JUNIOR members of Somerset County Cricket Club are being offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to train with Pakistan's World Cup squad. Pakistan will be training at the County Ground on Sunday, June 9 ahead of their World Cup group game against
A FAMILY who lost their unborn child in a car crash have expressed their disappointment at the Prime Minister's response to calls for a change in the law. Jackie and Tom Luxon had their lives completely turned upside down after a serious crash
YESTERDAY, in our story headlined 'West Somerset drug dealers face the judge', we incorrectly identified one of the defendants in a picture caption. We stated the pictured showed 'Alex Pope', when in fact, it showed 'Wayne Pope'. This was an
TAUNTON Deane's MP has been given further responsibility in the House of Commons. Rebecca Pow has been appointed as Parliamentary under secretary of state for arts, heritage and tourism, within the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
‘A GAME of two halves’ is an oft-used sporting cliche - but Somerset’s Royal London One-Day Cup campaign has been a tale of three thirds. They flew out of the traps with four consecutive wins, lost the next three and then sealed qualification with
CLIVE Thorne won Division 1 of the Men’s Saturday Stableford Competition at Oake Manor, scoring 38 points. Mark Mitchell came second with 37 points, Nigel Jackson was third also with 37 points and Paul Coleman fourth with 34 points. Marc Holloway
TO paraphrase David Brent, Tom Banton is refreshingly laid back for a man with such responsibility. Opening the batting in a Lord’s final aged 20 might be a daunting experience for some, but Somerset’s young wicketkeeper-batsman is looking to take
A CONTINGENT of Running Forever athletes took part in the Town Tree Trail 10K on Wednesday evening having made the short trip to Martock for this Somerset Series event. Ali Bisatt was their first runner home, with his 43.16 time earning him first
VOTERS across Taunton and West Somerset ditched the Conservative leadership in the May elections, but it looks like the Tories won’t be the opposition, either. For what is believed to be the first time in the history of the area, a united Independent
SOMERSET voters will head to the polls today (May 23) to vote in the European Parliament elections. Seventy-three MEPs, will be elected in nine constituencies in England, and one each in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK is divided
APPLICATIONS SOMERSET WEST AND TAUNTON PLANNING 23rd May 2019 The following applications and notifications have been received for consideration and can be inspected at the Reception, The Deane House, Belvedere Road, Taunton, TA1 1HE. The
IT’S a new era for local democracy across Taunton and West Somerset as a new ‘executive team’ is put into place. The committee and its leader, Federica Smith-Roberts, will officially be put in place at the first council meeting tonight (Thursday
AS a motorist trying to get home from the town centre, I was interested to know if any other readers of the County Gazette had experienced the time it takes to travel from the parade to the station? I sat in stationary traffic at the lights opposite
