THIS year's Taunton Carnival has been cancelled due to the pandemic - but organisers are hoping to provide some form of entertainment in the town centre instead. Taunton and District Carnival Committee secretary John Lewis said the decision to
THE family of a teenager who died in a motorway collision yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, May 4) have paid tribute to her. Police were called to the M5 junction 18 slip road at about 4.30pm after reports that a female had fallen from a bridge and
SOMERSET County Cricket Club has announced the capture of New Zealand batsman Devon Conway as its second overseas player for the 2021 season, subject to a Visa and No Objection Certificate being obtained. The 29-year-old will join Somerset between
THIS week's Taunton Independent Market has been postponed. The event is the second to fall victim to poor weather forecasts for the weekend, after the eat:Festival planned for the County Town on Saturday was also called off. A spokesperson for
A GROUP representing 135 Taunton businesses has called on two councils to stop playing “political games” and to get the town’s traffic moving. Taunton Chamber of Commerce is urging Somerset County Council and Somerset West and Taunton Council to
A FOOD and drink extravaganza planned in Taunton town centre this weekend had been cancelled. Organisers of eat:Taunton in Hammet Street and East Street have called off Saturday's event after checking the weather forecast. They have posted a
MOTHERS' names will be included in marriage certificates issued in Somerset for the first time. New legislation coming into force this week is set to modernise marriage registration for the first time since 1837. The Marriage Schedule System
A NEW mayor of Wellington has been elected at the annual meeting this week. Councillor Mark Lithgow, who joined Wellington Town Council in 2017, was unanimously voted the new mayor on Tuesday, May 4. READ MORE: Mark Lithgow, Liberal Democrat
A LANGPORT man stole a bank card from a neighbour in the same block of flats where he lives. Richard Wash, 31, of Cheapside, then used the card three times on the same day before he was caught. Wash, who was given a community order with a six-week
COMPLETION of a new £3million relief road in Monkton Heathfield moves a step closer with works to tie in to the A3259. The Western Relief Road is being delivered by Persimmon Homes South West and is part of a package of highway works associated
MORE than 31,000 people have signed a petition asking to stop the spraying of herbicides and pesticides in two Somerset villages. Georgie Lyng, who lives in between Bishop’s Lydeard and Cotford St Luke, has started a petition calling on both parish
