May 2019 – 97.3 Apple FM

Growing need for Adopt a Path volunteers

22nd May 2019 0

With seasonal growth now appearing on paths across Somerset, volunteers are invited to help protect and maintain the county’s public rights of way. Anyone can help get involved when they are out and about on […]

Seven year old Taunton boy makes special visit to Musgrove to mark end of his cancer treatment

21st May 2019 0

A seven year old boy from Taunton made a special visit to the children’s unit at Musgrove Park Hospital to mark the end of his cancer treatment. Tristan was diagnosed when he was three and […]

Squeeze‘s Chris Difford and Lightning Seeds to open for Madness in Taunton

21st May 2019 0

Pop legends, Madness, who will kick-start a weekend of live music in Taunton, have today (Tuesday) announced two special guests joining them for the evening. Madness, one of the most successful British bands of all […]

Exciting future for Priorswood Library

20th May 2019 0

Celebrations took place last week (Friday 17 May) after Priorswood Library’s long-term future was confirmed with the signing of a Community Library Partnership. Library friends, partners, school and nursery children and staff joined together at […]

Roadside grass cutting season is underway

17th May 2019 0

Grass-cutting season is here and Somerset County Council will again be cutting more than 9,400km of roadside verge to help keep drivers safe – that’s the distance from Taunton to Sao Paulo. Somerset County Council […]

Green shoots as Somerset recovers

16th May 2019 0

A series of environmentally-friendly initiatives and an end to cuts to frontline services were among the plans outlined in a speech at Somerset County Council’s annual meeting today. Council Leader David Fothergill outlined a series […]

Taunton crews called to skip ‘well alight‘

15th May 2019 0

Two fire appliances from Taunton were immediately mobilised following a call from a member of the public reporting a fire in a large skip in Thornfalcon at 18:08 this evening (Wednesday). On arrival, the incident […]

Man kicked in torso and woman’s handbag stolen in Taunton

15th May 2019 0

Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for witnesses following a street robbery in Taunton. The incident happened at around 00:10 on Friday (10 May) when a man and a woman left the Coal Orchard pub […]

Government praises Council’s ‘cost effective’ schools programme

15th May 2019 0

Somerset’s work to build and expand schools has been highlighted as a model of good practice by Government. The County Council has been praised by Lord Agnew, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Education for its ‘efficient’ and […]

How’s your smile?

15th May 2019 0

‘National Smile Month’ starts this week – and Somerset County Council is joining the national campaign for better oral health after figures reveal almost one fifth of Somerset’s five-year olds (19%) have decayed, missing or […]