Archive

  • Town return to winning ways

    BetVictor Southern League Premier South Taunton Town 3, Wimborne Town 0 TAUNTON Town returned to winning ways with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Wimborne Town at the Cygnet Health Care Stadium. Town had lost four of their previous five

  • Super Titans down league leaders at Hyde Park

    National 2 (S) Taunton Titans 20, Tonbridge Juddians 5 TAUNTON Titans thrust themselves into the thick of the National 2 South promotion race with a superb victory over league leaders Tonbridge Juddians at Hyde Park. Roared on by a vocal

  • Talented young author from Wellington publishes second novel

    ELIZABETH Jade, a 21-year-old from Wellington, Somerset, has recently published her second book, Akea - His Mother’s Son, a sequel to her first book, Akea - The Power of Destiny. Elizabeth started writing at the age of 14 when she began to struggle

  • Taunton Racecourse all set for Portman Cup

    TODAY is Portman Cup Raceday at Taunton, where the seven racecard with a whopping prize fund of more than £104,000 gets going at 1.05pm. With the weather forecast looking good, 74 runners declared and all the leading trainers represented Westcountry

  • Community transport group wins £1,000 from town draw

    THE Rotary Club of Wiveliscombe raised £1,000 from its Christmas draw throughout December. The proceeds of the draw to win a hamper have been presented to Wivey Link. Club president Jan Middleton said: "We are delighted to support Wivey Link

  • Mental health hospital beds to be relocated under new plans

    MENTAL health beds in Somerset are set to be relocated under plans put forward by health officials. The Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) currently funds mental health facilities for people of working age in Yeovil, Taunton and Wells.

  • Young Somerset birdwatcher to receive honorary doctorate

    A TEENAGE birdwatcher who campaigns for greater diversity in the conservation and environmental sectors is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bristol. Mya-Rose Craig, 17, will receive the Doctor of Science degree in February

  • Aldi cuts cost of creme eggs to beat the January blues

    CREME egg fans can pick up an egg-cellent deal at Somerset Aldi stores - starting today. The supermarket chain is cutting the price of creme eggs to 33p in a bid to beat the January blues. The price is 17p below that of rival Tesco (listed at