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Young golfer takes to green for Henry and Ethan's trusts

Young golfer takes to green for Henry and Ethan's trusts

Young golf star Josh Hilleard has been using his talent on the green to help raise funds for two disabled children. The Norton Hill School, Midsomer...

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Worries over children's dental health

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​The number of children aged 10 and 11 living in Radstock and Peasedown St John with tooth decay is higher than the national...

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Archaeologists examine finds

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​A mediaeval gold coin discovered by a man who initially thought it was wrapping paper glittering in the sunshine was one major...

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Young win and lose in B&NES budget

Young people will be winners and losers in a new budget for council services in Bath and North East Somerset. Disadvantaged children across the area will benefit from free swimming lessons -...

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Play park group to give residents voice

The new play and skate park in Midsomer Norton is nearing completion and a group has been set up to ensure that the finished article is just want the community wants. A Gullock Tyning...

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Burns Night raises £1.5k for causes

Burns Night raises £1.5k for causes

Burns Night was celebrated in Midsomer Norton with fundraisers gathered at St John's Church to pay homage to Scotland's greatest bard....

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Tale of teenage life kept in shoe box for 40 years

Tale of teenage life kept in shoe box for 40 years

For more than 40 years psychiatrist Anthony Thorley had kept a book he had written in a shoe box. Not even his wife, an author, knew...

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Rovers held at Winterfield Road

MATCH REPORT: ​Paulton Rovers 0 Bishops Cleeve 0Paulton had to settle for a point after they were held to a goalless draw by Bishops Cleeve on...

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Jones determined to keep winning

Jones determined to keep winning

Paulton Rovers manager Andrew Jones faces two big home games over the next week and is determined his side can continue its recent good...

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Rovers ease past basement boys

Bracknell Town 0 Paulton Rovers 3 Paulton Rovers earned a comfortable win over bottom side Bracknell to stay third in Division One South & West of the Southern League. Rovers were...

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Losing sequence broken in style by Gurner's men

Losing sequence broken in style by Gurner's men

Timsbury Athletic 5 Backwell United 1 When you have gone more than five months without claiming a single league point, you might as...

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Interception try halts hosts' momentum against Quins

Interception try halts hosts' momentum against Quins

Midsomer Norton 1st XV 5 Bristol Harlequins 1st XV 14 Midsomer Norton faced Somerset Premier leaders Bristol Harlequins and were keen...

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Jeffries at the double in crucial comeback success

Jeffries at the double in crucial comeback success

VTFC 2 Paulton Rovers 4 Paulton Rovers were forced to come from 2-0 down to claim three vital points in the race for the play-offs. VT...

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Valley beaten as hosts fail to turn pressure into points

Chew Valley 1st XV 12 Chard 1st XV 29 On a bright but chilly afternoon, the sticky underfoot conditions could have been blamed for a series of unforced errors by both sides during the first...

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Hope remains intact for local talent

Hope remains intact for local talent

Weeks of stunning live music came to a head on Saturday with the final of The Lock Up's Battle of the Bands final at the Wheat Sheaves in Frome. Whene...

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Choir's winter warmer concert mixes classical and contemporary

Beckington choir avoided the pre-Christmas rush and decided it would make more sense to wait until the New Year to put on an evening of seasonal music. The result is Music for a Winter...

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Something for all in Chapel's spring season

Something for all  in Chapel's  spring season

Frome's Rook Lane Chapel welcomes the Brook Street Band on Sunday for the latest of its ever-popular Sunday coffee concert series. The...

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Soundbites

THE TERRY HILL BIG BAND The Terry Hill Big Band will be in concert at Shoscombe Village Hall tomorrow at 7.30pm. The talented community-based big band, conducted by David Daymon-Johns and...

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Scrumptious sounds with Somerset's finest

Scrumptious sounds with Somerset's finest

Scrumpy and western legends The Wurzels play Frome's Cheese and Grain on Friday, February 12. Formed in 1966 by Adge Cutler, the band...

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School set for exciting bi-annual showcase

School set for exciting  bi-annual showcase

Susan Hill School of Dancing, Radstock, will this year be taking its bi-annual show, Let's Dance 2010 to Bath Forum on Wednesday,...

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A new year of play readings

A new year of play readings

Frome Drama Club will be meeting at The Lamb in Frome to read Bouncers by John Godber on Monday at 8pm. Frome Drama Club have regular...

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