Last night's thunderstorm over Cheddon Fitzpaine
BEN Thompson shot this video of last night's thunder and lightning. He was in Cheddon Fitzpaine at the time.
BEN Thompson shot this video of last night's thunder and lightning. He was in Cheddon Fitzpaine at the time.
WEPL Premier 2 Bristol/Somerset Taunton Deane 192-9 beat Winterbourne 84 by 108 runs TAUNTON Deane reclaimed top spot after a thumping win at title rivals Winterbourne on Saturday. The home side opted to field first and Deane openers Grant
A TAUNTON man caught fly-tipping in Bridgwater has been fined £250. Fly-tipping a single black sack or rubbish also saw the man earn himself a criminal record. Adrian Foster, aged 44, of Eastwick Road, Taunton, pleaded guilty to fly-tipping
A FORMER Conservative councillor who recently lost her seat on two councils is the second local politician from Wellington to quit the party. Janet Read has torn up her Tory party membership card in protest at Boris Johnson's election as party
A LONG lost portrait of a young and healthy looking poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge ''before the opium kicked in'' has sold at auction for £51,000. The location of the painting was unknown for decades until a seller put it up for sale, the BBC reports
A TEENAGER suffered cracked ribs after being attacked by three teenagers in Minehead. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident which happened on Park Street at around 2am on Saturday, July 13. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police
TAUNTON Town's head of football Rob Dray said "we needed that", after Yeovil Town took the spoils in Tuesday night's all-Somerset friendly clash at the Cygnet Health Care Stadium. The Peacocks were largely on top in the first half, but two second-half
MORE than 400 people attended the graduation ceremony at Foxes Academy. The Minehead-based school held its end of year celebrations at the Crazy Horse venue at Butlin's on Friday, July 19. Foxes Academy, Selbourne Place, trains young adults
A SOMERSET reported missing earlier this week has been found safe, police say. Kelly Coffey, 40, was last seen leaving her home in Glastonbury at around 5pm on Monday. Police issued an appeal to the public in a bid to trace her, saying they
A WEATHER warning remains in place this morning after Somerset was battered by a huge thunderstorm overnight. After warnings of a storm yesterday across the county it finally arrived at around 11pm, with Somerset skies aglow as lightning struck
ENVIRONMENTAL organisations have been questioning the ethics of sucking up thousands of tonnes of water and fish into cooling tunnels at Hinkley C nuclear power station. Concerned environmental organisations including the Angling Trust, Blue Marine
ONE of Taunton's oldest residents has passed away aged 106. Sam Welland, who turned 106 on March 4, passed away on July 12. He leaves behind two grandchildren, Richard and Kate, as he reunites with his wife Beryl. Mr Welland was a popular
FULL-time firefighters numbers could be cut under Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) money-saving proposals. A union representative and politicians have slammed a raft of options put forward by the fire and rescue authority.
A FORMER top decision marker on the previous Taunton Deane Borough Council has defected from the Conservatives. Andy Sully, former executive member on John William's Tory-led TDBC, has converted to become a Liberal Democrat. Mr Sully said: