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  • Drama club revue

    THE Winsford & District Children's Drama Club Revue 2007 will take place on Saturday May 19 at 6:30pm and Sunday May 20 at 3pm. The show takes place in the Moorland Hall, Wheddon Cross and will include music, drama, dancing and comedy. Tickets are available

  • Military music

    BY popular demand the Military Band Concert that used to be held in St Mary Magdaelen Church, Taunton during October is to be reinstated this October after a gap of two years. Previous years have seen The Central Band of The Royal Air Force and The

  • Youth charged with robbery

    A 16-year-old youth has been charged with a robbery in Chestnut Drive, Taunton, at 2.20am on Sunday March, 11, police said today. The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is due to appear before Taunton Youth Court on Tuesday. The robbery was

  • Gazette Community Fund

    ■ AS part of our 170th anniversary celebrations, the County Gazette has launched a Community Fund to give a platform to the exceptional voluntary work which goes on throughout our community. We have been asking organisations to write in and tell us why

  • Smoke-free Taunton

    ON July 1 Taunton will officially become smoke free - which for most of you will be a blessing. According to a survey published by the Department of Health, 43% of people in the South-West say that a smoke-filled atmosphere is the biggest turn-off for

  • Top of the tots

    CONNEXIONS Somerset is on the lookout for top tot celebrities to be the face of a new publication to help young parents . TiPS is a booklet produced by teenage mums in Somerset, drawing on their life experiences to help other young people who find themselves

  • Leading the way in childcare

    STAFF working in Somerset's nurseries and children's centres could become leading lights in the field of childcare. The South-West Initiative for Training, in which Somerset County Council is a key partner, is ready to help staff achieve the Early Years

  • Residents put forward views on Tonedale

    A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the future of Tonedale Mill in Wellington was held on Thursday for local residents and neighbours. Hydon, the company that bought the site from Courtleigh Services, was on hand to answer queries and Tim Wadsworth, managing

  • Landlord just misses burglars in quickfire raid

    THIEVES who carried out a lightning raid on a popular Taunton pub were within seconds of being caught by the landlord. Andrew Lee was sound asleep above the Stonegallows Hungry Horse, on Wellington Road, when at least two burglars broke in and burst

  • The Price is right!

    I WOULDN'T normally wish to scoop myself but what's the point of urging you in next Thursday's County Gazette to go and see a play that's been and gone. So when theatre as good as this opens unhelpfully on a Thursday night there's only one way to tell