FIVE new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the last 48 hours. There are three new cases in Somerset West and Taunton, one in South Somerset and one in Mendip. Sedgemoor has no new confirmed cases in the figures from Public Health England
FIREFIGHTERS were called to rescue a two-year-old girl who managed to get into an unlikely predicament earlier today (Sunday, August 9). Firefighters from Wellington were sent to a property in Station Road, Wellington, at around 11.30am, after a
PEOPLE are being urged not to approach a Taunton-linked man who has absconded from prison. Shannon Gray, 38, was last seen at HMP Leyhill, an open prison near Tortworth, at around 6pm on Saturday (August 8) He is described as white, about 5ft
NEW stops on a new coach are part of a re-launch for a Taunton-based coach company. Services from Berrys Coaches hit the road again on August 1, and the re-opening was accompanied by several announcements. Berrys has welcomed a new luxury double-decker
VISITORS to a Somerset venue will be taken back in time over the August Bank Holiday. Medieval combat specialists The Bowlore Medieval troupe will set up camp at The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, across Sunday and Monday (August 30 and 31), promising
A BBC DJ has quit the corporation over a racist term used on a Points West news item. BBC Radio 1xtra presenter Sideman said the broadcast was an “error of judgment”, adding it “feels like a slap in the face to our community”. More than 18,000
A POPULAR village butcher's has closed - and its premises has been demolished. The A. J. Hembrow's premises has been bulldozed in Southview, Monkton Heathfield, where thousands of new homes are being built. It was the end of an era for the shop
THE fascinating history of a landmark Somerset building is the subject of a new book. Maggie Burridge, a student at Strode College, has produced a guide to the former life of the Red Brick Building in Glastonbury and its previous existence as a
THE following applications and notifications have been received for consideration by Somerset West and Taunton Council and can be inspected online at www.somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk/planning. ASHBRITTLE 01/20/0006: Replacement of single storey
A SOFA which sold for more than £10,000 was among the lots at a Somerset auction. Lawrences’ three day Summer Fine Art auctions concluded with a sale of clocks, works of art, furniture and carpets. And among the vast range of items going under
