FAMILY doctors and pharmacists in Somerset are urging people to help themselves and the NHS by making sure they are well prepared to manage the common coughs, colds and flu this winter. People should be aware that colds can be treated at home with
FOLLOWING their success in the Taunton 10k, several Taunton AC team members have been facing different racing challenges. In the River Parrett Trail - consisting of 48 off road miles split into six legs - Keith Paul, running with a local Hash team, ran
YOUNG businessman Mat Dusting’s latest creation for ski enthusiasts has literally come off the back of a lorry. Mat, based at a dairy farm in Kingston St Mary, has turned discarded truck tarpaulins into retro-chic, ultra tough bags ideal as rucksacks
BIG jockeys and big crowds descended on Taunton Racecourse for a family fun day race meeting. Hundreds of people made an appearance at the picturesque course, with children enjoying a bouncy castle, ball pit and mega slide. In the racing stakes
BEN Cook is the new marketing assistant at Taunton Racecourse, where his specific remit is to maximise the use of the centre of the course throughout the year. Cook said: "We only race here 16 days a year so I am looking to get a range of activities
Taunton & Pickeridge held a yellow-ball Stableford in good conditions on Saturday when 28 teams of four took to the course. Topping the leaderboard was the quartet of Kieran Hector, Russ Symons, Chris Doyle and Bill Maginn. Their total of 153
A FIREWORK display is taking place at the Recreation Ground in Wiveliscombe tonight (November 5). Entry opens from 6.30pm and costs £5 for adults and £2 for children. Call 01984-624294 for enquiries.
A SELFLESS six months of work by a Minehead man has raised £5,500 for three good causes. Hairdresser Daniel James initially wanted to gather £1,800 to buy specialist bikes for his friends’ sons, Jake and Theo Shopland from Porlock, who suffer from
SURPRISE snowfall in parts of Somerset over the weekend caught people off guard as the elements defied weather forecasters. Heavy rain turned to snow in certain parts of the South-West, including Bath, Frome, Midsomer Norton, Radstock and the Mendips
READERS of this site travelling to Italy next year will be pleased to know they will be going with the UK’s top company. Our reader travel provider, Newmarket Holidays, followed up their 2011 accolade for Best Coach Operator by picking up
CEREMONIES have taken place to mark the first anniversary of the M5 disaster which saw seven people lose their lives in Somerset. On November 4, 2011, a pile-up near Taunton claimed the lives of Malcolm Beacham, Kye Thomas, Tony and Pamela Adams
THE theme to a memorial service and meal to commemorate this year’s Remembrance Day in Hemyock is family. After the service, at St Mary’s Church, there will be a three-course meal in aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and tickets cost
BISHOPS Lydeard lost 4-3 at home to Shirehampton in the Errea County league's premier division on Saturday. In the same division Watchet Town lost 2-1 at Ilminster.
