WAR memorabilia was among items taken during five break-ins at caravans in Blue Anchor, recently. Police in Minehead are appealing for information after all of the mobile homes on the Beeches Holiday Park were raided, on Tuesday January 25. A First World
DUE to huge demand Packet Newspapers will be publishing another eight page supplement recording the home-coming of Ellen MacArthur after her world record achievement being the fastest person ever to sail solo round the world. Copies will be available
A NUMBER of Cornish National Trust gardens are to open earlier than usual this year to allow visitors to appreciate the early arrival of spring. Workers say a number of plants are blooming early, in some cases as much as four months ahead of schedule.
DIVERSIONS were set up at North Petherton Rugby Club and Walford Cross on Friday during rush-hour after a gas leak. Motorists were advised to stay on the M5 and residents told to stay indoors while police, road traffic engineers and the fire brigade attended
DUE to huge demand Packet Newspapers will be publishing another eight page supplement recording the home-coming of Ellen MacArthur after her world record achievement being the fastest person ever to sail solo round the world. Copies will be available
A 17-year-old youth has been banned from most of Newton Abbot because of his persistent offending. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is thought to have been responsible for 100 crimes around the area over the last year. Magistrates have
A NUMBER of Cornish National Trust gardens are to open earlier than usual this year to allow visitors to appreciate the early arrival of spring. Workers say a number of plants are blooming early, in some cases as much as four months ahead of schedule.
THE South Somerset Peace Group has organised a public talk on the subject of 'Climate Change as a Security Threat' and will be hosted by Christopher Layton. The meeting takes place on February 22 at 7.30pm at the Minster Rooms in Ilminster.
PUPILS at Wellington Junior School celebrated Shrove Tuesday with traditional pancake tossing this week. The reception class not only learnt about the meaning of the day, but also had fun flipping their pancakes. The school is having an open morning from
ENTERTAINER, sportsman and last headmaster of Ilminster Grammar School, George Maher, has died aged 94. Mr Maher, christened Alfred Denis Maher, but better known as George, died peacefully at home at The Beacon, Ilminster, on February 3. He was greatly
A PHIL Jevons hat-trick inspired Yeovil Town a 4-2 success over West Country rivals Bristol Rovers on Saturday at Huish Park. After falling a goal behind, Yeovil then seized the initiative with Jevons hitting a trio of goals before Bartosz Tarachulski
CHARD town and district councillor Martin Wale is aiming to make it a hat-trick at the county council elections in May. He has announced he will be contesting the Chard North division, currently held by LibDem Nigel Mermagen, for the Conservative Party
AMBITIOUS spending plans unveiled by West Somerset District Council were trumpeted as a 'blueprint for delivery' this week. The council, the third smallest in the land, will spend a massive £23.2million during the next three years. A total of £7.13million
A POLICE officer from Devon and Cornwall will use his skills in disaster management to help survivors of the Asian tsunami. Partnership Superintendent John Green has decided to spend two weeks of his holiday time carrying out voluntary work in Sri Lanka
BUTTERFLY friendly farming practices are to be promoted in Somerset as part of new projects to help save three of Britain's most declining species. Three projects led by the charity Butterfly Conserv-ation will be channelling over £350,000 into work to
A TAUNTON building society has donated £1,000 towards providing vital equipment for the town's new cancer treatment centre. The Portman handed over the money to cancer charity, the Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment (SURE), last week. The money
JOBS have been created in Burnham following the latest arrival of Burnham's new Lidl supermarket. The national chain has created 25 jobs and is due to open on February 25. See Weekly News for a full report.
