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Affordable housing target missed

11:30am Monday 22nd March 2010

THE number of homes built in the Taunton and Wellington area last year to help lower earners into the housing market was well below the Government-set target.

Hundreds join Sport Relief fun - view photo gallery

Ladymead School, Taunnton

10:30am Monday 22nd March 2010

ALL kinds of people enjoyed a madcap day to raise funds for Sport Relief last Friday.

City and Guilds medals presented near Wellington

Guests and winners at the ceremony

9:33am Monday 22nd March 2010

MEDALS for excellence have been awarded to the best vocational learners in a ceremony near Wellington.

'Defend jobs and services' meeting

6:00pm Sunday 21st March 2010

ROBERT Griffiths, general secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, is the speaker at a free public meeting on ‘Defend Jobs, Defend Services’ at the Friends Meeting House, Taunton, at 3pm on Sunday, April 18.

Info wanted for new Wellington guide

3:00pm Sunday 21st March 2010

INFORMATION about local clubs, organisations, and charities is needed for the new town guide for Wellington.

Grants to local groups

10:00am Sunday 21st March 2010

AWARDS have been made through Taunton Deane Council’s Voluntary and Community Organisation Grant Fund.

Police appeal following Williton bank incident

7:00am Sunday 21st March 2010

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an incident at a bank in Williton.

Man trapped as car lands on its roof

Woman rescued after M5 crash

11:16pm Saturday 20th March 2010

A DRIVER was trapped inside his car after it overturned and came to rest on its roof in a field this evening.

Sustainability on Wellington agenda

7:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010

Taunton Transition Town is hosting a special ‘visioning workshop’ to help Wellington become less dependent on fossil fuels and increase local sustainability.

Porlock store chips in for Haiti effort

STEPHEN and Jill Lister, right, present the Lions' Stephen Fitzgerald, right, with their cheque to help the Haiti relief effort. PHOTO: Submitted

3:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010

CUSTOMERS at a Porlock shop put their hands in their pockets and gave £370 to help provide aid in earthquake-hit Haiti.







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