BISHOP'S Hull-based St Margaret's Hospice is urging its supporters to get active next month to help boost the charity's fundraising efforts.

CHIROPRACTIC Care Clinics are raising awareness of World Osteoporosis Day, taking place next month.

Somerset County Cricket Club have raised more than £5,000 for the Pakistan Flood Appeal through an online auction.

THE family of a man who died in a collision near Chard on Saturday (24 September) has issued a photo of him.

TWO public toilet doors are set to be replaced at Ilminster recreation ground after they were damaged in an act of “vandalism”.

YEOVIL Recycling Centre is permanently reversing its traffic flow.

CHARD Town Council will host a consultation on plans to develop the Upper Henson play area, giving residents a chance to get their opinions across.

LEONARDO employees have presented Yeovil District Hospital’s Breast Cancer Unit Appeal with a cheque for £88,236.19 to celebrate the conclusion of an intensive three-year fundraising campaign, marking the highest record of charitable fundraising a...

AS PART of the High Street Heritage Action Zone, the final major works to the Chard High Street public realm began this week (Monday, September 26).

THE life and works of a Rococo artist are the subjects of an illustrated lecture taking place near Ilminster in October.

A SPECIAL ‘Friday Feast’ autumn fundraising event is taking place at the PigPen in South Somerset next month.

ENTRIES are open for the Somerset Business Awards 2023.

A MAN blamed using a batch of contaminated drugs for making him go out and shoplift at a Chard supermarket.

Computing firm BIT Training has announced a partnership with ex-Premier League football player Brian Deane to deliver free IT and cyber security training in Somerset, as part of the government-funded Skills Bootcamps initiative.

A YOUNG man has died following a two-vehicle collision in Merriott in the early hours.

SOMERSET County Council’s public health team has joined other organisations to promote lifesaving messages to parents.

AT SHEPTON Beauchamp Church School, staff and contractors have been very busy renovating the school’s playground ready for the new academic year.  

TWO CHARD students are fundraising for a school trip to Cambodia to help build sustainable housing and schools.

A MAN who was airlifted to hospital after a two-vehicle collision near Chard has died.

HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Ilminster on October 4, 2014, for what proved to be one of the most eventful editions of the event.

ILMINSTER Carnival returned to the streets of the town after two years and started with the children’s procession.

FLAXDRAYTON Workshops welcomed the public to an open day yesterday (Saturday, September 24) and raised funds for The Refugee Council and Somerset Wildlife Trust.

HERE'S a look at the stunning Camera Club pictures featured in the County Gazette, Bridgwater Mercury, Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News and Chard and Ilminster News newspapers this week.

WOODLEIGH is an attractive double fronted period and substantial semi detached five-bedroom property with generous size accommodation set over three floors.

A MOTORCYCLIST has been airlifted to hospital after a two-vehicle crash on the A30 near Cricket St Thomas, Chard.

AS THE Ilminster Carnival celebrates its centenary this year, the Chard and Ilminster News looked back at previous editions of the event.

ONE HUNDRED Sunflower Strollers joined St Margaret’s Hospice for a walk in memory of loved ones.

ILMINSTER Carnival is celebrating its centenary this year and the Chard and Ilminster News has found a report from the first edition of the event.

This well-designed property is positioned within the cul de sac to make the most of the southerly facing position at the rear.

POLICE are appealing for the public’s help after a man was assaulted in Yeovil.

SOMERSET NHS Foundation Trust (FT) and Yeovil District Hospital have scooped three national military awards this month, beating stiff competition from hundreds of other nominations.

FOLLOWING the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II, I thought it rather apt to dedicate this week’s local history column to a particular occasion of Ilminster’s patriotism to Her Majesty.

I AM currently working with both district and county council officers to provide a warm space in Chard across the winter months, I have put a motion to Chard Town Council to make an area of the Guildhall available for those that need somewhere warm a...

AVON and Somerset Police have published this picture of an illegal number plate from a car in the Somerset area.

SOMERSET MP Marcus Fysh has been appointed to Liz Truss's government as the Minister for Exports.

TO CELEBRATE its 100th anniversary, Ilminster Carnival has produced a 48-page souvenir booklet that looks back at the history of the carnival.

THE A303 Southfields roundabout to Crewkerne (A356) will be affected by overnight closures and road resurfacing works next month

ILMINSTER Carnival’s Grand Procession will return this year after a two-year break to celebrate its centenary.

NATIONAL commercial property and investment company Evolve Estates has acquired a shopping centre in a Somerset market town, its ninth acquisition of the year.

Somerset County Council is to end its operations at Dillington House in a bid to prevent further losses for taxpayers.

It is advised to not drink at all if you can to potentially avoid going over the limit whilst driving.

Households can apply for free cash through the Household Support Scheme.

A 16-YEAR-OLD A-level student took a leap of faith from 15,000 feet last weekend as she participated in a charity skydive to raise money for adults with a learning disability and/or autism.

A SOMERSET author will give a talk at Yeovil library focusing on her latest book, Fire and Fleet and Candlelight​.

THREE or more days of roadworks outside Chard Recycling Centre could slow down access to the site.

AN EXCITING ensemble specialising in early music, Burrell, Kibble, and Gerrard will be performing a beautiful programme of varied baroque works entitled ‘Les Goûts Réunis’ in Somerset.

After a quiet hiatus due to the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the busy world of politics is expected to make a quick return.

WESSEX Water is undertaking two projects on roads in Chard and Ilminster later this month.

AN ILMINSTER florist was among the businesses that won the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2022.

HUNDREDS of people enjoyed the Somerset County Show last weekend.