TAUNTON Amateur Operatic Society is looking for a furry addition to their latest show, Annie. The group is looking for a performing pooch to take the stage with the young cast during the week commencing May 3. The successful dog must be small to medium
A TAUNTON community group will be punching above its weight thanks to a £3,000 grant from the County Gazette's £30,000 Giveaway, in partnership with Somerset Community Foundation. Hamilton Greens Amateur Boxing Club, based at Taunton Fire Station, was
PHIL Payne was back on the winners’ podium in the Taunton Table Tennis League’s Closed Tournament last Sunday, appearing in three finals and winning two. It was back in 1997 when Payne last played and won the Open Singles for the fifth time but, in an
OVER 60 people flooded into Dulverton Town Hall last week to vote on how £15,500 of public money is spent in their community. As reported last week, the Sensible Spending event allows groups and organisations a chance to bid on a share of cash to be
GALMINGTON club side Hovelands kept alive their hopes of retaining their Somerset League Premier Division title but dented their opponents’ ambitions with an excellent win over Knights in Glastonbury on Saturday. Hovelands had needed extra time in their
DUNSTER Castle got a royal seal of approval for its education programme this week. Castle property manager William Wake and learning officer Jim Lee were presented with the Sandford Award for Education by HRH Edward, Earl of Wessex, at an event in Windsor
National League Div 1: Taunton Tigers 78, Leeds 93. TAUNTON Tigers started a tough double-headed weekend of home matches by taking on Leeds Carnegie, who were second going into the game. Taunton got off to an excellent start with Chris Page scoring
VILLAINS have plundered lead worth thousands of pounds from properties in Norton Fitzwarren. In the latest raid at the weekend, lead was taken from the roof of All Saints Church, leading to extensive water damage as heavy rains poured in, ruining carpets
INDIVIDUALS and teams are gearing up for Sunday’s Taunton Deane Foot Anstey Aquathlon at Wellington Sports Centre. The event, organised by Somerset RC Tri Club and Tone Leisure, caters for all levels of fitness with two separate races – one involving
A FORMER Wellington School pupil is planning a four-month expedition taking rugby to schoolchildren across Africa. Richard Bennett, who moved from his native South Africa as a teenager, intends to take five other coaches on the trip which is
A COUPLE who got engaged thanks to an extra special proposal on Valentine's Day could scoop their wedding reception venue for free, thanks to Halswell House, on the Quantock Hills. The venue is giving 14 couples who got engaged on February 14 this year
PARENTS at Oake and Bradford primary, which is due to welcome pupils from the soon-to-close Nynehead Primary School this September, have complained about the school’s proposed new name - Trinity Vale. ‘Trinity’ refers to the three settlements of Oake
PORLOCK and Minehead tea and coffee merchant DJ Miles is defying the recession and continuing to expand the business. After four decades of trading, D J Miles and Co has joined forces with businessman Colin Barrell to open a store in Taunton. Managing
Somerset Cup semi-final: Taunton 10, Bridgwater and Albion 7. TAUNTON reached the final of the county cup after overcoming Bridgwater in a blood and guts local derby played in atrocious conditions on Tuesday night. Heavy rain had turned the Hyde Park
CASTLE PUSH THE BOAT OUT WITH ANYTHING GOES. COLE Porter took centre stage at The Castle School just before half-term with a slick and well-dressed production of ‘Anything Goes’. The superb set which at once accommodated and included an
KEYLINE Taunton and District Sunday League side Westford Rangers remain on course to record a quadruple this season. They are already in four cup semi-finals and went top of Division One at the weekend with an 8-2 victory over Staplegrove. Scott Chidgey
THE funeral for Delia de Val, the assistant head teacher at Bishop Fox’s School, is being held at St George’s Roman Catholic Church in Taunton today. Mrs De Val died suddenly at her home in Trull in the early hours of Friday, February 12. The service
CHURCHES and Community Groups throughout Taunton are responding to a request from the Chaplain to 40 Commando Royal Marines, based at Norton Fitzwarren, to provide candles to encourage service personnel during their forthcoming deployment to Afghanistan
A WINDOW display at Hatchers of Taunton supports Taunton and Taunton Vale Rotary Clubs’ efforts to promote the End Polio Now campaign and the ShelterBox project. A Rotarian manned ShelterBox tent will be sited on Taunton’s Parade tomorrow
MINEHEAD CCTV partnership is looking for volunteers to operate the town’s CCTV cameras in a bid to reduce crime and disorder. The partnership, which includes Minehead Town Council, West Somerset Council and Avon and Somerset Police, is looking for local
Errea Somerset County League Division 2 West: Yatton Ath 2, Creech St Michael 2. TWO late goals denied understrength Creech St Michael a deserved victory away to promotion-chasing Yatton on Saturday. The visitors dominated the opening period and found
A BUILDER with a fear of heights is plucking up the courage to do a parachute jump for a charity that is helping his nephew. Martin Porter, who works for Jones Building Contractors, will undertake the jump from 10,000 feet at Dunkerswell Airfield
