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  • RUGBY: Wanderers back in training

    TAUNTON Wanderers are back training at Hyde Park on Thursdays at 7pm under the guidance of manager Lee Terry. Both current and new players are welcome.

  • CRICKET: England call up Somerset's Anya Shrubsole

    SOMERSET captain Anya Shrubsole has been included in the England Women’s Test, One Day International and Twenty20 international squads to face India and South Africa this summer. England women will first host India in August, and Charlotte Edwards will

  • Horse trapped near Taunton

    FIRE crews were called to Norton Fitzwarren this afternoon to rescue a trapped horse. One specialist rescue team from Bridgwater was dispatched at around 2.50pm to free the horse which was trapped in a horse box at Minehead Road, Norton Fitzwarren

  • RUGBY: Hopes are high at Hyde Park ahead of new season

    TAUNTON find themselves in a positive, optimistic frame of mind as the new season approaches. The AGM in July revealed the finances to be in good shape with all activities at the club yielding a surplus of just under £11,000 – a heartening improvement

  • Guided park walks around Minehead

    GUIDED walks around Minehead’s parks exploring the town’s unique arboretum will be launched on Wednesday. Storyteller Chris Jelly has teamed up with the Minehead Development Trust to create the ‘Parks Walks’. The web-based guides which can

  • Marathon quest

    RETIRING RAF Warrant Officer Al Sylvester is walking through Taunton next Thursday on a solo charity trek from Land’s End to John o’Groat’s in aid of Prospect Hospice, at Wroughton, near Swindon.

  • Carers out to tea

    CARERS and the people they care for are invited to a cream tea at 174 Kingston Road, Taunton, from 3pm to 5pm on Sunday. Organisers Carers Taunton and Chard are asking for a suggested donation of £3.50 for the event, which includes a raffle.

  • Moorland Exmoor Pony Breeders Group Exmoor Pony Show results

    NOT even Hurricane Bertha could stop the first Exmoor Pony Show on Sunday. The show, for the true moorland-type ponies of Exmoor National Park, was a success, say the organisers, the Moorland Exmoor Pony Breeders Group. A spokesman said: “The

  • Driver injured

    A MOTORIST was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital complaining of back injuries after a crash on the Chelston Roundabout, near Wellington, on Monday. Two cars, a white Renault Clio and a blue Volkswagen Polo, collided at around 10.20am. Police