TOP comedy is coming to Taunton this month with a summer festival debut. Milton Jones, well-known for his appearances on BBC’s Mock the Week, is headlining Taunton Comedy Festival, which is in aid of Freewheelers, a charity which provides free
A GROUND-BREAKING police campaign to reduce crime on the Halcon estate in Taunton is up for a national award. The five-year project was named the most successful at cutting crime in the Avon and Somerset area at a ceremony in Bristol earlier this
SLOTS for people willing to give blood are available in Taunton next Tuesday and Wednesday (June 18 and 19). The team will be at St James’ Church from 12.45pm to 3.15pm and 4.45pm to 6.45pm on both days. To make an appointment, visit blood.co.uk
WELLINGTON Cricket Club’s Past Players Association has unveiled its plans for 2013. Club secretary David Derrick said: “The opening event is the annual meeting and teatime barbecue that will take place on Saturday, June 29 after tea in the 1st XI’s home
DRAGONS Den star Deborah Meaden has been made Hoof Ambassador for the British Equestrian Federation’s (BEF’s) legacy project. Somerset-born Deborah attended the Longines Global Champions Tour and was shown around the stables before talking through
A FIRE damaged a brick shed at a property in Taunton last night (June 13). Two fire crews from Taunton attended the incident in Valley Road just before 9.30pm after rubbish in the shed, which was attached to the house, caught fire. Crews tackled
WEST Somerset Council has been cited in a Public Accounts Committee report which warns about the impact of central government cuts on local authorities. Committee chairman Margaret Hodge raised concerns about councils not being able to meet their
A MOTHER was shocked to find the woman who supported her through her pregnancy at work also welcomed her into the world as a midwife 25 years ago. Katy Plumley, 25, who works at Wellesley Park Primary School, Wellington, gave birth to baby Rosie
SOMERSET Women’s cricket team got their season off to a flying start and won all four of their opening games before coming unstuck in their most recent game away to Lancashire. Somerset’s fourth win came against the previously unbeaten Ireland in a
CELTIC harpist Elaine Thorneycroft-Gibb and her J Singers choir will take you on a magical journey around the British Isles when they perform at the Bridgwater Arts Centre this Saturday. Elaine and the 24-strong mixed-voiced choir will perform
THOUSANDS of visitors are expected to pack into Taunton town centre this weekend for the first Somerfest event. Hundreds of entertainers and dozens of activities will be in the town from 10.30am to 4.30pm on Saturday (June 15) as part of the celebration
SOMERSET have an excellent chance to go top of Group C in the YB40 championship when they play Unicorns at Truro this afternoon (1.45pm). The Cidermen have won four of their six matches and lie just one point behind Gloucestershire while the Unicorns
AN ANONYMOUS donation of £3,000 will allow an Exmoor village to tell the world how wonderful its weather is, contrary to forecasts. It is said that Porlock has a micro-climate, which will be proved when its own weather station goes live on Monday
TAUNTON School drama students are busy rehearsing for a major summer production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, which opens next week. Set in Massachusetts in 1953, when the Puritan towns of New England were gripped by paranoia and deceit, the
DRIVERS pay almost £2million to park their cars in Taunton's five main car parks in a single year, new figures have revealed. Canon Street car park is the top money-earner for Taunton Deane Council, raking in over £500,000 in each of the last three
