WELLINGTON Town Council is to discuss one of the town's busy lay-bys amid fears that an accident is just around the corner. The road pull-in bay on Beech Hill is used by many of the town's residents to use the nearby shop and hairdresser's. But a lack
BERROW'S performance away to lowly Timsbury last Saturday was dire. From the outset, they abandoned the passing football that had got them some great results of late. See the Weekly News for the full story.
BUTCHERS in Ilminster have brought home the bacon at from a regional awards ceremony. Top honours in the British Pig Executive awards went to Bonners The Butchers, of Ilminster, for their Home Cured Gammon Category, while J.W Rowswell, from near Ilminster
YEOVIL Town boss Gary Johnson has been linked with the vacant manager's job at Coca-Cola League One rivals Bristol City. Johnson has so far played down the rumours, but speculation is mounting that he is in the frame to succeed Brian tinnian at Ashton
HEALTH care bosses have insisted that a reduction in the number of beds in a proposed new Minehead Community Hospital does NOT represent a cut in service. A consultation document published this week by Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust proposes a total
TAUNTON traders are furious at the Post Office's "ludicrous" changes in collection times, claiming they will be forced to leave their businesses unattended near closing time. From Monday, postal workers will make their final collections at 5pm in East
TAUNTON Deane Council has clamped down on parking fines better than any local authority in the county. Joining forces with CCS Enforcement Services, the Parking Management Team has cleared a three-year backlog of unpaid fines - urging the district's motorists
A WOMAN, who bit off a fellow dancer's tongue during a drunken nightclub scuffle, has gone on the run. Anna Benages, 23, absconded during her trial at Taunton Crown Court this week. Benages,of Haydon Road, Bishop's Hull, was found guilty in her absence
A SUPERB inward half of 32 on Saturday helped hoist the Windwhistle proffesional, Paul Deeprose and his amateur partner gary French into a tie for third place in Europe's biggest pro-am championship. For full story read the Chard and Ilminster News.
TAUNTON traders are furious at the Post Office's "ludicrous" changes in collection times, claiming they will be forced to leave their businesses unattended near closing time. From Monday, postal workers will make their final collections at 5pm in East
A HALF of beer before bed is one of the surprising secrets behind the continuing health of a Brent Knoll woman who turned 108 this week. Kate Ackland enjoyed champagne and a tea party in the afternoon on Sunday as friends and family wished her the best
INCENSED parents living on a family estate in Wellington say the council is not playing ball when it comes to grass cutting. A patch of grassland formerly used by sports-mad youngsters on the Swains Lane development has not been cut for more than two
IN A blaze of technical wizardry, music and dancing, the annual Wellington Carnival comes to town this Saturday and it is set to wow the thousands of spectators lining the streets. Months of hard work from organisers, fund-raisers and carnival clubs will
WELLINGTON traders are being hit by a spate of late night burglaries. Four addresses in 12 days have been burgled in the town centre with cash, electronics and shop goods targeted in the copycat attacks. All entries to the premises have been forced and
SOMERSET Rebels' team manager Mick Bell was at Sheffield on Sunday night to see his skipperr Magnus Zetterstrom competing in the Premier League Riders' Championship. The flying Swede, who had already won the Premier League Champions' Chase and led the
BURNHAM ran riot at Wells on Saturday, scoring eight goals, six of them in the first half. See the weekly news for the full match report.
MEMBERS of Chard Town Council's amenities team have been celebrating their success in the South-West in Bloom competition. Chard picked up a Royal Horticultural Society Silver Gilt and the RHS Britain in Bloom Environmental Quality Award, at a ceremony
HOT rhythms of salsa on the sand got young and old hip-hopping on Minehead beach on Sunday. Pupils from West Somerset Community College, St Michaels First School,Minehead and members of Minehead's Youth Club performed dances inspired by their coastal
COUNCIL bosses said this week they were allow groups using the Red Cross hall, Williton to continue until the end of the year. The Red Cross is expected to hand over the keys to the hall, in Killick Way, tomorrow (Friday), a spokesman said. But the news
A FOUR-strong project team will be sitting down to study detailed design proposals submitted by developers for the harbourside redevelopment of Watchet's East Wharf. The plans were received by West Somerset District Council, and a preferred developer
DETERMINED Barbara Clark has turned up the heat in her crusade to get a cancer drug on the NHS - vowing to "definitely" take Somerset Primary Care Trust to court if it turns her down. The Bridgwater mum wants Herceptin treatment to be available now to
ELDERLY residents across the region are having essential jobs done for them by South Somerset District Councils new handyperson scheme. Bruce Denny has been rushed off his feet fixing problems across the district for the elderly and vulnerable. The jobs
HAVING won a league match at Avon last week, Chard were forced to make eight changes for this powergen Junior Cup match against Cullompton, and went down narrowly by 15pts-10. For full story read the Chard and Ilminster News.
CHARD Town fought out a 1-1 draw away to Wiltshire side Biddestone on Saturday, with Adam Watson scoring for Chard in the 55th minute. For full report read the Chard and Ilminster News.
AMBITIOUS plans have been unveiled to transform a historic Taunton pub into a restaurant with offices above.A plush new building will also go up in Corporation Street beside the former Four Alls pub (more recently The George) with flats over offices and
ONE of Taunton's top policemen has told how he grappled with a knife-wielding robber in The Castle Hotel. Insp Mike Ashwin said he had never been so frightened in his 20-year police career. He had been called to the hotel by a guest who raised the alarm
"MUM we have to get out of here - we are getting evacuated." These are the words that struck fear into the heart of a Highbridge woman as she spoke to her East Huntspill daughter, who was this week holidaying in the Florida Keys before Hurricane Rita
ELDERY people across Burnham and Highbridge, most of which are on a limited income, will soon have to fork out nearly £100 extra if they want to keep healthy and fit. That is the size of the price increase for OAPs who want to use King Alfred Sports Centre
