Wellington’s major drug-dealer has just been found guilty of cocaine trafficking and jailed for four and half years. James O’Sullivan, 34, was sentenced at Taunton Crown Court after admitting to supplying drugs to local users. Police arrested O’Sullivan after a member of the public called Crimestoppers to report suspected drugs activity at a property near …
Wellington is about to grow once again. Planning permission for 500 new homes at Longforth Farm has already been granted and an application for another 300 homes at Cades Farm has just been submitted. These new developments are good news for the town, its shops and businesses but, despite the attractions of a lively community …
Wellington Park’s outstanding quality has been recognised with a national Green Flag Award, a sign to visitors that a park is well-maintained and well-managed, with excellent facilities. Watch residents’ views on video And Swains Lane Nature Reserve in Wellington has again gained the Community Award and a Green Pennant after winning it for the third …
Students and staff at Kingsmead School in Wiveliscombe gave Head Teacher Geoff Tinker a rousing send-off after 11 years of devoted service. The whole school took part in an assembly which included anecdotes and messages of thanks from numerous staff and students, video messages from Kingsmead partner schools in Zambia, Germany and France, musical items …
GREAT stand-up comedy is no longer only available in the big cities! Here in Wellington our very own Wellesley Theatre hosts its third successful Comedy Night this week. Taking place on the second to last Thursday of the month, the event which this time is on Thursday July 19th has headline act Mike Gunn, who …
All 35 pupils at Sampford Arundel School have left a lasting memorial to Diamond Jubilee year in the form of a tiled ceramic mural set into the wall of the main building. Each tile carries the initial of the child or teacher who made it. The artwork was made by children and staff under the …
Sampford Arundel School celebrated their annual sports day on one of the few sunny evenings of the summer. Children competed in a range of running, skipping and obstacle races culminating in the traditional school “marathon”. Parents and children then enjoyed a barbeque and refreshments organised by the friends of the school. The photograph shows Evan …
Wellington Farmers’ Market is now open on two Saturdays each month (the first and the third) in the Scouts’ Hall behind Fore Street – good news for local people who value quality food, produced locally and to a high standard without the use of preservatives and additives of any kind.. It’s not only high quality …
As the summer term ends Wellington School’s Deputy Head, Stephen Page, is retiring having been on the staff for 21 years. He was appointed in 1991 when former Deputy Head Alan Rogers became Headmaster following the sudden death of John Kendal-Carpenter in 1990. At the time the school had been without a Deputy for several …
Meet Wellington’s newest and youngest entrepreneurs, Samira Nadim and Olivia Mumford , both 18. Together they’ve formed Follies Vintage Corner and are selling and hiring out elegant clothes of another era from a stall in the new craft market above the Old Sale Rooms. “We’ve been friends since we started at Courtfields School together,” said …
