THE wife of a Bridgwater man who died earlier this year is holding a sponsored waxing event to raise funds for the nurses who helped care for him. Lindsey Baker of Alderney Road, Bridgwater, and her team of ‘waxers’ will be inviting men to have
SYDENHAM Rangers have made it nine wins from nine in Division 3 of the Taunton & District Saturday League with a 5-3 victory over local rivals Bridgwater Sports Reserves. Cameron Wilkinson hit a hattrick and Jake Adey added a pair. Gareth Monaghan
Bridgwater Ladies 5, ECVH 0 BRIDGWATER Ladies cruised to an impressive victory over ECVH on Saturday. Bridgwater were slow to start and it took them until midway through the half to put a goal away, from Sheila Burridge, despite having the
A LEADING first aid charity is urging volunteers to step forward to create the next generation of life-savers in Bridgwater. St John Ambulance wants to set up after-school and college clubs to teach youngsters first aid and life saving techniques
SCHOOLCHILDREN are putting their safest feet forward with Somerset County Council and the emergency services this month. Pupils at three primary schools in Bridgwater – St Mary’s in Oakfield Road, Hamp Academy in Rhode Lane and Westover Green in
THE South-West’s regional organised crime unit, ‘Zephyr’, has made arrests as far afield as Scotland as part of an ongoing probe into courier fraud. Detectives from Zephyr were joined by officers from Police Scotland to execute search warrants
BRIDGWATER residents are being reminded of the dangers of lighting candles in their homes as the fire service launch their Candle Fire Safety Week. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are asking people to snuff out the risk with candle fires
ROYAL Mail and the Trading Standards Office are making people aware of a scam which may affect householders in Somerset. A card is posted through a householder’s door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were
A MAN has been taken to hospital after he wass hit by a car in Brook Street in Cannington earlier this morning (Wednesday). As a result Brook Street has been closed by police between Fore Street and East Street and the A39. Avon and Somerset
BRIDGWATER-BASED Higos Insurance managing director Ian Gosden is taking part in Movember this month, but going about it in a slightly different way. While most Movember participants grow a moustache over the course of the month, Ian has raised
Somerset 2 South Morganians 15, Somerton 3 MORGANIANS made it five wins on the bounce with a battling 15-3 victory over Somerton on Saturday. Somerton began the stronger of the two sides, putting Morgs under some early pressure and kicking
Somerset County Division One West Street Reserves 2, Burnham United 1 TEN-man Burnham United slipped to a 2-1 defeat at struggling Street Reserves, who have climbed out of the bottom three with the win. United had their goalkeeper sent-off
TOP team Tiger Old Boys played second-placed Red Tile in the Uxella Bridgwater Sunday League Bill Brown Division 1 Cup and it was the Tigers who ran out 7-1 after a hat-trick from the prolific Ian Bellinger. Carl Jones (2), Paul Goss and Josh Turner
