4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (301+ words) A NINE-DAY festival exploring the archaeology and history of the Blackdown Hills is set to open this month. The Blackdown Hills Festival of Heritage will run from Friday, September 11 to Saturday, September 19 as part of Heritage Open Days, the annual…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (306+ words) HEAD instructors Rob Walsh and Elaine Farley have announced the grand opening of their Tai Chi & Martial Arts Studio at West Buckland later this month. Tai Chi is an ancient art often described as "moving meditation." It combines slow, deliberate…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (125+ words) AN Icelandic choir and a quartet with three Hungarians are to give a free, one-hour concert in Minehead on Friday (September 11). They will feature in a ‘magical hour of music from around Europe’ in St Michael the Archangel Church, in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (295+ words) PARISHIONERS on the Blackdown Hills were invited to watch as long-serving Church minister the Rev John Stone hung up his cassock for the final time. Mr Stone retired fully on Sunday (August 30) after more than 40 years in the Church of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (146+ words) RAIN did not stop play as villagers in Langford Budville enjoyed an afternoon jamboree on bank holiday Sunday. The event was organised by Jon and Millie Coward to celebrate the first anniversary of the reopening of the village’s Martlett Inn....

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (277+ words) Fancy finding your voice, meeting new people and giving your wellbeing a boost? A free singing day in Wellington is inviting everyone, from experienced singers to complete beginners, to come along and have a go. Together in Tone takes place…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (352+ words) HAVE you noticed that every day, week, or month, seems to have a theme or focus attached to it? For instance, June is Pride month. We have carers week, and men’s health week coming up, and special days such as…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (267+ words) COUNCILLORS are hoping they will come up smelling of roses after agreeing to help sponsor two categories at this year’s Wellington Flower Show. Members of Wellington Town Council’s economic development committee heard on Wednesday (June 10) that a request had been…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (503+ words) THREE young Wellington primary school pupils put on their running shoes for charity and have smashed their target. Roy Guttmann and two friends Archie Steer and Max Cocksedge took up the challenge to run a 10K as part of Rockwell Green…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (130+ words) A WEST Buckland man has been given a suspended prison sentence for racially abusing another man more than a year ago in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. Matthew Wells, aged 40, of Sawyers Hill, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Taunton Deane…...