A WOMAN was taken to hospital this afternoon after a suspected shooting incident in the Priory Avenue area of Taunton. Police have cordoned off an area of the road near the junction of St Augustine Street. For more details, see tomorrow's County Gazette
OUR first online poll on Taunton's traffic situation attracted 107 votes on somersetcountygazette.co.uk this week. A total of 81 people (75.7%) voted to say they thought traffic in the town was getting worse, compared to only 9 (8.4%) who said it was
THREE members of the Somerset County Council's Social Services team are putting their best feet forward to raise money for their unit by running the Taunton Half Marathon. Cath Salter, Karen Shaun and Wendy Jones are part of the dedicated staff team
ANYONE thinking about getting on their running shoes for the Taunton Marathon and Half Marathon has until Saturday to get their entry into organisers. Over 1,450 runners have already signed up for the marathon on Sunday April 2, making it the biggest
TAUNTON MP Jeremy Browne showed little enthusiasm for this afternoon's Budget from his sound-a-like namesake Gordon Brown, the Chancellor. Mr Browne said there was little scope for dramatic changes due to Government debt, but the Budget had made the
THE head teacher of Curry Rivel Primary School was arrested last week on suspicion of theft and deception. See tomorrow's County Gazette for the full story.
PROTESTERS calling for one of West Somerset's main arteries to be kept open longer while road works take place have won an extra hour. Now, the evening start time of planned resurfacing work on the A39, starting tomorrow (Thursday) has been put back
A SEX attacker who went to school in Taunton has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he carried out a reign of terror on women in Bath city centre. Former firefighter Adrian Warburton, also known as Michael, preyed on women for ten months in
