Local News
Taunton School unveils new Astroturf Pitches
Taunton School has unveiled two new full-size AstroTurf pitches as part of its wider campus development plan.
17 March 2025
Taunton School has unveiled two new full-size AstroTurf pitches as part of its wider campus development plan.
A top-level meeting – arranged by Taunton’s MP Gideon Amos – was held in the House of Commons with the owners of the former Debenhams store in North Street with the aim of bringing the site back into use.
Somerset County has published major new plans for safe cycling and walking routes in the county’s towns to help create greener, healthier and more active streets.
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has joined forces with the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) – the national charity that supports people who are deaf, have hearing loss, or tinnitus – to provide a hearing aid support service for residents, their families, friends and colleagues in care homes across Somerset.
Somerset Council is excited to announce a special event to address the growing need for Retrofit Coordinators and installers in the Southwest.
Three students from Taunton School have been selected to attend international age-grade camps with England and Scotland.
Gideon Amos MP has joined the opposition to controversial plans for a major housing development on the outskirts of Wellington.
More people in Somerset with ovarian cancer are surviving over 12 months from diagnosis than almost everywhere else in the country, according to a report published by NHS England.
On Wednesday 12 March, as part of National No Smoking Day, a five-year Smokefree Somerset campaign is being launched by NHS Somerset and Somerset Council’s Public Health Team to meet the ambitious national government target of reducing the numbers smoking, so only 5% of our population smokes by 2030.
Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Taunton today (Monday).
Clinicians at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are sharing important advice and guidance on how to help prevent a fall at home.
A much-valued service that plays a vital role in supporting children and young people in the county, has recorded its 1000th referral.
Wales and West Utilities (WWU) are scheduled to carry out major gas main replacement works in Taunton from this spring and are holding a public drop-in next week.
Somerset Council will join the nation in marking the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic on 9 March 2025, as part of the COVID-19 Day of Reflection.
Emergency work to maintain power for nearly 2,000 homes in Taunton will need a partial closure of the A358 Staplegrove Road from Monday 10 March.
A midwife at Musgrove Park Hospital has scooped a prestigious national Cavell Star Award for showing exceptional care to the families she’s cared for.
Independent charity Crimestoppers is launching a digital campaign urging the people in the West Country to tell them about serious violent criminal activity such as knife crime, gun crime and exploiting vulnerable people.
Gideon Amos MP was given a tour of CMiST – Community Men in Sheds Taunton – by the chairman John Thwaites.
Somerset Council Leader Bill Revans has repeated calls for the Government’s planned reform of local government funding to be accelerated as councillors met to vote through plans to set a balanced budget for 2025-26.
Sophie Luff will captain the first ever professional Somerset Women’s team.
Somerset Council’s Executive has taken steps to protect free overnight parking for cars in the county’s car parks as part of a proposed review of parking.
Apple FM is your local community radio station run entirely by volunteers. Our studio address is Apple FM, Musgrove Park, Taunton. TA1 5DA