Easy enough to recognise these desperadoes now, without their Movember disguises. But would you know them on the last day of the month when their due to display their new 30-day moustaches, grown for charity – like thousands of other sets of dodgy facial hair around the UK. Their stage name is the Hairy Dolphins and …
Terrible weather over the last few days has not been kind to the stunning new play area due to be opened at Wellington Recreation Ground next week. “ I hope the torrential rain has not affected the sand pit,” said town mayor Viv-Stock Williams, when describing the facility. However, the rain gods have turned the …
One small Wellington manufacturer could probably have sold his output many times over during the floods. Steve Rea invented the Seahopper folding dinghy back in 1974 and since then he has built an incredible 8,000 boats. It probably makes him statistically the UK largest boatbuilder. The basic boat is tiny; just 6ft 8ins long and …
Torrential overnight rain caused flooding on roads all around Wellington today. The A38 was closed from early morning between Chelston roundabout and Rumwell, causing many commuters to abandon their journey to Taunton. Willowbrook Garden Centre was badly flooded for the third time this year, having re-opened on Nov 3rd after repairing damage caused by a …
Beer brewed by a Wellington company has been voted best bitter in the region at the prestigious Taste of the West awards. Will’s Neck, named after the highest point on the Quantocks, is produced by Quantock Brewery based on the Churston Business Park. “We’ve done really well with it in both the cask and bottle,” …
Having spent most of the last decade putting his solo performances into the background to pursue a musical career with the wonderfully successful (but soon to be extinct) Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys, Wellington-based singer / songwriter Nick Girone-Maddocks has now come back to the fore with his third solo album. As the songwriter and lead vocalist in Thunderbridge, Nick …
WELLINGTON O BATH CITY 4 WELLINGTON bowed out of the Somerset Premier Cup, beaten by Bath City. But Jamie Ward’s side could hold their heads high after a performance against a team four divisions above them which yielded far more positive factors than negative. Wellington got off to the worst possible start by falling behind …
Reports are gathering pace that the Wetherspoons pub chain is poised to take over the largely-empty Old Town Hall. Here’s the evidence; Taunton Deane planners are known to have had informal discussions about the project with Wetherspoons, retailers within the Victorian building are negotiating compensation for the possible surrender of their leases, and the company …
Children from Class One at Sampford Arundel Primary School have been enjoying learning outdoors and discovering what happens in the Autumn at first hand. They have been watching the season changing on their weekly Welly Walks – including exciting games in the crunchy leaves at the village cricket ground. If you would like any further …
Ashbrittle man, Peter Kemp, has been ordered to complete 100 hours community service for dishonestly climing more than £2,000 in benefits without disclosing he was living with a partner who had a job Peter Kemp, of Mayfield Terrace, Wiveliscombe, pleaded guilty to failing to inform the district council’s Housing Benefit Department and the Department of …
In the wake of the enormous success of Paralympic sport during last summer Wellington Swords Fencing Club is hosting the 2012 British Disabled Fencing Association National Championships at the Princess Royal Sports Centre this weekend. Wheelchair fencers will be coming from all over the country from Truro to Durham to compete in this major competition …
