An increasing number of seal pups have been admitted to the Seal Sanctuary at Gweek near Helston already this year. The centre aims to rehabilitate seals and reintroduce them to the wild and have their work cut out this winter. Eight pups have been admitted
ORDNANCE Survey is urging teachers in Ilminster and Chard to take up their offer of free maps for school children. The deadline for teachers to claim maps for all 11-year-olds in the area has been extended until Friday. In Somerset, about 40 per cent
TAKING the indoors outside has proved to be a winning formula for landscape gardener Martyn Pook. The design for the Westbury Homes garden, at the Meadowbrook development in Ilminster, is up for best show home garden in the Daily Express New Homes Garden
YEOVIL Town went down 1-0 at Scunthorpe United on Saturday as the Glovers endured another frustrating afternoon in the Coca-Cola League Two. A 78th minute Andy Butler goal helped to give Scunthorpe the points and with it they went top of the table. Yeovil
A Falmouth man has been granted probate to handle the £2 million estate left by the couple killed at their home near Wadebridge almost a year ago. Mr Nigel Edwards is the brother of Mrs Carol Fisher who, with her husband Graham, was shot dead on Guy Fawkes
HEAVY rain and high winds at the weekend bought down trees and caused some localised flooding but worse is forecast for Wednesday. The rain caused flooding on the A390 at St Austell and on the A39 between Truro and Falmouth. The met office is warning
INJURED speedway rider Matt Read is set to be flown back to England to continue his recovery after a horror smash in France. The 25-year-old Somerset Rebels man will be moved to a high dependency unit in Odstock Hospital in Salisbury, just ten miles from
A SIX-YEAR-OLD terrier lived up to her name after falling down a 80-foot mineshaft and emerging 24 hours later totally unscathed. Tank disappeared from her home at Wall near Gwithian last Thursday and was found by her owners after a frantic search through
THE Keeping an Eye on Chard campaign has been given yet another boost by Chard Baptist Church and The Welcome Bap coffee shop. Sylvia Banks, manageress of the shop, and the Rev Warwick Lydiate, Minister of the church, have generously pledged £250 to the
BOSSES at Bridgwater medical centre have been smiling after a visit from the Minister for Public Health - who declared "everyone involved in the development of this practice deserves an accolade." Minister Melanie Johnson visited the new £2.55 million
A MULTI-million pound project to breathe new life into Tiverton's historic Pannier Market has been unveiled this week. It is hoped that the restoration of the market will help it become a bustling centre for the community and for businesses. The project
Police are appealing for information after someone used chemicals to kill a quantity of fish at a fish farm in Somerset. This happened sometime between 13.30hrs and 18.00hrs on Tuesday, October 19, at a fish farm in Coombe St Nicholas. Someone tipped
POST-16 education in Somerset is currently under major review to see how it can be improved. The county's five colleges, Richard Huish and Somerset College of Art and Technology in Taunton, Bridgwater, Strode in Street and Yeovil, have been working with
A PRIMARY school in Taunton has been left badly damaged after a blaze broke out yesterday evening. Fire fighters from across Somerset faught to tackle the fire at Bishop Henderson Primary School, at Henderson Close. The alarm was raised at 10.30pm by
Publicans at the Falmouth Arms in Ladock, home to Lord Lieutenant Lady Mary Holborow, were quick off the mark when they learnt of plans to start a new fund through the Lieutenancy to raise £100,000 for young people in Cornwall. Pub landlady Brenda Hallett
