MEMBERS of Winsford Short Matt Bowls Club are celebrating this week after receiving a new electric roller. The club welcomed the new equipment thanks to a £1,500 grant from the Somerset Community Foundation. The roller, supplied by Whitehead Bowls
YOUNGSTERS in Minehead got moving with a new fitness programme. The new FUNdamentals gymnastics programme was launched at West Somerset Leisure Centre in Minehead to help pre-school children improve their co-ordination and confidence. The programme
THE decaying and storm-damaged willow tree in Corporation Street which was cut down by Taunton Deane Council is finally being replaced – after two and a half years. A council spokesperson said a Liquidambar styraciflua (Lane Roberts) will be planted
A PUPIL from Trinity Primary School, Taunton, visited the County Gazette today on a fact-finding mission about newspapers. Emily Robinson, nine, was given a tour of our offices in St James Street and interviewed County Gazette news editor
YOUNG naturalists from West Somerset have received an award for their work from The Wildlife Trust. Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Nettlecombe Court Watch Club, near Williton, has been named Watch Group of the Year 2009 for the South-West. Wildlife Watch
DIRECTOR of rugby Lee Waddon praised Taunton’s adaptability after they took a giant step towards a league and cup double this week. Taunton ran Exmouth ragged to record a 58-9 victory in National Three South-West on Saturday and moved 21 points clear
SOMERSET-BASED company Viridor has started a new initiative with Somerset schools and colleges to show students the range of career opportunities in the recycling and waste management industry. Three Viridor employees are participating in a mentoring
MINEHEAD produced a magnificent performance to reach the final of the National Mixed Fours Championships in Northampton last week. The team of Hilary and Mervyn May, Elaine Amery and Steve Hooper joined together for the first time to defeat Taunton BC
TAUNTON MP Jeremy Browne has renewed his calls against excessive levels of development in the Taunton and Wellington area after talks with concerned locals. Mr Browne has tabled a motion in the Commons calling for a "cross-party agreement to suspend
The Brewhouse in Taunton will be hosting The Little Red Hen on Saturday, February 27 at 11am and 1.30pm. Making bread is hard work, but it would be a lot easier if the lazy farm yard animals got off their reclining sofas and lent a hand! In this
PEOPLE in West Somerset will face a 3% council tax increase – above the national average of 1.8% – after councillors voted to approve the new budget. Members of West Somerset Council approved the budget for 2010-11 at a meeting last night. Other
N4 Financial Solutions Men’s League, Premier 1: Taunton Vale 1st XI 3, Firebrands 1. TAUNTON Vale continued their fine run of form with victory at home to Bristol-side Firebrands in an exciting match. A highly competitive first-half
A TAUNTON couple who stocked up on tobacco on the Continent were shocked to be quizzed by customs. Pauline and Dennis Allen, of Laxton Road, each bought 60 packets on a day coach trip to Belgium. On their way home, they were stopped
TAUNTON Athletics Club’s Ollie Berry broke the course record to win Sunday’s Hestercombe Humdinger, once again superbly organised by Running Forever. Berry was first past the post in a record time of 55.41, with club-mate Luke Scott hard on his heels
A TAUNTON woman who was treated for breast cancer has raised £760 to say thank you to Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital. Dorothy O’Keefe held a party for family and friends at the Comeytrowe Village Hall to mark the tenth anniversary of her diagnosis
CARDINALS have won the Taunton Brewers Skittles League for the first time after beating stablemates The Hounds by 38 pins. John Goldsworthy led the way for the new champs with 70. RESULTS: Division 1 – Roosters 460 (Nick Fleming 72), Nomads 452 (Duncan
QUESTIONS have been asked about the £4.5million bill to renovate two public areas in Taunton. Independent district councillor Ian Morrell labelled the £954,000 Somerset Square scheme and the planned £3.5million Castle Green improvements “grossly
AFTER a rollercoaster ride over the past 18 months or so, the commercial property market appears to have stabilised but we are still some way from the levels of activity seen at the peak of the market. Good quality developments are continuing
TAUNTON Amateur Boxing Club travelled to Gloucester last Friday night to compete at the Longlevens Thomas Rich’s school hosted by Gloucester ABC. First in the ring for Taunton was P. Augustynik against twice junior champion of his weight class, S.
A TOTAL of 341 jobs are likely to move to Bridgwater under plans to shut Taunton Police Station. A new station will be built near the county town centre - although a location has not been chosen - and the current Shuttern premises sold.
