FIRST time author has set his novel in Somerset. Jason Minick, author of Arcam, loves Somerset and despite living in North Wiltshire, adores his second home in St Audries Bay, near Watchet. In the book, a London-based detective, called Chief
SOMERSET'S cricketers are going for glory at Lord's next Saturday hoping to claim the club's first trophy since 2005. It is their first visit to the home of cricket since 2011, a CB40 final defeat against Surrey, and it will be their 12th Lord's
I AM delighted that the renaissance of The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre continues, with new investment from Arts Council England (ACE) announced last week. ACE has demonstrated their confidence in our charity (Taunton Theatre Association)
AS the map of this year's Glastonbury Festival is released - it's time to look at just how big it is. Geoffrey Prytherch has created a website which lets you impose the outline of Glasto on top of other towns and cities across the country.
A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been labelled a "persistent, predatory and exploitative paedophile" and jailed after attempting to meet a nine-year-old girl for sex in a hotel. A court heard Scott Horsburgh was caught in a sting by an undercover policeman
AS debut seasons go, Andrew Neal could not have hoped for much better at Taunton Town. ‘Rocky’ Neal – a nickname from a youth football coach, due to his Rottweiler-esque hassling of opponents – joined last summer, treading the well-worn path from
A CHILDREN’S author visited a primary school in Taunton to open a new library. Claire Baker visited Holy Trinity Church Primary School to open the new library after the school went through two years of refurbishment. The revamp for the Redstart
THE 2016 referendum and events since then have shown that, so far as our place in Europe is concerned, we are a nation divided. Many of us have strong opinions, one way or another. Too few of us can see the merits of the contrary argument. Many
THE council has been praised for its 'cost effective' way of delivering new school places. In a letter to Somerset County Council's chief executive, Pat Flaherty, Lord Agnew, Parliamentary under-secretary for education, praised the authority's '
THE FUTURE of Taunton’s park and ride service remains in the balance as talks continue between two local authorities and the commercial operator. Somerset County Council originally intended to shut the service from the Gateway and Silk Mills sites
