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  • Somerset eateries among new entries in 2020 Good Food Guide

    THE Good Food Guide 2020 by Waitrose & Partners (GFG) has revealed this year’s very best places to dine in the UK - including several in Somerset. The guide features 1,200 eateries - from big names to best-kept secrets - and is published on September

  • PICTURES: Double defeat for Lydeard teams

    Toolstation Western League Premier Division Roman Glass St George 8, Wellington AFC 0 WELLINGTON's nightmare start to the 2019/20 season continued on Saturday, as they were thumped 8-0 by Roman Glass St George – who had been without a Premier

  • Bestselling Buddhist monk and author visits Taunton

    A BUDDHIST monk and author who has taught mindfulness to some of the biggest stars in Hollywood visited Taunton this week. Gelong Thubten has taught about mindfulness and meditation internationally at workplaces such as Google, Deloitte, hospitals

  • 'Inconsiderate parking' prevents Taunton waste collections

    'INCONSIDERATE parking' prevented waste collections in a Taunton street. Somerset Waste Partnership vehicles attempted to carry out collections in Fowler Street today (Monday, September 9), but were unable to because of the way vehicles were parked

  • Coasters raising money for veterans go on sale in Taunton

    COASTERS produced by ex-servicepeople have gone on sale in Taunton - raising money for the most vulnerable veterans. Injured veterans at Royal British Legion Industries have joined forces with Morrisons to make and sell drink coasters - with all

  • Couple's real-life 'To The Manor Born' romance...

    A SELF-made millionaire spent 20 years renovating a luxury 500-acre country estate then married a farmer's daughter next door - in a real-life 'To The Manor Born' love story. Wealthy Chris Vincent, 69, bought the sprawling Orchardleigh Estate near

  • Peacocks handed tough away cup tie

    TAUNTON Town have been handed a tough away trip in the FA Cup second round qualifying draw. The Peacocks – 3-0 winners over Winchester City on Saturday – will travel to Havant & Waterlooville on Saturday, September 21 (ko 3pm). The Hampshire

  • Entries filling quickly for Taunton 10k - don't miss out!

    NEARLY 600 of the 700 places for the 33rd annual Taunton 10k road race, supported by SWT Council and Everyone Active, on Sunday, September 29 have been taken. Organisers Taunton Carnival Committee expect the remaining places to be filled before

  • 'Tell the people the Referendum was paper exercise...'

    I KNOW we keep harping on about Brexit, but I am wondering if this vote in 2016 was just a paper exercise to see how the country felt about the EU that went horribly wrong for the government when they got the results. Cameron, like any good captain

  • Son who stole £200,000 from HIS MUM is jailed

    A FECKLESS son whose elderly mother died penniless after he stole nearly £200,000 from her has been jailed. Callous Thomas Fitzpatrick, 60, blew mum Sheila's money on business trips and his daughter's private education after he had been made power

  • Work on new Somerset police station underway

    CONSTRUCTION is underway on a new Somerset police station. Work on a new Shepton Mallet police station site was due to begin at the end of last week. The new base will see Avon and Somerset Police officers based at the Haskins Retail Centre in

  • Somerset meeting sees owner reunited with stolen puppies

    SIX puppies that were stolen in the dead of night were reunited with their mum and their owner - after a handover at a Somerset service station. The sextet of five-week-old Springer Spaniels were returned, huddled in a box, enthralled to be back