Somerset County League Division Two West. Clevedon United Reserves 0, Creech St Michael 3. CREECH boss Roy Porter watched his team shatter Clevedon's unbeaten record on Saturday and declared it their best performance for a couple of seasons. After
A BANNED driver with a long list of motoring convictions who tried to shake off police on a 47-mile chase was today jailed for two years at Taunton Crown Court. Darren John Hector, 29, of The Retreat, Tiverton, ignored police attempts to stop him after
BIKERS from Taunton are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for the Children’s Hospice South West with a charity motorbike ride. The www.santasonabike.org.uk run starts outside Hein Gericke, on Wellington Road, Taunton, at 9am on Saturday, December 6
WOMEN in Taunton, Wellington and West Somerset will have a chance to get behind the wheel of a host of vehicles with the annual Marie Curie Ladies Driving Challenge. Fundraisers are asked to raise at least £100 for the event with a £10 registration
A SOMERSET racecourse saw a 28-year duck finally broken for amateur jockey Anthony Knott. The 44-year-old dairy farmer rode Wise Men Say to victory in Thursday's Novices' Handicap Hurdle at Wincanton. It was his first win since taking up the sport 28
TAUNTON’S Phoenix Singers will be holding their Christmas concert at St Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton on December 6. The group, conducted by Andrew Maddocks, will be holding the concert to mark St Nicholas’ Day from 7.30pm. The concert also celebrates
SAUL Eisenberg, a self-styled ‘junkyard mischief and percussionist/drummer’, visited Wellington Junior School to give two workshops in ‘junk orchestra’. Saul, who was booked through Superact, a Wellington company joining local communities with talented
THE Red Paw Badge was worn by members of the Army Dog Unit Northern Ireland - a unique Army unit made up of volunteers from every regiment/corps, but disbanded in 2007 when the personnel were no longer required for 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland
TAUNTON’S St Margret’s Somerset Hospice is celebrating this week thanks to a donation from Viridor Waste Management. The company has donated three tones of soil to the hospice to use in their new gardens and central courtyard area as part of their garden
WELLINGTON High Street will be closed from 5pm to 8.30pm on Friday during the switching on of the Christmas lights. The B3227 Wiveliscombe Road, at Norton Fitzwarren, will be closed on Sunday for carriageway resurfacing. Cutts Road, in Burrowbridge,
RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Deane Magistrates’ Courts include: Michael James Swyetlicki, 19, c/o Burge Street, Cotford St Luke, two counts of burglary, two counts of fraud by false representation, 12 months community order with 140 hours unpaid
A MEETING of the Club was held in the Monmouth Room of the Castle Hotel on November 19 with the President, Margaret Booth in the chair. Liz Mortimer-White was welcomed as a new member. The Social Secretaries were thanked for organising such a successful
TOM JONES: 24 Hours: TOM’s back – back to his roots '60s style! The Welsh rocker Jones boy has thrown away his shackles and gone back to his roots – and if you are a Tom Jones fan you won’t be disappointed with his new album 24 Hours. At the ripe old
THE monthly meeting was on Thursday November 6 at Danesborough View Common Room. Mrs Ann, Smith, the newly appointed president, was in the chair. After the business matters had been dealt with, she gave a report on the Autumn Council Meeting, attended
SHOPPERS heading to Wellington to do their shopping can park for free in the town on four Saturdays before Christmas – November 29 and December 6, 13 and 20. Charges are being waived in Longforth Road, North Street and South Street (Bulford
THE President welcomed everybody to the November AGM. The Secretary Liz Huddy read the minutes and reported that we have had a very successful year and that the number of members had increased. She also reported that the meetings were all attended
More than 250 people turned out to celebrate a magical new version of an old Somerset tradition - Punkie Night. The event, organised by the Neroche Scheme, brought together children and parents from four local schools along with other members
MENTAL health charity Mind in Taunton and West Somerset has launched a new online fundraising webshop – just in time for Christmas. Mind in Taunton and West Somerset is asking its supporters to shop online at www.buy.at/mindtaunton and raise money
THERE will be plenty of goodies at more than 80 stalls at the annual Wellington School Christmas Fair on Saturday, November 29. The event, organised by the Friends of Wellington School, has been running since 2001 and last year attracted more
Gardening Club: AT the November meeting a large gathering was introduced by Terry Cawley, the treasurer to Caradoc Doy from Exeter speaking on the subject of Veitch’s famous plant. His background is of 20 years as a Horticulturalist, having been at Bicton
As someone said, it was a typical November evening when members of the Lydeard St Lawrence W.I. met for their monthly meeting and their AGM. With matters arising from the October meeting quickly dealt with, President Mrs Mary Abel presided over the
AT the meeting on November 14, in place of the AGM, which has been postponed until this Friday, the 28th, Mr Geoff Brownsey put on a programme of music featuring Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, Dickie Valentine, Ray Coniff, Ken Dodd, Billy May, Anne
NOVEMBER’S first meeting saw member Mike Sanders produce 192 sheets on a most unusual but totally absorbing subject, namely “The British Occupation of Italian Colonies”. In this 1942-52 period Mike demonstrated overprints and surcharges on British
THE afternoon whist drive was held at Bishopswood hall, organised by Mary and Stuart Govier. M.C was Cliff Wright and there were 14 tables. Top score in the room was Margaret Hoare with 170. Ladies, Helen Strutt, Jo Rogers, Sheila Lee, Mary
A FEATURE of the Christian calendar is its seasons and seasons mark change. This weekend sees the beginning of Advent and the commencement of the journey towards Christmas. In a sense, the religious seasons reflect the natural ones and what we see
SANTA is being driven around Taunton in the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car on Saturday before arriving at his grotto in Monkton Elm Garden and Pet Centre at 11am on Saturday, November 29. On hand at the centre in Monkton Heathfield are the
HEAD out of town to Hestercombe this Christmas - 40 acres of landscape and formal gardens, a jewel in the crown for Somerset. Children can run, jump, scramble and forage in the gardens and there is also a new safe playground for younger children
WELLINGTON Town Council has again arranged an evening of free entertainment for all the family to celebrate the switching on of the town’s Christmas lights on Friday, November 28. The festivities, compered by Kevin Stratton of the Wellington
Shoppers will be transported in period style by one of Quantock Motor Services’ fleet of restored heritage buses directly to Taunton town centre. The service will run from a dedicated bus stop in the heart of the town centre, directly outside
AT the meeting of Amnesty International Taunton Group, theevening began with the sobering news that there is so much urgency regarding campaigning against the death penalty, highlighted by hearing that 25 letters have gone out on behalf of the group this
TAKE all the pressure out of Christmas this year by doing your festive shopping in one go at the annual Christmas Shopping Fayre at Exeter’s Westpoint Centre from Friday, November 28, to Sunday, November 30. The 280 exhibitors who take part all
THIS month’s meeting of the Somerset Wildlife Trust was one close to everyone’s hearts - the weather forecast. Speaker Robin Thwaytes followed a childhood fascination for meteorology to join the Met Office after school. A brief history of the Met Office
CEDAR Falls Health Farm and Natural Therapy Centre is a personal retreat where you make the rules. Just five miles from Taunton, the 44 acres of secluded grounds beautifully frame the handsome, red sandstone house providing the perfect backdrop
THE November meeting of the Taunton Breathe Easy Group, was chaired by Pat Gale. She gave an update on Colin Puzey's, progress, who is now improving after being very ill. At the British Lung Foundation conference at the Holiday Inn on November 6, Dame
WESTHAY Moor was the setting for twenty-one Taunton RSPB local group members for their recent field meeting. Over the years peat extraction has created several large pools and areas of reed beds with droves lined with alder and birch, a very important
CHRISTMAS is officially underway in Taunton after the switching-on of the festive lights yesterday. Thousands of people enjoyed a day of fun and entertainment. And the highlight was when Santa pressed the plunger to light up the town
CASH-strapped people in the Taunton and Wellington area are being advised to avoid falling into debt over Christmas. The warning comes from Taunton and District Citizens’ Advice Bureau after it emerged the organisation had seen mortgage and loan problems
SUFFERERS of domestic violence are being urged to come forward as part of Domestic Abuse Awareness Week this week. Somerset Domestic Abuse Forum, a partnership of Somerset County Council, district councils, and statutory and voluntary organisations
MORE than 200 students will take part in this year's Heathfield Dance Festival at the Tacchi Morris Centre, near Taunton. The festival showcases the dazzling array of choreography, including interpretations of the classic American artist Edward
THE body of a woman was discovered floating just off the coast of Watchet on Saturday. And now police are calling for the public’s help to identify the woman, thought to be aged between 40 and 60, after being discovered by the crew of a
PROFESSIONAL craft demonstrator Maddy Locke, from Taunton, is hosting a free quilling and bead event at a garden centre on Saturday, December 6. The event is at Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre’s Craft Centre, in Monkton Heathfield, from 11am until 4pm
