TEACHER Shirley Bignell has been given youngsters at Chard School potentially life-saving lessons in road safety. Lessons started with a talk on road safety, followed by a walk round the town centre for pupils to practise what they had been taught, including
HOLYROOD School in Chard played host to a tag rugby festival with over 50 primary school boys and girls taking part. Five teams participated in a round robin format to experience competitive tag games in the 'Tag2Twickenham' competition. The top two
ZEM Carnival Club will be holding its annual prize bingo at Crowshute House, Chard, on Saturday, February 25. The doors open at 6.30pm with eyes down at 7.15pm. There will be three prizes per house, plus a jackpot game to win a Hetty vacuum cleaner
CHARD Town FC will be holding a sponsors evening on Saturday (February 25) from 7.30pm at the club in Zembard Lane. Supporters are invited to the free event with music from excellent acoustic duo Layla Huxley and three-piece band Fernwood.
OUR in-paper Postbag section always gets the community talking – so don’t hold back when it comes to sharing your views, comments and thoughts! We are inviting you to write to us about anything you want to talk about. It can be about local,
AROUND £800 was raised on Saturday for local groups at the Mayor of Chard's charity dinner and dance. Cllr Cathie Morrison held the event at the Lordleaze Hotel with proceeds going to the Girl Guiding and Scouting Associations of Chard and the Chard
PEOPLE have given new and amended proposals for a housing development on the edge of Chard the same response as they did to the original proposals – widespread opposition. Redrow Homes South-West have scaled down their proposed 63-home development on
FIREFIGHTERS have had to deal with a chimney fire at a home in Crewkerne. One fire crew from Crewkerne were mobilised at just after 12.15pm on Wednesday to the incident in Bushfield Road. The fire involved a multi-fuel stove.
YEOVIL Town have announced this afternoon that they have signed former Chelsea midfielder Michael Woods on non-contract terms. The 21-year-old will go into Gary Johnson’s reckoning ahead of this weekend’s npower League One clash at Carlisle United.
SPORT Relief 2012 is nearing fast – and WE want to hear what YOU are doing to help raise money for one of the UK’s biggest fund-raising events. Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives. All the money raised
FIREFIGHTERS have had to deal with a garage fire in Crewkerne. A fire engine from Yeovil was called out at just before 1pm on Wednesday to the incident in Bushfield Road. They discovered a small fire involving rubbish which was out by the time
A RETIRED nurse from Chard has shared her memories of the Queen’s accession to the throne this week – some 60 years after the historic event. Elizabeth Meara, 71, wrote to the News after our appeal to readers to talk about their recollections of the
NEWS chief reporter Steve Sowden has received a further financial incentive to stay clear of the dreaded cigarettes. Steve has now gone more than a month since quitting the habit on January 9 and was quickly given some extra pressure to succeed when
CHARD Town Reserves welcomed Sidmouth Town to the lane on Saturday – a team unbeaten since Chard defeated them back in December - and completed the double with a 2-1 success in this Division Two fixture in the Devon and Exeter League. Chard
WITH the Christmas period firmly behind us, many people will be thinking about 2012 as the year they finally look to move home. Following a sustained tough period, many estate agents in the county are reporting movement in the housing market with a fresh
TATWORTH Amateur Pantomime Society is ready to take to the stage this week with its annual show. The society performs Tom, The Piper’s Son at the memorial hall from today (February 23) until Saturday with an extra 2.30pm matinee on the Saturday. The
PEOPLE planning to enjoy the Queen's Diamond Jubilee later this year can take advantage of a new 'one-stop shop' being offered at South Somerset District Council. The four-day celebratory weekend takes place on June 2-5, and as the Jubilee approaches
YEOVIL Town have signed Middlesbrough duo Jonathan Grounds and Jonathan Franks on a month's loan. As reported yesterday, the pair have been at Huish Park this week training with Gary Johnson's Glovers. Now the all the parties have agreed to a month's
FORCE collision investigators are appealing for the public's help following a serious road traffic collision yesterday (Wednesday) morning in Tatworth. The incident happened at 9.35am on the A358 Axminster Road at Tatworth. Two vehicles were involved
CREWKERNE student Mitch Wingham got the chance to strut his moves with one of the nation’s most unlikely dancing stars on Friday night . . . former MP Ann Widdecombe. Ms Widdecombe, a Conservative MP from 1987 to 2010, became a huge star on BBC1’s Strictly
YEOVIL Town striker Andy Williams has been selected as a member of the League One Team of the Week after his performance in the 3-2 success over Colchester United at Huish Park on Saturday in the npower League One. Williams scored in the win to take
