Kingsmead School, Wiveliscombe, has celebrated students achieving their Arts Awards run by Trinity College London. They were presented with their certificates by local artist Tess Armitage who works closely with the school sharing her expertise and who spent time recently with students developing Somerset landscape paintings. Head of Art Jeanette Crawford said “The Arts Award …
Three of Wellington School’s youngest fencers performed superbly in the recent South West region qualifiers for the British Youth Championships. Jessica Gundry came first in the U18 girls foil, Alex Jasper came third in the U12 and Henry Savage won fourth place U16 foil. Jade Clarke reached the final last year so will also go …
There’s a vacancy for a part-time youth worker at Wellington Young Peoples’ Centre. the role is to help run two sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for a total of six hours. Qualifications aren’t necessary although some experience of working with young people is desirable. Full details at the WYPC website here
Hilarious scrapes from the original puppet in a pickle! Based on the beloved original story by Carlo Collodi, the award-winning theatre company Strangeface bring an extraordinary mix of masks, puppets and live music to this tale of wild mischief and temptation. In a style closer to Roald Dahl than Walt Disney, The Amazing Adventures of …
Tougher than waiting for the Vatican to announce the name of the new Pope but after weeks of nail-biting and a gruelling day of auditions, for Wellington Operatic Society’s production of Oliver! – the results have just come in, and we can now reveal to you the following cast: Oliver – Finn Askew & Philip …
Mark Nichols won this exciting game for Wellington by kicking an injury-time penalty. It ended a splendid fight-back by the home side who trailed 26pts to 15 at one stage in the second half. Wellington led 15-14 at the interval following tries by Chris Kitto and Nichols who also kicked a penalty and conversion. Sam …
Can you imagine over a thousand extra residents in Whiteball? it happened. If you’ve ever travelled the rail route between London and Exeter your popping ears may have told you that just outside Wellington, the train travels through a tunnel nearly a mile long. But you may be unaware that the tunnel is nearly 160 …
Building a major £1m extension at the Nynehead Court care home near Wellington may have been a factor in creating financial difficulties for major West Country builders C S Williams of Taunton. Local tradesmen who worked on the project say they face unpaid bills as sub-contractors and some may lose thousands of pounds. “I am …
As a father of two daughters (4 years and 11 months), writes Alasdair Shaw, I have got a good idea about which places locally are suitable for taking a pushchair and which aren’t. However I have been caught out when outside my local patch. It also occurred to me that new parents, or just parents …
The family of the late Dr John Cole have let us know that there is to be a memorial service: ‘A service to celebrate his life will take place at St Mary Magdalene Church. Taunton on Friday 1 February 2013 at 2 pm. Family flowers only but donations Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) and/or St …
Wellington Pantomime Group’s reputation for providing audiences with a couple of hours of colourful fun brought out the crowds last week, writes Gill Paltridge. Their latest production of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ at the Wellesley Theatre invited us to defy wintery weather and slippery streets and escape with Alice down the rabbit hole for a while. …
