News from Taunton, M5, Somerset, Wellington, Minehead, West Somerset from Somerset County Gazette

'Badger battle bus' campaign against West Somerset cull

2:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

AN UNUSUAL vehicle has been out and about around the area campaigning against the upcoming badger cull, due to start in West Somerset sometime after June 1.

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Dead dog found strangled by metal choke chain on Exmoor

12:11pm Sunday 12th May 2013

THE RSPCA has launched an investigation after a dead dog was found strangled at a park on Exmoor.

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Minehead dominate age group at football tournament

10:00am Sunday 12th May 2013

YOUNG footballers from Minehead have dominated the under-11 age group at the ESF Festival of Football, held over the Bank Holiday weekend.

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Fire crews tackle large water leak at a home in Williton

3:25pm Saturday 11th May 2013

FIRE crews from Minehead were called to reports of flooding inside a domestic property at lunchtime today (Saturday).

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Sun shines on West Somerset Railway attractions

10:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

A RANGE of attractions catered for all tastes at Minehead railway station on Saturday.

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Fire crews free victim of road traffic collision at Withycombe

8:13pm Friday 10th May 2013

A ROAD traffic collision on Higher Rodhuish Road, Withycombe, left one person trapped inside a vehicle earlier this evening (Friday).

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Dunster Castle's Bank Holiday goes off with a bang

9:00am Friday 10th May 2013

VISITORS descended on Dunster Castle for one of the most popular events in the attraction’s calendar over the Bank Holiday weekend.

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Car overturns in three-vehicle crash on A39 Bilbrook

7:24am Friday 10th May 2013

A ROAD traffic collision involving three vehicles on the A39 at Bilbrook left one of them on its roof last night (May 9).

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Crews tackle blaze at block of flats in Minehead

8:23pm Thursday 9th May 2013

A FIRE started in the bathroom of a first floor flat in Minehead at around 11.30pm last night (Wednesday).

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Sunshine boost for West Somerset tourism industry

4:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

TEMPERATURES soared into the 20s over the Bank Holiday weekend and tourism in West Somerset received a welcome boost.

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