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  • Person cut free after vehicle flips onto roof on A303

    FIREFIGHTERS cut free a person trapped in a vehicle that had flipped over onto its roof. The casualty was treated by ambulance personnel following the incident on the A303 Cartgate near South Petherton at around 3.30pm today (Friday). Fire crews

  • FOOTBALL: Robins and Blues both on home soil

    CHARD Town welcome neighbours and Toolstation Western League First Division rivals Sherborne Town to Zembard Lane tomorrow (ko 3pm), writes Colin Dunford. It is a second home game in three days for the Robins, having drawn 1-1 with Welton Rovers

  • New Year and new art exhibition at Ilminster Arts Centre

    THE beauty of the natural world is the cue for a new exhibition opening at Ilminster Arts Centre on January 21. The eight artists who are ‘Inspired by Nature’ include Somerset sculptor Stephanie Hobhouse who is known for her skill in bringing her

  • FOOTBALL: Robins pegged back by second-half penalty

    Toolstation Western League First Division Chard Town 1, Welton Rovers 1 PROMOTION contenders Chard Town had a crucial midweek home match, and an opportunity to make up points on second place Keynsham, against mid-table Welton Rovers, who visited

  • GIVE IT A GO: Make a splash with Chard Swimming Club

    LAST week we put the spotlight on three sports you might consider giving a go in 2019, and now it’s the turn of swimming. Chard & District Swimming Club welcome swimmers from age 7+, and the club meets on six days a week. Those times are

  • 'MAJOR CONCERNS': 200-home plan for Chard delayed by council

    A MAJOR housing developer has been told to “come up with something better” if it wants to build 200 homes in Chard. Kier Living South West applied to build the homes between the A358 Tatworth Road and the B3162 Forton Road at the southern end of