THE DRIVER of a car skewered during a collision with a forklift truck in Bridgwater, told the Mercury this week that he was lucky to be alive, after the prongs of the truck smashed through the driver's door. The horror accident happened at about 2.30pm
THE driver of the minibus, which overturned in North Newton on Thursday morning injuring 15 people, has been released on bail after pleading guilty to charges of driving with excess alcohol. Latvian Pavels Parsuta, aged 27, of Bower Lane, Bridgwater,
THE CASE of a well-known Chilton Polden man, David Evans, who was imprisoned for forging his dead aunt's £320,000 will, has revealed a web of deceit and intrigue. Now the Mercury has uncovered the story of the events leading up to his conviction and imprisonment
BRIDGWATER and Albion rugby players start pre-season training on Thursday next week (July 3) with one new man already lined up. He is Mark Slee, a 19-year-old centre, wing or full back, who was at Gloucester Rugby Club academy last season and also played
THE take-over of a struggling Norton Fitzwarren firm means a boost for the environment and new jobs. The company which has bought the former Polyline ReProcessor Ltd on Taunton Trading Estate has already invested hundreds of thousands of pounds. The firm
TAUNTON'S Pete Sandy has won the LVRC's National Cycling Championship for Over 70s in Southam in Warwickshire. The race was run over 27 miles with two major climbs and Sandy outsprinted the field over the final 200 metres to win by 15 lengths.
WELLINGTON'S cricketers will be helping to get back on the winning trail on Saturday when they play away to local rivals Taunton CS Radiac and Outcasts in the first division of the Shrubbery Somerset Cricket League. Wellington's three match winning run
SOMERSET 2003, this year's festival of community arts in Bridgwater, will transform the town into an extravaganza of activities and entertainment on July 4, 5 and 6. See this week's Mercury for feature pull-out guide on the 50 events due to take place
BRIDGWATER Cricket Club stage their most eagerly-awaited match in years this Sunday - the National Knockout Cup fifth-round tie, with powerful Bath, at The Parks (1pm start). The winners will be just three games away from a Lord's final, something Bath
SOMERSET Rebels speedway team suffered two away defeats over the weekend. They lost 57-33 in an explosive match to Rye House on Saturday, then went down 55-35 to Stoke on Sunday. At Hoddesdon, home rider Mark Courtney, appeared to throw a punch in the
EAGER Harry Potter fans created some "Christmas excitement" in Taunton town centre late on Friday night. Bookstores opened at one minute past midnight so fans could get Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as soon as legally possible. All the pre-publicity
SOME rather unusual guests turned up for open gardens in Drayton, Langport. A group of 32 scarecrows gathered on the streets on June 15, when a scarecrow competition was held. The open gardens and the scarecrow attracted a lot of visitors and the money
HOLCOMBE Rogus Church Fete will be held next Saturday, July 5, in the grounds of Holcombe Court. Visitors may be tempted to go along because of the pony rides, ice cream stalls, teas, local produce and a raffle. The fun starts at 2.30pm and the Tiverton
SOMERSET will have to concentrate on success in the second division of the championship after being knocked out of the Twenty20 competition. Their slight hopes of going through the final round of the competition were dashed when they were humiliated last
