Ken Bird 
Since re-opening the The Old Sale Rooms, in Mantle Street, at Easter as a stylish cafe cum antiques and curiousities emporium Jane Osborne has hardly had a quiet moment. Within a month she plans to expand and open the vast upstairs space as an Arts & Crafts Market. “It’s a huge room with a vaulted …
Ten years since they last were Somerset county champions, Wellington Cricket Cubs 1st XI have taken the title – despite a last-breath challenge from local rivals Ashbrittle. Wellington 202-6 Middlezoy 55-6 Wellington secured the Somerset Cricket League title for 2012 when they obtained 28 points from this drawn game with Middlezoy last weekend; with the …
The Merry Harriers at Clayhidon has just had a huge pat on the back from the influential Good Pub Guide, who have awarded it the title, Devon Dining Pub of 2012, beating 1700 other pubs in the county. A huge, and well-deserved, honour for Peter Gatling and his team at one of our favourite Blackdowns …
Gill Paltridge eats out On the evidence of the number of diners at ‘The Skylark’ on a wet Thursday evening and again on a Friday lunchtime, this is a place lots of local people choose to eat. Its location just off the motorway, across the road from the busy Chelston Business Park, adjacent to Westpark …
Where else but Clayhidon’s annual Moonstock Festival can you listen to great music, drink local ales and ciders straight from the cask, and enjoy a mind-blowing view across the Culm Valley to the Blackdown Hills beyond? Events kick off at 5pm on Friday, May 25, and run for three days until Sunday evening – for …
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Typical Bank Holiday drizzle failed to dampen the spirits of hundreds of people who packed the narrow thoroughfares of Milverton to enjoy the annual Street Fair. A rare combination of Caribbean samba music, Morris Dancers and endless plant stalls created a uniquely British atmosphere for an event that raises large sums for charity and is …
The National Garden Scheme or NGS provides a wonderful three-way opportunity: keen gardeners get to share their achievements and knowledge, the public have the chance to see some amazing gardens, and it raises large sums for charity. There are some marvellous gardens opening in the area for the NGS in the coming months. Hangeridge Farmhouse, …
TAUNTON DEANE BOROUGH COUNCIL 6th September 2012 The following applications and notifications have been received for consideration and can be inspected at the Planning Reception, The Deane House, Belvedere Road, Taunton, TA1 1HE. 18th October 2012 WELLINGTON 43/12/0100 – PH – PD Erection of conservatory at 31 Russet Close, Wellington WELLINGTON WITHOUT 44/12/0018 – AD – DD Erection of …
Court Fields School is calling on the community to show its support for plans to add a £900,000 3G sports pitch to its facilities. The Headteacher, Mrs Polly Matthews, has penned the following open letter … “I wonder if you could help. As you may know, we are hoping to install a 3G pitch at …
