CREWKERNE and District Twinning Association will be holding its annual quiz night on Saturday, March 10, at the Globe Inn, Misterton. People are asked to be there at 7.30pm in readiness for an 8pm start. Teams of four are needed at £10 per team, and
CHARD Baptist Church is proposing to take part in the neighbourhood 'Big Lunch' get-together event on Sunday, June 3, as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. This will comprise a church service, followed by a big TV screening of the celebration
ILMINSTER Lions Club is hoping to raise a bumper sum of money for the Beacon Centre at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. The club is hosting a rock 'n roll night at Broadway village hall on Friday, February 24, from 7.30pm, with music from Old Dogz
ILMINSTER Town Ladies completed the double over a Bradford side, who they overcame 4-3 early in the New Year, with a 5-0 success. Ilminster took the lead through an Aimee Rowe header before a great strike from Sarah Miller made it 2-0 at half
CHARD based chartered accountants Lentells will be hosting a seminar for GPs at the Monks Yard in Horton Cross on February 28. The seminar takes place from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and will look at the recent proposed changes to NHS pensions. Lentells has its
THE next production at the Warehouse Theatre in Ilminster will be Michael Frayn’s Alarms and Excursions – a collection of eight small plays which were originally written for four performers. While staging the plays with just four people would certainly
FORMER Wadham School student James Darby has received an offer from Cambridge University to read natural science at St John's College. James, of Crewkerne, is one of 18 students currently studying at Richard Huish College in Taunton to have received
DETAILS of the latest set of family history courses running in Chard have been released this week. Somerset Skills and Learning are offering the opportunity at the Boden Centre starting in March, with day courses running from 10am to 4pm with a break
ANYONE wanting to travel to watch Yeovil Town in npower League One action on Saturday at Carlisle United can do so with the Green and White Supporters’ Club. Coaches will be leaving Yeovil Bus Station at 5.45am and then from Huish Park at 6am
YEOVIL Town have confirmed that Middlesbrough duo Jonathan Grounds and Jonathan Franks are currently training with the Glovers. Grounds, 24, a left-sided defender, has made more than 80 senior appearances for the Championship outfit, while
THIS week's Chard and Ilminster News is out now, with 48 pages featuring all the top stories in South Somerset. The February 22, 2012, edition includes all these stories and more: • A pledge from Manor Court Primary School head teacher
COMBE St Nicholas bounced back from the disappointment of their abandoned match with Portishead Town Reserves the previous weekend to record an emphatic 4-2 victory over Long Ashton in Division Two West of the Errea Somerset County League.
FIRE crews were called to a two vehicle accident on the A358 in Tatworth this morning. Three fire engines were sent to the scene at 9.45am, after reports that one person was trapped in a vehicle. Crews worked to stabilise the vehicle
POLICE are appealing for information about vandals who damaged cars parked in Chard. After the story in the News about fed up car owners in Combe Street installing CCTV to capture vandals who have targeted their vehicles, the police are looking to make
WILLIAM Golding’s Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing novels of modern times - and has been adapted for the theatre for a production starting tonight. Multi-award winning Sell a Door Theatre Company brings to the stage one of Great Britain
UNION Jack flags will be flying proudly over Crewkerne later this year when Her Majesty the Queen visits the town as part of her official tour to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. It was revealed last week that the Queen, accompanied by her husband, the
THE Countess of Wessex will be visiting the area next month to officially open the new South Petherton Community Hospital. It has been listed on the British Monarchy’s official website that the Countess, who is married to Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex
