Fire crews have rescued a dog from a pit in Woolavington earlier this evening (Wednesday). One fire engine and a specialist rescue team from Bridgwater were called to a field on the B3141 following reports of a dog caught within a field of brambles
BIRD in Hand A hosted the Malt Shovel A team in Division A of the Bridgwater Town Skittles League who, after the second hand were 43 up with spares from Andy Britton, Andy Parker, Rick Prew, Jon Creedy and Derek Chidgey. In contrast, the home team
BEST win of week in the Bridgwater Town Ladies’ Skittles League’s Division 1 was GWR Club A’s 54-pin away win over Crown Inn B pulling pins on six of the seven hands. Highest individual scores of the week in the Division, both for GWR, were anchor
NORTH Petherton are through to the second round of the league knockout cup following a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Wyvern Rangers. In an enthralling encounter, the sides were level at 4-4 after normal time, Senna Clapp hitting a hat trick for
FIRE crews attended a small fire involving a grill pan at a Bridgwater home on Sunday afternoon. Firemen estimated that around 10% of the kitchen was damaged by fire and 20% of the room was damaged by smoke at the house on Carlton Drive. The
POLICE are appealing to the public to help identify a woman following the theft of a mobile phone which contains sentimental pictures of the owner’s mother. The phone was stolen from Morrison’s in Bridgwater on September 8 and police would like
INNOVATIVE new technology will be trialled at Bridgwater Carnival this year to enhance the viewing experience. State-of-the-art technology, called iBeacons, will be used by some of the carnival entries in a pilot run. iBeacons, created by technology
OUTSTANDING businesses in the Bridgwater area were among those honoured at the Mercury-backed 2014 Somerset Business Awards. Around 350 guests applauded the winners as they collected their prizes in a glittering awards ceremony held at Westland
A SCHEME to protect homes in a Bridgwater street from flooding has been unveiled. St Saviour’s Avenue was one of the earliest causalities last winter when Durleigh Brook was unable to discharge into the River Parrett because of the height of the
IAN Bellinger was at his lethal best as Tiger Old Boys thrashed Blake Old Boys 12-0 in the Bill Brown Division One Cup. Bellinger scored four times, while Josh Turner, Josh Harvey and Carl Jones all netted twice – Aaron Head and Jamie Chillingworth
Somerset County Division One West Banwell 2, Middlezoy Rovers 5 MIDDLEZOY coasted past Banwell with a comfortable three-goal victory at a boggy Riverside Ground and close to within two points of the division's leaders. Aaron Whaites opened
