his all-round display on debut in Adelaide last week and will be hoping
PEOPLE in Minehead are being invited to have their say on creating a new image and brand for the resort.Minehead has been awarded substantial funding – around £700,000 – to revitalise its tourism offer and to meet the challenges of the 21st century.West
