TAUNTON were humbled by Premier Two leaders Downend on Saturday, going down by 150 runs. Chasing the home side's 240-9, Taunton were bundled out for 90 in just under 31 overs in early evening drizzle. In much brighter conditions, the visitors' day had
YOUNG people on Exmoor have been hard at work clearing paths and building stone walls in a programme to improve their local communities. Projects have included the rebuilding of a dry stone wall at Winsford, the reconstruction of a path in Porlock, and
AN accident and recovery work at the A361 Walford Cross in Taunton has led to the A38 Southbound being closed and this is causing heavy traffic. Three vehicles were involved in the collision. Nobody was trapped but there were a number of casualties.
TAUNTON Deane returned to winning ways and moved up to third in Premier Two with a 60-run victory at Westbury and District on Saturday. Deane skipper Tom Webley lost the toss and was asked to bat on a pitch that was solid although likely to improve throughout
TAUNTON St Andrews defeated Corsham by 37 runs in a rain-affected match away to Corsham on Saturday to remain fourth in the Premier One table. Saints made the trip to the picturesque Station Road Ground missing several regulars including skipper Kevin
PLANES flying over Taunton on Monday have been confirmed as F15 US Airforce jets. The planes, based at Lakenheath in Suffolk, were conducting a standard training session of low-level flying. Cmdr Richard Seymour from RAF Yeovilton said they were formation
WATCHET was returning to normal this week following the town's - and the district's - biggest party at the weekend. The three-day Watchet Carnival Festival Weekend, on a site at Parsonage Farm, Brendon Road for the first time, saw thousands of visitors
NEARLY £50million of investment has been pumped into schools, cycle routes and sea defences by Somerset County Council over the past year. A report to the authority has highlighted the performance of its Capital Investment Programme during 2006/07 and
LOCAL rivals Taunton CS Radiac and Outcasts and Wellington were involved in a remarkable clash in Division One, which finished as a rain-affected draw. After opting to field first in overcast conditions, Wellington opening bowlers - David Marshall and
POLICE are seeking the public's help in tracing two men dressed in wedding attire who were involved in an altercation in the early hours of Sunday morning (July 22) in Taunton. Two men and a woman were walking along Station Road, near Biddy's Cafe, around
SWEEPING changes to the way day-to-day services are delivered throughout Taunton, Wellington and West Somerset were dramatically rejected last week - thanks to the weight of public opinion. On Wednesday, the Government's Department for Communities and
CYCLISTS who took part in the Rotary 50/50 Cycle Ride are reminded to get their sponsorship money by Monday, August 13 to be in the running for a prize. The ride took place earlier in June on a blisteringly hot day, where budding cyclists rode around
MINEHEAD Rotary Club has given £975 to help cancer sufferers. The money was raised by members who acted as marshals at the Ironman triathlon, held at Wimbleball Lake.
BOOKS from the publishing arm of VisitBritain are coming thick and fast - and a set of three more excellent books has just been released in conjunction with the Historic Houses Association. All three, under the heading 'Stately ... then and now', take
THIS WestCountry novel by crime writer Mary Tant, called The Rossington Inheritance, is the first of a promised new series of murder mysteries set in the region. A traditional murder mystery, it features two generations of a family struggling to make
AN EXMOOR author has just released a novel of events there during the Second World War, Larkbarrow, which tells of those turbulent and uncertain years which changed forever the lives of two innocent young people. Becky Carter is a young girl from a lonely
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Is Is EP (Polydor). This five song offering from the YYYs, Is Is, was written in 2004 and follows the success of their 2001 EP. Its raw energy and in the lead track, Down Boy, Karen O's echoey voice doesn't give away what is to follow
Fall Out Boy, The Take Over, The Breaks Over (Mercury Records). PUNK US group Fall Out Boy headlined in the New Jersey portion of Earth Aid at the weekend and you may have seen them. If not, they have just released their third single from number one
James Morrison, One Last Chance (Polydor, digital download only). THERE's no doubting the success of James Morrison, who has just released his fifth single from, his massive album Undiscovered. One Last Chance is available on digital download only and
SO why WOULD anyone bother to buy a cinema ticket to see what they can see for 'free' on the TV? That's the question rather cleverly put by Homer to the audience early on in The Simpsons Movie now showing at a cinema near you. And it's a difficult one
STOGUMBER beat the weather to extend their lead at the top of Division One in the West Somerset League with a narrow four-wicket victory at home to Winsford. Batting first, the visitors reached a competitive 170-5. James How led the way, hitting five
DUNSTER youngster Thomas Luty has saved his pocket money to help support pupils in a cash-strapped school in Zambia. Thomas, eight, has saved up £50 to go towards improving accommodation at Mzenje Middle Basic School, which serves 450 pupils in five
I AM hoping that you can help me, it is over 50 years since I last saw some of my Army Pals who served with me at The British Military Hospital at Fayid (33 Coy RAMC) in the Suez Canal Zone 1950-1956. I know that some of them lived in the Taunton and
POLICE are hoping someone will be able to tell them the current whereabouts of a 15-year-old girl last seen in the Taunton area on the evening of Thursday, July 26. Katie Louise Taylor was on her way back to her address in Hemyock when she ran off
KATHRYN Robinson, from Minehead, will be cashing in on the favourable exchange rate when she jets off to New York after winning a competition at a Taunton department store. Shoppers at Debenhams in Taunton were recently given the chance to win tickets
A FANCY dress parade is set to take place on Saturday through Taunton in aid of St Margaret's Somerset Hospice and Bibic. Starting at 7pm, over 400 people will parade from Party On in High Street, to Yates and Que Pasa and then onto Shout and Dellars
IT'S been great weather for ducks this summer but it appears that mosquitoes in the Westcountry have been loving the wet weather as well. The humid temperatures have resulted in surging mosquito populations in some areas of the country, with Norfolk
A NEW office block being built for West Somerset Council in Killick Way, Williton, could be called Fish and Cheese House is a suggestion by chief executive Tim Howes gets support. He is due to tell members of the council's cabinet tomorrow night, Wednesday
AGE Concern Somerset is warning people to protect their homes from burglary, while they are away on holiday. The advice follows recent Government research, which revealed that 1,897 people in Somerset were burgled last year. Lillian Romford from Age
IT was a case of George and the peastalk for a vegetable gardener in Taunton. After planting a packet of pea seeds 82-year-old George Hooper (pictured) from Lydeard St Lawrence could not believe it when one did not seem to know when to stop growing.
IT'S not often that a world-ranking pianist gives a recital in Taunton and when I heard that the Roger Woodward was to appear at Queen's College last Sunday, I had to make sure of a seat. The reality was there were seats to spare but for the faithful
CONSERVATION watchdog the Exmoor Society has welcomed a new plan for the management of Exmoor National Park, but has highlighted unfinished business' it says it will continue to fight for. The plan, launched by Exmoor National Park Authority, points
NO ONE was seriously injured in a crash which blocked the M5 yesterday. As reported, a car and a caravan collided with the central reservation on the M5 between Taunton and Bridgwater. The crash, which happened at about 1.25pm, caused long tailbacks
SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR, CANZONA, GRAHAM CALDBECK AT WELLS CATHEDRAL SATURDAY JULY 28 If St. Cecilia was listening from on high to the performance in Wells Cathedral last Saturday (July 28) of Handel's setting of a John Dryden's Ode to the saint, then
WE will never get rid of the drugs problem on our streets until we cut off the supply, a grandfather claims. The County Gazette reader, who declined to be named, said we are too lenient on drug dealers in this country. The man, who claims his grandson
