TAUNTON KFC is now open after the company announced yesterday the store was forced to close due to 'equipment failure'. 

Staff at the Taunton branch were nowhere to be seen yesterday (December  8) as a notice was put in the store's window announcing the store's closure due "equipment failure".

Speaking yesterday, a KFC spokesperson said: "We decided to temporarily close our Taunton restaurant on December 7 due to a minor technical issue.

"Our engineers are now working to fix it and we’re hoping to re-open the restaurant tomorrow morning.”