THE deadline is looming for woodland owners and managers, community groups and farmers in Somerset to enter a prestigious award. The four categories in the Royal Forestry Society’s Woodland Awards recognise good practice in multipurpose, community,
PLANS have been submitted to turn a former Chard pub into a home. The Ship Inn, in Furnham Road, closed last month due to the pressures of the economic downturn. Now, proprietor Darryl Norman, who had run the Ship Inn with wife Jeanette, for the past
A COFFEE and cake sale at the Market Square in Ilminster on Saturday in aid of the Children with Cancer charity raised £264. Organiser Jeremy Mitchell, who will also be raising funds for the charity by running this year's London Marathon, would like
FUNDS for Ilminster Carnival Committee will be boosted next month with a flower arranging demonstration by Angie Blackwell, of Cottage Flowers, at the Minster Rooms, Ilminster. The event is on Tuesday, March 13, from 7.30pm. Tickets are priced £5 and
AN announcement about who has been awarded the contract to develop the Boden Mill site as part of the Chard regeneration scheme will be made in the near future. South Somerset District Council says plans for a formal announcement are nearing completion
AN URGENT appeal has gone out from staff at the Vaughan Lee House residential care home in Ilminster. Staff at the home in Orchard Vale, run by Ilminster and District Housing Society, are looking forward to getting into the spirit of the Queen’s Diamond
TRADERS are being encouraged to help support a project to turn around the fortunes of Chard town centre. Members of Chard Town Council this week agreed to investigate the possibility of bidding for Government funds to become a Portas Pilot – an initiative
JOINED at the Hip are set to kick off fundraiser Roger Collett’s 2012 programme of fine music at Bridgwater Arts Centre. The evening with duo Peter Gill and Graeme Budd will feature blues, rock and jazz on Saturday, March 10. The show starts 8pm and
NEW signing Michael Woods is hoping to re-start his football career with Yeovil Town. Woods, who signed non-contract terms at Huish Park yesterday, boarded the coach with this new team-mates this morning as they left to make the long journey north ahead
MEMBERS of South Somerset District Council met last night to officially set the authority’s precept for the 2012-13 Council Tax. The council’s precept will be added to those made by Somerset County Council, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service,
IF you are planning a St. Patrick’s Day dinner, there are free ideas for Irish-themed dishes from a fruit and vegetable box delivery service in Bridgwater Staff at Cossey Produce have created some Irish inspired recipes that people can make using some
ILMINSTER manager Darren Manley says he will take “whatever result comes along” when his promotion-chasing side visits Frome Collegians in division one of the Errea county league on Saturday (2.30pm). The Blues have seen their last three
FIVE artists from Somerset and Dorset feature in the latest exhibition at Ilminster Arts Centre – after they were introduced to each other at the venue. Gwyn Ardyth, Tiana Marie, Jan Calow, Elizabeth Fortescue and Karen Young have put together Landscape
PLANS for an extension at Redstart Primary School in Chard have been given a big thumbs-up by local councillors. The school has applied to South Somerset District Council for permission for two single-storey extensions, along with a small extension to
Review by Sarah Everett. WITH a very small stage and access restricted to just one side, putting on any performance at Combe village hall is difficult. Panto, with all its twists and turns, is especially challenging but, as usual, Cloverleaf Productions
TOWN centre revellers are being warned that if they are caught urinating in shop doorways or in the street they could end up spending more than just a penny. PC Paul Thomas, of Chard police, has told the News that there has been a rise in the number
YEOVIL Town’s npower League One clash at Carlisle United on Saturday will represent the Glovers’ 400th league game – excluding play-off fixtures – since joining the Football League at the start of the 2003-04 season. The Glovers are also two goals short
