• A TEACHER at Danesfield School in Williton was suspended amid claims a teacher taped children’s mouths shut in a classroom.

Mum Stacey Bradbury said: “Thomas (her son) said they were all made to line up and had Sellotape put on their mouths for being noisy.”

 

 

  • BUSINESSES rejected plans for them to pay a levy to establish a £1.3million kitty aimed at boosting trade in Taunton town centre.

The refusal to support the five-year Business Improvement District scheme in a ballot led to the demise of the Taunton Town Centre Company, with town centre manager Graham Love losing his job.

 

 

  • BUSINESSMAN Sean O’Brien, 47, died after a long battle with liver cancer – five years after pioneering surgery to extend his life by receiving the damaged liver of a woman who had undergone a transplant operation.

Mr O’Brien, of Taunton, who had a number of business interests, including Buff Urban Day Spa, founded and ran the Go Commando charity to support Royal Marines and their families.

 

 

He was recognised for his volunteering at Dulverton Riverside Youth Centre, helping with funding applications, trips and activities.

 

 

  • TAUNTON lawyer Jamie Foster caused outrage when he tweeted remarks viewed as offensive to Muslims.

He called for “dedicated Islamic airports”, adding: “Remember noticing Islamists are responsible for bombing airlines is ‘casual Islamophobia’ but believing all slave owners were white is fine.”

 

 

  • HUBERT Zajaczkowski reclaimed his car, which had been under floodwater near Muchelney since Christmas Eve and thought he’d hit the jackpot when he ‘flogged’ it on eBay for £101,100, with the proceeds destined for a flood charity. But the bid turned out to be a hoax.

 

 

  • LEONARD Warr, of Taunton, was “delighted” to learn his uncle, LCpl William Henry Warr, was to be buried 100 years after he was killed in a French village in the First World War – his remains had been recovered during building work in 2009.