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  • Feisty effort by Canadian on fourth album

    FOUR years after the release of her Grammy nominated Juno Award winning best selling album 'The Reminder' Canadian Feist returns with a brand new album - 'Metals'. The 35-year-old Canadian - born Leslie Feist, but known simply as Feist - is also a former

  • You won't nod off with this new effort from Kerrang! winners

    POISED to cement their status as leading lights on the UK contemporary rock scene are You Me At Six with the release of their third album 'Sinners Never Sleep'. This eagerly awaited effort follows their number five album 'Hold Me Down' in 2010, after

  • Shout it aloud: Nicola's back with first solo album

    Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts has released her highly anticipated first album 'Cinderell's Eyes'. It is two years since Girls Aloud announced they would take a break to pursue solo projects and whle Roberts has a successful make-up range called Dainty

  • Brewhouse visitors experience authentic cider press

    HUNDREDS of people got the chance to taste freshly pressed apple juice outside Taunton’s Brewhouse last Saturday. Taunton Transition Town's group of ‘low carbon’ volunteers took advantage of the glorious weather to invite people to bring

  • Wellington lose again in Toolstation league

    WELLINGTON suffered their third successive Toolstation first division defeat when they went down 3-1 at home to highly-rated Cadbury Heath yesterday. Manager Colin Merrick responded to his side's recent poor run by including three loan signings from

  • Somerset people 'not romantic, but fit'

    PEOPLE in the Taunton and Wellington area may not be the most romantic in the country, but we’re among the fittest. We and the rest of the South-West each spend just £78 a month on our loved ones, way below the national average, according to research

  • Somerset miss out in Champions League T20

    SOMERSET lost to Mumbai Indians by ten runs in the semi-finals of the Champions League T20 in Chennai yesterday. Aiden Blizzard top-scored with 54 as Mumbai made 160-5 after opting to bat. Lasith Malinga (4-20) took two early Somerset wickets but

  • Staplegrove Primary School to hold balloon race

    STAPLEGROVE Church of England Primary School is holding a balloon race this Monday (October 10). The event is sponsored by Taunton Racecourse, who is providing the winner with a family ticket to the family race day on October 25.

  • New kirbside recycling collections starting soon

    THE first new kerbside collections in the Sort It Plus service for recycling will begin on October 17. The last of the new refuse bins, recycling boxes and food waste containers are currently being distributed together with information leaflets setting