WATCHET carnival organisers are confident the event will go ahead next year, but are keeping the venue secret until negotiations with a local landowner have been completed. Billed as "The Final Fling" this year's carnival, on the town's East Quay, was
IRATE traders in Minehead say they are loosing around £200,000 a week because frustrated visitors don't know where to park in the town. And they have called for urgent action to provide more signposts directing visitors to the town's car parks. Arthur
TWO Taunton men have been found guilty of brutally murdering teenager Lloyd Fouracre. Andrew Betty, 19, of Priorswood Road, and Jay Wall, 19, of St David's Close, were convicted just after 2pm today (Thursday) by a jury at Exeter Crown Court. Ross McCormack
POLICE have renewed their appeal for information on the murder of Taunton man Roger Denslow. The body of Mr Denslow, 40, of Wheatley Crescent, was found on wasteland near the Obridge underpass on Friday, June 30, exactly a week after he was last seen
THE jury in the murder trial of a Taunton teenager have still failed to reach a verdict after three days. Andrew Betty, 19, Ross McCormack, 19 and Jay Wall have all denied murdering Lloyd Fouracre in Taunton on September 25 last year. The trial began
A TAUNTON businessman is bidding to save one of the world's most historic ships and dock her in Falmouth. Commercial property developer Tim Roper, of Isle Abbots, near Taunton, has secured ownership of HMS Carrick, the only wooden sailing passenger ship
A CONVICTED paedophile is still roaming the streets of Taunton Deane despite a judge warned him he could go to prison for at least a year. Frederick Davey, 67, of Main Road, East Lyng, was found guilty of performing a sex act on a 12-year-old boy and
JOB losses are on the cards at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital despite months of denials by hospital bosses. In a letter sent out to all staff on Tuesday the chief executive Mike Williams and Mike Slade, chair of the joint staff side trade unions, said
TAUNTON Deane's promotion hopes suffered a huge blow on Saturday when they lost at home to Trowbridge in Premier Two. The Deane won the toss and, after deciding to field first, got off to a great start when Grant Bailey dismissed Tom Edwards in the fourth
ROADWORKS on a bridge at Combe Florey have left residents without a car cut off from the outside world. Strengthening and improvement works started last week on a hundred-year-old steel bridge just of the A358 at Combe Florey, but this has meant villagers
BISHOPS Lydeard suffered their fourth defeat of the season in the Somerset Division on Saturday when they went down in frustrating fashion, by one wicket, in the last over at home to leaders Chard. The hosts lost the toss and were asked to bat after
TAUNTON St Andrews produced a miraculous fightback to win their West of England Premier One clash with Keynsham at the Wyvern on Saturday. A brilliant 73 by Paul Lawrence and Graham Porter's 67 from number nine saved the day with the bat, before Dixon
TAUNTON'S Gipsy Lane bore witness to one of the strangest finishes to any game of cricket, when the hosts took on Corsham in Premier One of the West of England League last Saturday. The game ended with neither officials, players, nor spectators knowing
TAUNTON have been drawn away to Henley Wanderers in the preliminary round of the Intermediate Vase to be played on October 28. In the new Senior Vase competition, Wellington play Cullompton in the preliminary round on September 16.
MINEHEAD complete their pre-season preparations with a friendly match at home to Devon League outfit Witheridge on Saturday. It will give Seasiders' player-manager Steve Perkins a final chance to look at players before their first league game. Minehead
TAUNTON are stepping up their search for a player-coach after talks with their most promising candidate stalled. The club have now advertised the position in the regional press in a bid to find a replacement for Kevin Powderly. "We thought we had the
NINETEEN-year-old batsman Robin Lett has signed a full-time professional contract with Somerset until the end of the season. The former Millfield School student has been a prolific run scorer at all levels of the game and spent one year on the Academy
SOMERSET captain Ian Blackwell could return to county cricket as early as August 22. The big-hitting all-rounder is making an excellent recovery from shoulder surgery and it targeting the Championship match at home to Gloucestershire for a comeback.
WELLINGTON manager Kevin Evans is close to deciding on his squad for the first Toolstation League Division One game of the season at Portishead next Saturday (August 12). This Saturday, Wellington travel to play County League Division One side Westland
THE future of Taunton Town's captain and player of the year last season Gary Fisher is still uncertain. Fisher has been the subject of interest from Conference South side Weston-super-Mare but has yet to commit himself either way. "Gary loves the club
TAUNTON Town have two more friendlies before manager Gary Domone selects the squad he wants to begin the league season with. Tonight (Thursday) Taunton take on Barnstaple and on Saturday they play Bridgwater Town in the annual Brainwave Cup. Both are
TAUNTON Town manager Gary Domone has provided a much-needed boost to his side's firepower by signing 19-year-old striker Matt Fisher from Weston-super-Mare. Town have hit only one goal in their last two friendly matches with just two strikers Alexis
A TAUNTON man has scooped a prestigious Best Design award at Bournemouth University's annual Festival of Design and Innovation. Robert Forsyth, who has just completed a degree in design engineering, won the £700 award for his original sustainable hybrid
A START date has still not been set for work to begin on a new cancer centre at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital because the finance has not been signed off. Members of the Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment (SURE) have been eagerly waiting for
HOLIDAY giant Butlins is to offer luxury timeshare apartments at its Minehead resort. Butlins bosses expect the new scheme, called BlueSkies, to result in a stampede from the company's loyal guests, anxious to be among the first to own a piece
HORTICULTURAL enthusiasts flocked to Vivary Park by the thousands yesterday to soak up the colourful atmosphere at the event dubbed the 'Chelsea of the West'. Celebrating its 140th year, the highly renowned Taunton Flower Show, continuing today, has
BECKY Horsey from Curry Rivel is hoping she has enough specs appeal when she goes before the judges on Tuesday in the semi-final of a national optician's competition. It is the third time the 18-year-old student who has reached the heat in the 'Sexy
