BUDDING entrepreneurs can attend a free business start-up course in Wiveliscombe on Thursday (June 13). The workshop is designed to give advice on marketing, sales, finance and much more and run from 10am to 2pm at The Silver Street Centre in Silver
TAUNTON Town have further reinforced their board structure by co-opting Finance Manager Alan Slade as an Associate Director. He is responsible for administering the payroll at the club and will continue to assist Finance Director Gordon Nelson.
ALEX Barrow scored an unbeaten 83 - his highest first class score in - to guide Somerset to a draw in their County Championship match with Durham at the County Ground today. Somerset finished the day on 266-8 in their second innings after trailing
TODDLERS at the YMCA pre-school have more space to run around and have fun in thanks to a new extension. Taunton Deane MP Jeremy Browne visited them to officially open the building. He said: “I’ve visited Taunton YMCA preschool before and it
SOMERSET’S premier wind band, the silver award winning Taunton Concert Band, will be playing popular show tunes from the stage and screen in their summer concert this month. The evening of music at St James Church, Taunton, on June 22 will showcase
FIREFIGHTERS were called to reports of children lighting a fire and a gas cylinder being thrown onto it in Trull this afternoon (June 9). One fire engine from Taunton was sent to Church Road and put out the fire, which the compressed air cylinder
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fuel spill in Bishops Lydeard this morning (June 9). One engine from Taunton was called to a report of a vehicle that had leaked approximately half a tank of petrol onto the road. The crew coned off the road
TWO fire engines were sent to Cotford St Luke after numerous calls reporting a shed on fire in the village. The fire in Baileys Gate was reported at 6.45am and spread to other sheds and a garage. The sheds measuring 2m by 2m and 2m by 4m were
SOMERSET face an outside chance of defeat on the fourth day of their County Championship match at the County Ground. The Cidermen are currently 144-5 in their second innings, just 109 runs ahead of Durham.
PEOPLE lined the banks and bridges of the River Tone to see the Taunton Dragon Boat race today (June 9). The race, run by Headway Somerset, is a chance for other Somerset charities and not-for-profit organisations such as sports clubs, PTAs, scout
CREWS were called to a fire in Taunton last night (June 8). Three fire engines from the town were sent to a commercial building in East Street shortly before midnight following reports of smoke on the second floor and a smell of burning. Crews
A FAMILY fun day – The Lowland Games – will be held in the village near Langport on July 28. This year’s fun includes the highlight of the day,the River Raft Race, with competitors in fancy dress. They also have the infamous Mud Wrestling and
A NATIONAL coffee chain’s application to change a Minehead retail unit into a cafe has prompted objections from individuals and businesses in the town. Costa has applied to change 2 Wellington Square, the old Blockbuster premises, into a coffee
THERE will be another crime to solve when West Somerset Railway’s Murder Mystery season continues at the end of this month. This time there is panic on the Little Hampton line when five brutal murders are committed in the space of a fortnight.
THERE was a big surprise in store for a Taunton nurse when her super slimmer boyfriend gatecrashed HER Slimming World class. Simon Manley, 32, of Wellington, burst through the door of the Bishops Lydeard class, got down on one knee and popped the
