ORGANISERS hope to attract more than 500 runners for the Wellington Ten on Sunday, July 20. The event starts and finishes at Wellington Sports Centre/Rugby Club, in Corams Lane, with the unpopular lanes removed as the race makes its way to Milverton.
TAUNTON is one of the destinations in a marathon eight-day sponsored cycle ride. The sixth leg of the Wooden Spoon End 2 End Challenge runs from Monmouth to Taunton, crossing the Severn and Avonmouth Bridges before heading for the county town via Highbridge
THE Band of The Royal Marine Commando Training Centre has agreed to return and perform in Taunton by popular demand. Only eight months after their last successful concert in St Mary Magdalene Church, when they delighted an audience of over 500 with their
WELLINGTON Pantomime Group is holding its annual meeting on April 4 and is inviting everyone to come along and support the group, including anyone thinking about helping in next year's production. At the meeting, as well hearing about the success of
WEST Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger today launched an astonishing attack on a new company set up to make multi-million pound savings in public services. Mr Liddell-Grainger used a House of Commons speech to savage the "corruption" of Southwest One
AVON and Somerset Police Authority has joined Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Council in the new IBM joint venture admin company, Southwest One. In a deal worth up to £185million over 10 years and the police authority says it provide current
Cameron A GRADUATE was once respected and seen as asset to have in the workplace but a new poll reveals they are no longer taken as seriously as university entry standards become loose and degree subjects become even more diverse. The poll
THERE'S a new man at the helm of projects in Taunton town centre. Paul Hayes steps into the shoes soon to be vacated by Lucy Ball as town centre manager. He was appointed this week by the directors of Taunton Town Centre Company, who interviewed five
AUTHORS will be dropping in to Taunton's Brendon Books to meet fans and sign copies of their books in coming months. Jane McLoughlin will be visiting at 7pm on Thursday, April 10. She was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and has worked for a number
EXMOOR'S Sustainable Development Fund is once again open for business with 11 new proposals competing for a share of a £180,000 cash pot at a meeting tomorrow (Thursday). The independent grant advisory panel will meet with applicants at Withypool Village
A TAUNTON man whose baby daughter nearly died is running the London Marathon to back the British Heart Foundation. Ian Wait, of Hillyfields, hopes to raise £2,000 at the race on Sunday, April 13, when he will be supported by his wife, Sarah, and friends
PLANS are well underway for the Betta Somerset Stages Rally in Minehead on April 26. Regulations for the rally are ready to download for the competition, which will be held at Minehead's Bultins and hosted by Minehead and Burnham-on-Sea Motor Clubs.
FAMILIES braved the rain as children scoured the bushes and flower beds in Taunton's Vivary Park for an Easter egg hunt on Sunday. Adults also joined in with an eggstra special draw' at the event organised by Terry Milton, vice chairman of the Friends
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a man was attacked in Eastbourne Road, Taunton, in the early hours of Sunday. The assault happened shortly after the victim had an argument with two men as they all left a kebab shop in East Reach at 12.25am.
POLICE are keen to trace four youths on push bikes who threw stones at vehicles travelling along the M5 motorway. The incident happened on Saturday lunchtime on a bridge over the motorway in the Taunton area. Police think the youths were on Stoke Road
SEVERAL people were frustrated when they tried to get through to Taunton Deane Council over the four-day Easter holiday. Technical problems with phone lines into Deane House meant callers seeking information on waste collections and details of the council's
A PUBLIC inquiry into a gypsy site set up in a field in North Curry opens tomorrow (Thursday). The hearing into the Oxen Lane camp will start at 10am in Deane House, Belvedere Road, Taunton, and continues on Friday. The planning appeal is being made
ANYONE who enjoys woods is invited to attend the Woodland Forum Day on Saturday, April 5. The event starts at Neroche Hall, near Bickenhall, at 9.45am and then moves on to nearby Wych Lodge. The day is organised by the Blackdown Hills Woodland Association
SOMERSET homeowners are being warned to avoid cowboy tradesmen. Trading standards watchdog Consumer Direct has received 500 complaints from Somerset in the past year about dodgy home improvements and maintenance. Of those, 200 were referred to trading
POLICE in Taunton are appealing for witnesses after a break-in at the Superdrug store in the town centre. At around 10.40pm last Friday three men wearing high visibility jackets were seen in Paul Street. The three cut phone cables to the premises, which
