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  • Ilminster cricketers wait to hear of their promotion

    ILMINSTER Cricket Club are expected to hear this week that they have been promoted from the Bristol and Somerset Division of the West of England League. It is understood that the League Board met on Monday night and decided that Westland, who won the

  • Blues look good

    ILMINSTER Town are beginning to show that they have the potential to be challenging for honours at the end of the season in the Somerset County League Division Two. They showed a great deal of patience and resilience to overcome a physical Imperial outfit

  • Countdown to kerbside recycling

    EVERYONE in and around Ilminster is being given the chance to take action to protect the environment with the launch of a new kerbside recycling scheme. In October residents will be encouraged to sort and recycle their waste as part of a drive to meet

  • Chard chairman Lovery resigns

    VICE-CHAIRMAN Rob Glentworth has taken over as chairman of CHard Town Football Club following the resignation of Jim Lovery. Mr Lovery, who has held the post for just over a year, said the pressure of his business forced him to stand down. He said he

  • Corrick grabs vital goal for the Robins

    CADBURY Heath came to Chard in a confident mood in a top of the table position with two wins and two draws from four league outings. The game was entertaining with Chard being equal to their visitors - with both sides going close to grabbing a late winning

  • Meet the ancestors

    A LECTURE by archaeologist and TV presenter Julian Richards on 'Meeting the Ancestors' takes place on Saturday, September 28, at Bishop Fox's School, Taunton, at 2.30pm. Tickets at £5 (children £2.50) are available in advance from the Somerset County

  • A wave of effort

    REGENERATION bosses in Chard are hoping for a boost this month as the South West Regional Development Agency prepares to announce whether the town has been allowed to join the Market and Coastal Towns funding initiative. The TAPP regeneration group has

  • Strange case of a missing apple pie

    A HUNGRY engineer from Combe St Nicholas is putting up a reward after a thief pilfered a pie from the back of his van. Fearful that his three daughters would devour it if he left it at home, 41-year-old Terry Harris, hid the 12-inch apple pie in his van

  • TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR CROFTY

    Multi-million-pound plans to improve the Camborne-Redruth area are being threatened by uncertainty over the future of South Crofty Mine, an official report has revealed. The mine site is described as the gateway to Pool in the regeneration plan but many

  • Down on the farm

    JEREMY Browne, who is standing for the Liberal Democrats in Taunton at the next General Election, is spending two days down on the farm. 'Farmer' Browne is working at Guy Thomas-Everard's Broford Farm, near Dulverton, to find out about the problems facing

  • Leading the way

    ILMINSTER Youth Football club are being considered for a national honour after winning three prestiguous regional awards at a recent FA presentation in Street. The club won an award for being the first FA Charter Development club in the South-West, while

  • Historic churches open doors for fund-raisers

    HISTORIC churches not normally open to the public are throwing open their doors this Saturday for a fundraising walking and cycling event. Volunteers can take a sponsored tour of local churches either on foot or by bike, with half the proceeds going to

  • Anniversary time

    THE two most familiar names in entertainment booking in Somerset are having an anniversary bash at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on Sunday September 15. A glittering array of acts has been laid on to celebrate ten years of Wessex Entertainments and

  • Traffic is diverted after bypass accidents

    TRAFFIC poured into Ilminster last Friday following two separate accidents on the A303 by-pass. The collisions occurred within 15 minutes of each other and involved a total of five casualties, although none of the injuries were thought to be life threatening

  • Vandals hit speed camera

    SOMERSET'S Safety Camera Partnership has vowed to step up mobile enforcement after vandals targeted the speed camera on the Ilminster bypass at the weekend. The fire brigade was quickly on the scene after villains set fire to tyres piled round the camera

  • Ritchie drops threat to quit

    Steve Ritchie has withdrawn his threat to quit as manager of Chard Town and will be leading his side out for their important first qualifying round of the FA cup game at Merthyr Tydfil on Saturday. "It was a little misunderstanding which has been sorted

  • Church launches appeal

    BISHOPS Lydeard's parish church has launched a £200,000 appeal after the shock discovery that the whole roof is in danger of collapsing within a couple of years. Victorian cowboy builders are being blamed for a bodge job which led to rotting timbers and

  • Final appeal for info

    ENVIRONMENT officers have issued a final appeal for information about pollution which killed hundreds of fish near West Buckland. Following a two-week investigation which has seen officers contacting local farms and landowners near the affected area of

  • Guildhall bill topping £2m

    THE total cost of rebuilding the Guildhall in Chard has topped £2 million. But the cost to local tax payers is only a fraction of that sum. More than £1.5 million of the cash has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Chard Town Council, which instigated

  • Call for councillor in Cyprs to resign

    A TOWN councillor who has left Chard to return to Cyprus should resign. That's the view of independent town and district councillor for Chard Tony Prior. He has asked town clerk Nick Randle to put a motion calling for businessman Theo Panteli's resignation

  • Troublemakers may be banned

    TROUBLEMAKERS could be banned from Chard town centre in a joint bid by traders and police to clean up the streets. Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs), introduced by the Government to remove offenders from their stomping grounds, have already been effective

  • FAMILY MOURN 'A LOVELY BOY'

    A young man from Truro was killed on Friday night in a tragic road accident at Carnon Cross. Jonathan Allam, 22, was walking towards Truro along the A39, after a night out with friends, when he was hit by a car. He was rushed to the Royal Cornwall Hospital