GREEN-FINGERED Porlock gardeners scoured their plots for plants to enter in their spring show this weekend. Despite winter conditions, they managed to find sufficient entries to ensure Porlock Vale Horticultural Association's spring show when ahead
A 19-year-old man from Taunton will be running the Taunton Half-Marathon dressed as a bear. Gary Taylor, from Cromwell Road, hopes to raise lots of money for CLIC. He works at The O'Bridge and so will be taking on the event next Sunday (April 2) dressed
MINEHEAD player-manager Steve Perkins could be forced to play himself in goal for their Toolstation League Division One match at Cadbury Heath on Saturday. The Blues could be without no less than are without no less than nine first team squad members
WELLINGTON centre back Mark Hughes plays his last game of the season at Portishead on Saturday, before starting a lengthy ban. He received the suspension after picking up two red cards in as many games last month. Hughes has been an important member
AMERICAN wrestling comes to Taunton for the first time next month in a special event at the Wellsprings Leisure Centre. The All Star Wrestling event, which takes place on Saturday, April 22, will feature Harry Smith, the son of the late Daveyboy Smith
MORE than 3,200 passengers travelled on the West Somerset Railway during the first weekend of the railway's spring steam gala. General manager Paul Conibeare told the County Gazette: "We are pleased with the result. "A two-weekend event is a first
A SEX attacker who went to school in Wiveliscombe 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
FORMER Queen's College, Taunton, student Matthew Clay has won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The 23-year-old from Chard pipped his England team-mate Liam Tancock to win the men's 50m backstroke swimming final to give his country
TAUNTON Town chairman Tom Harris has confirmed he wants Domone to remain in charge next season. Wellington-based Domone joined the club following Peter Beadle's departure to Newport County in October. After enduring some tough times, Domone appears to
ANGRY Crowcombe Heathfield residents were planning to lobby councillors today in a bid to scotch plans for a hostel for young single mothers in the village. They say West Somerset District Council planning officials are riding roughshod over objections
TAUNTON Town's prolific striker Aaron Blakemore looks set to miss the visit of Southern League Division One (W) promotion chasers Ashford Town on Saturday. The free-scoring frontman was taken off with a foot injury in the victory at Bromsgrove Rovers
FORMER Somerset captain Jamie Cox, who led the side to Cheltenham and Gloucester Cup glory and runners-up spot in the championship, has retired from the first class game at the age of 36.
PROMOTION back to the County Championship's top flight is the main aim for Somerset's new coach Andy Hurry, writes Richard Walsh. Hurry, who took up his new post this month following the departure of Mark Garaway to the England camp, makes no bones
YOUTH Watch was successfully launched at Court Fields Community School in Wellington on Wednesday with over 30 children signing up to help with the scheme. Pupils were given security pens to mark their property at home and the student who marks the
A NOTORIOUS black spot on the A38 near Wellington claimed the life of another man at the weekend leading to urgent calls for more safety measures. Max Jones, 33, from Bishopstoke in Hampshire, was pronounced dead at the scene after his red Volvo was
DRINKERS in Minehead are being warned they will have to run the gauntlet of a police drug busting squad after a crack-down at the weekend. Regular officers and special constables using special drug testing equipment stopped visitors at the Wellington
THE King and Queen of Norway were guests of honour at a glittering dinner at Dunster Castle. King Harald V, with Queen Sonja, were hosted by senior officers of the Green Howards. King Harald was at Dunster to relinquish his role as Commander in Chief
A HEAD teacher has been arrested on suspicion of theft and deception. Curry Rivel Church of England School head David Foot, 44, was arrested by Avon and Somerset police last Thursday after the allegations were made against him. A police spokesman said
A TEENAGE tearaway is being allowed to run wild by Social Services her desperate father has claimed. The 14-year-old girl, who the County Gazette has agreed not to identify, has repeatedly run away from her home in Bishops Lydeard for that past couple
HOSPITAL staff nipping off site for a quick ciggie break are leaving a trail of butts in their wake, residents have complained. Musgrove Park Hospital banned smoking on site earlier this month so staff are now having to go off site for their nicotine
PATIENTS of Creech St Michael doctors' surgery have been told they can no longer get medication from the surgery as they live too close to a new pharmacy opening. Currently patients can get prescriptions and their medication from the surgery, but those
UNION representatives at a Taunton factory threatened with closure are to meet bosses next week in a bid to reverse the decision. They have promised to do everything they can to save the manufacturing business at optronics firm Thales, in Lisieux Way
THE first hint of spring has put a positive bounce into the FYI girls' steps, writes JEAN TILLEY. Despite the fact Helen cannot walk without wincing due to running too much, good health prevails with Claire climbing walls (fully sane) and me only answering
CRIME levels have significantly reduced in the Avon and Somerset Force area, a new survey has revealed. A few years ago there were 120 robberies every week in the force area. That has now been reduced to 35. There have also been substantial reductions
TAUNTON MP Jeremy Browne showed little enthusiasm for Wednesday'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 tax system
