Year 4 pupils at Wellington Junior School travelled back in time to the days of Ancient Greece recently. The Greek Day saw them dressed in togas and other finery as part of their studies into classical history. A highlight for the eight-year-olds was
NORTH PETHERTON FLANKER Dan Kemmish is to join Bridgwater and Albion this week. He is likely to make an immediate debut in their Powergen Intermediate Cup third-round tie away to Cleve on Saturday. The 25-year-old open side has been Petherton's outstanding
DEFENDER Richard Smith has become the eighth Bridgwater Town player to join neighbours Street in the last few months - and Town manager, Trevor Senior, isn't happy with him. The 31-year-old local, who played in last season's Les Phillips Cup winning side
PLYMOUTH Argyle boss Paul Sturrock has dismissed speculation linking him to the managerial vacancies at either Crystal Palace or Leeds United. Sturrock has been linked with First Division Palace and is one of the candidates being mentioned as replacement
A MUM has spoken of her anger after taking her young son to Bridgwater Hospital for treatment to a head injury - only to be turned away, because no doctors were working that day. The hospital - which hit the headlines in the summer after closing its minor
A woman whose brother died in a stabbing at her Devon home has remained in hospital with injuries she suffered in the incident. The man, named locally as 48-year-old Ilce Vukov, died at the scene in Okehampton, on Sunday night. His sister, Vanga Pollock
A COALITION of leading business leaders, transport providers and Devon County Council today publishes a hard-hitting report which aims to press the government for more investment in providing reliable and efficient transport connections to Devon. The
Older people in Exeter will be enjoying over £500,000 per annum in additional welfare benefits thanks to a new campaign from CAREdirect - the pioneering helpline for older people, hosted by Devon County Council. Throughout October, CAREdirect worked with
A COALITION of leading business leaders, transport providers and Devon County Council today publishes a hard-hitting report which aims to press the government for more investment in providing reliable and efficient transport connections to Devon. The
POLICE in Cornwall are now working on three murder inquiries following the discovery of a 74-year-old woman's body at the weekend. Disabled Joan Roddam was found in a field at the rear of her isolated bungalow at West Downs, near Delabole on Saturday
A SPECIAL edition of the Big Issue South-West has been launched to mark the magazine's tenth anniversary this week. The anniversary edition pays tribute to the efforts of vendors in the area. The company, launched in 1993, has six sales offices and 200
A pub landlord has won £40,000 High Court damages over the cancellation of a gig by rock star Van Morrison which he said brought his thriving Wiltshire business to the point of collapse. Gary Marlow had sued the 57-year-old singer and his production company
The parents of a Gloucestershire teenage girl who died after falling out of the back of an ambulance on to a motorway have paid tribute to a much-loved daughter. Natalie Kathryn Dibden, 16, of Orchard Close, Charfield, Gloucestershire, suffered fatal
STANDARDS among Taunton's door staff have been defended this week after allegations of sexual discrimination by a clubber. A letter to the County Gazette from Taunton resident Charles Faulder claimed his friend was thrown out of a club for kissing another
A Plymouth mother who went abroad to use IVF sex selection has said she hoped it would eventually become available on the NHS. Nicola Chenery, 34 - who has four sons - travelled to Spain to use the IVF sex-selection technique banned in the UK because
Work is getting underway in Torquay on two new developments that will provide badly needed homes for people on Torbay Council's housing register Building work has already started on a scheme to provide 13 flats at 8-10 Newton Road, and contractors will
MOST Conservative Party members wanted Iain Duncan-Smith. Most Conservative MPs wanted anyone but Iain Duncan-Smith. Our MP says he didn't really want Iain Duncan-Smith, but decided to vote for him. If twelve other Tory MPs had done the same they'd still
WELL, it was only a short journey from the adulation of 17 standing ovations at the party conference to slaughterhouse disposal in a Commons committee room. Our MP at least has the consolation of knowing it would only have taken another eight Conservative
A COALITION of leading business leaders, transport providers and Devon County Council today publishes a hard-hitting report which aims to press the government for more investment in providing reliable and efficient transport connections to Devon. The
FORMER Bridgwater and Albion winger, Mike Griffiths, will be on tenterhooks this week. The 21-year-old from Ashcott is waiting to hear if he will be in Bristol Shoguns' side for their big Powergen Cup sixth-round tie against Premiership champions London
PLYMOUTH Argyle boss Paul Sturrock has dismissed speculation linking him to the managerial vacancies at either Crystal Palace or Leeds United. Sturrock has been linked with First Division Palace and is one of the candidates being mentioned as replacement
PLYMOUTH Argyle boss Paul Sturrock has dismissed speculation linking him to the managerial vacancies at either Crystal Palace or Leeds United. Sturrock has been linked with First Division Palace and is one of the candidates being mentioned as replacement
THIS year's Carnival has been hailed as one of the best ever, with records being broken left, right and centre. An estimated 150,000 people lined the route as the colourful annual procession snaked its way through the town - record number one. There were
POPPY wreaths were laid around Bridgwater's War Memorial on Sunday as a mark of respect to those who have died for their country. People from all walks of life gathered in King Square at 10.45am to commemorate the men and women who lost their lives while
A Plymouth man who is banned from contacting the family of murdered Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was remanded in custody. Roadsweeper David Westgate, 48, was arrested outside the Old Bailey last Thursday, the City of London Magistrates
One of the UK's rarest and most threatened birds has achieved almost a six-fold increase in numbers in just 14 years in south Devon, it has been announced. The increase in the population of the cirl bunting, a sparrow-sized farmland bird, to almost 700
I WAS interested to note that Adrian Flook voted for Iain Duncan Smith in the recent Conservative leadership contest in order that the leader in whom he had no confidence might lose with some dignity. Perhaps I should vote LibDem in the next General Election
