A CHARITY which helps conserve rare Exmoor ponies has been given a substantial donation towards its vital work. The Moorland Mousie Trust has received a £350 Wessex Watermark Award, under a scheme organised by the Conservation Foundation that supports
REPRESENTATIVES of the construction, property and development industries backed a blueprint for sustainable development unveiled in Taunton on Friday. The Taunton Protocol draft aims to guide and support developers as hundreds of new homes, offices and
CHILDREN and staff at The Mount Pre-School in Taunton can boast a clean sweep of 'outstanding' grades in their latest OFSTED report. The pre-school, based near St George's Primary School, caters for 36 children, aged two to four years old. A report
TAUNTON MP Jeremy Browne joined in with Occupational Therapy Week during a visit to Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. Mr Browne said: "Occupational Therapy Week was an opportunity to explain more about this vital service provided at Musgrove Park. "The
A GROUP of 19 German GCSE students and three teachers from Wellington School have been on an exchange visit to Immenstadt Gymnasium (school) in Bavaria. They also had time to visit Munich, Lake Constance, a brewery and Newschwanstein Castle, the most
TAUNTON U-16s produced a fine performance to defeat Ivel Barbarians 44-10 but still have room for improvement, especially at the breakdown. Greg Moody opening the scoring with a clean break and Ed Stokes scored the next with his pace and powerful running
Tribute Somerset 2 (S): Taunton United 80, Weston Hornets 13. TAUNTON United continued their 100% start to the season by blowing Weston Hornets away. The game started with both teams evenly matched around the park but the pack of Taunton soon dominated
WI: At the September meeting members enjoyed an evening with Jeremy Browne MP for Taunton Deane; during which he gave an amusing and informative account of the many and varied activities which make up his life as an MP both in Taunton and London. He
OCTOBER was the month of the Taunton and District Friendship Centre's AGM. So at the end of their first year as an independent friendship centre & member of the new Friendship Federation the group celebrated the successful year under the leadership of
A DAYTIME funeral director plans to help a former school friend he hasn't seen for years after reading a story in the County Gazette. We reported how doctors in this country have told Gareth Wilkinson, 25, of Wellington, there is nothing more they can
Tribute Somerset 1: Wiveliscombe 106, Martock 0. WIVELISCOMBE ran in 16 tries on their way to their biggest ever league victory at Martock. The whipping boys in Somerset One kept going for the 80 minutes but never looked like crossing the home team's
POLICE have this week issued an appeal following an assault on a woman worker in a fast food shop in Taunton. They have released a CCTV photo of a man they would like to interview in connection with the incident in East Reach on Wednesday, September
BISHOPS Lydeard needed penalties to see off the challenge of Celtic Allstars in the Taunton and District Sunday League's Gardner Cup. The sides are three divisions apart, with Lydeard top of the first, but that was not apparent as they fought out a goalless
A NEAR capacity audience in St John's Parish Church enjoyed a concert given by the Chapel Choir and Choral Society of Wellington School under the vibrant and commanding direction of Andrew Trewhella, the school's director of music. The concert formed
FORMER SAS hero turned author Chris Ryan is in the Taunton branch of WH Smith at 12.30pm next Thursday, November 22 to sign copies of his new book, Strike Back. His previous book, The One That Got Away, was an account of the Bravo Two Zero mission.
Tribute Western Counties (W): Minehead Barbarians 20, Hayle Lions 20. IT was a case of beauty and the beast when Hayle Lions entertained Minehead Barbarians last Saturday. It was the attacking flair of the Barbarians against the one dimensional Lions
Tribute Cornwall and Devon: Teignmouth 13, Wellington 12. THIS match was preceeded with a minute's silence for Teignmouth player Jon Drew who tragically died after a road accident last week. Jon was 22. Wellington visited Bitton Park knowing that a
WI: At the AGM on November 13 , Mrs. Margaret Kent, WI Adviser;. was present to oversee the election of officers for the forthcoming year. Mrs. Pat Gaden was reelected as President, and Mrs. Ann Reynolds as Secretary. With the resignation of Mrs. Anna
Local History Society: At the November meeting Denis Dodd gave an excellent illustrated talk on Nynehead's Canal and Parkland. The park was started by William Sanford in the early 19th Century. He widened the river for recreational purposes and planted
TAUNTON-based Outer Limits Explore, which runs adventure travel trips to Tanzania and Peru, has won a £2,000 Business Development Grant from Taunton Deane Council. Chris Butler, who runs the company with Anne Barstow, will use the cash to become a qualified
WYVERN were one of six Taunton and District Saturday League sides to progress to the next round of the Somerset Junior Cup. But it was a close run thing as far as they were concerned. Their tie at Martock United was locked at 4-4 after extra time with
Tribute South-West 2 (W): Taunton 19, Barnstaple 6. WHAT a humdinger! A full on, end to end battle with no quarter asked or given between table toppers Barnstaple and third-placed Taunton. The U-10s of both clubs provided the curtain raiser - Taunton
FRED Viggers plans to set up a Norton Fitzwarren Tenants and Residents Association at the start of next year. Mr Viggers already represents the village on Taunton Deane Tenants Forum, which works to help tenants, give funding to tenant groups for estate
