THE Goodman Cup Bogey Competition at Taunton and Pickeridge GC attracted a good entry. Kevin Gidley on +6 who came out the winner in Division One, one better than Steve Comber on +5, with Neil McWilliams third on +3. Division Two was won by Matt Gaskin
FIVE mature students from Taunton have earned first class degrees from the University of Worcester. Lisa Snowdon-Carr, 44, Carrie Burland, 42, Claire Rogerson, 39, Gill Hacker, 40, and Alex Appleby, 27, will graduate at Worcester Cathedral in November
IF Taunton businesses want Christmas to happen this year, they’ll have to help raise £25,000 before October. Kelly Durdan, who has rescued the county town’s festive season for the past two years, is working hard with Tracy Kearley, from uandi design
THREE girls from King’s College in Taunton – Beth Beale, Gemma Chilcott and Lucie Waddon – have been invited to attend the Independent School’s Football Association Under-16 representative camp at Oakham School. The camp will take place from next Monday
HELEN McDermaid has won the Bowls England Champion of Champions trophy – at the age of 70. The Watchet club stalwart is the first bowler at the club to win a national title in its 103 year history. And she’s also the first Somerset bowler to lift the
HOUSEHOLDERS will be able to leave out yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, Tetra Pak drinks containers, batteries and small electrical items for recycling during a trial in three areas. As well as testing out the response from over 5,000 homes in Taunton
OPENER Ian Westwood hit 129 as Warwickshire reached 334-9 on the first day of the LV= County Championship match at the County Ground today. Craig Overton took 3-59 in 19 overs and Lewis Gregory 3-97 in 22.
ALCOHOL and drug users in West Somerset will soon have access to help from a new service in Minehead. Charity Turning Point has launched a hub to help those battling with addictions, which will open on September 2. They are managing the hub on
4:35pm This incident has now been resolved. This is the final update. 4:08pm THE latest snapshot from the Highways Agency: 4:07pm
WARWICKSHIRE are 62-1 off 18 overs at lunch on the first day of their LV= County Championship match at the County Ground. Skipper Varun Chopra went fourth ball, caught for a duck by Lewis Gregory off the bowling of Alfonso Thomas. But Ian
A SURVEY by relationship support organisation Relate shows that in the South-West: 9% of people don’t have a single close friend; 18% didn’t feel loved in the fortnight before the survey; 22% are not satisfied with their sex lives; 30% think their
NOT far from the centre of the small town of Oswiecim, in Poland, lies an area of wasteland. It sits between two churches and overlooks the River Sola – but it wasn’t always wasteland. Until September, 1939, it was the site of the Great Synagogue
TAUNTON Town head groundsman Kevin Sturmey won two major accolades at the Groundsman of the Year awards held on Wednesday. Sturmey, who is also the club Chairman and Chief Executive, travelled to St George's Park - home of the new FA National Football
SOMERSET Seconds had to settle for a draw from their three day Championship match against Hampshire which ended on Wednesday. Invited to bat first, Somerset lost Tom Abell and Chris Jones by the time the score had reached 34. James Burke (28) and
THE annual Dunster Show returns for its 168th year today and promises to be the best yet. The show takes place at the Dunster Castle Lawns. More than 500 horses enter the main varied classes, and there’s also a show for cattle, sheep and competitions
PLANS to build a new £5.3million swimming pool and spa at Blackbrook in Taunton got the go ahead on Wednesday, August 13, marking another milestone in the scheme to provide first class leisure facilities in the county town. The pool and spa will
EDUCATION and internationalism were key elements of Taunton Deane MP Jeremy Browne’s address to the Class of 2014 students at Taunton School International’s annual end-of-year prizegiving. Commending the 82 students, representing 24 different nationalities
