OLYMPIC athlete Kriss Akabusi joined County Gazette staff Carole Bryan and Nick Grabham at the Skills Somerset event held at the Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, on Wednesday. The event, supported by the Gazette, was a twist on the usual
CHRISTMAS is looking up for two Taunton Deane families who lost money through Farepak, a mail order hamper and gift company. A report in the County Gazette highlighted the plight of Zoe Summers and Anna Merrifield who lost hundreds of poundswhen the
A WEST Somerset sub-postmaster has accused the Government of crisis management in deciding the future of rural post offices. Graham Kennedy, sub postmaster at Alcombe, and secretary of the Taunton branch of the Federation of Sub-Postmasters, said uncertainty
TWO Quakers from Taunton have lobbied local MP Jeremy Browne to help bring an end to the Arms Trade in the UK. Eleanor Tew and Fran Hicks met with Mr Browne last Friday to talk to him about the work of the Campaign against the Arms Trade (CAAT) who are
WELLINGTON Reserves won 3-2 at home to reigning Devon and Exeter League champions Heavitree Social Utd to move into the quarter finals of the East Devon Senior Cup on Thursday night. The visitors, who play in the Premier Division, one above Wellington
THE County Ground will host an extra Championship fixture in 2007, after Somerset announced that they will only be playing a one-day fixture at Bath next season. Cost was the main reason the club decided to withdraw the four-day match from the Bath festival
