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  • Time to rein in horse crime across South Somerset

    HORSE and pony owners in the Chard, Ilminster and Crewkerne area are being urged to join a crimebusting group. Horse Watch has been set up by the police across South Somerset with the aim of preventing, reducing and detecting equine-related crime. Anyone

  • Unpleasant smells in South Petherton

    PROBLEMS with unpleasant smells were reported in South Petherton earlier this month. A stench of sewerage was picked up outside the David Hall on Saturday, April 9, from South Street down to Prigg Lane and was particularly bad when the venue was screening

  • Chance for South Somerset inventors to gain advice

    INVENTORS across South Somerset are being invited to join a group where they can get helpful advice. South West Inventors is a private members club for those interested in inventing, which meets on the third Monday of each month at 7.30pm at

  • South Petherton looking for more councillors

    SOUTH Petherton is on the lookout for new councillors to serve the village this month. Once the new council is formed after Thursday, May 5, there will be vacancies for more parish councillors to be co-opted onto the body. Meetings take place on the

  • Green event planned in Ilminster this summer

    A GREEN event for all the family will take place in Ilminster this summer. The Ilminster Forum Green Event is part of the Ilminster Midsummer Experience and will be held on Saturday, June 11, from 9am to 1pm. Free vegetable seedlings

  • With Love from Humans at the Shed, Ilminster

    TWO former Wadham Community School students will feature in a gig in Ilminster this weekend. With Love from Humans – featuring Lewis George and Seb Truman, who met at the school, are to perform at The Shed in Ilminster Football Club on Saturday, April

  • Chard soldier speaks of his Afghan nightmare

    EX-SOLDIER Dan Stone is shown looking out over the rolling countryside of South Somerset - a million miles away from the killing zone of Afghanistan. Former Holyrood Academy student Dan has just returned home after seven years in the Armed Forces where