THE CHAIRMAN of Sedgemoor District Council has sparked fury over alleged racist comments he made during an attack on Burnham residents made on regional television. Cllr Neville Jones made the comments in a scathing attack on local parents who had conducted
BRIDGWATER and Albion have had to sack player-coach Andy Reed for financial reasons, less than six months after appointing him on a three-year contract. A loss of £38,000 in the last financial year, when they had hoped to break even, forced the club committee
BRIDGWATER Town have signed pacey striker, Sean Kenny, who was involved in all the goals as they beat his previous club, new Dr Matens Leaguers Taunton, 3-0 in a pre-season friendly at Fairfax Park on Saturday. See this week's Mercury sports pages for
THREE members of Sedgemoor Target-Shooting Club helped Somerset win the Inter-Counties Rifle Championship at Bisley for the first time. They were Puriton brothers Andy and David Luckman, both seasoned Great Britain internationals and Nigel Porter, from
A BRIDGWATER school pupil has an extra special reason for enjoying the summer break after winning a holiday. Haygrove School pupil, Marie Mullins, entered her school's prize raffle and became the winner of a holiday for four. See this week's Mercury for
SEE this week's Mercury for action-packed school sport's day four page special with local children taking part.
TOWN chiefs have bid a fond farewell and presented a book about Somerset to the Bridgwater Mercury's assistant news editor, Kate Gent. After nearly five years of reporting in Sedgemoor, Kate will be leaving the Mercury on Friday to start a new life in
