Paul Jones

Engineers are finishing fibre cabling work in Milborne Port. Picture: Gigaclear

Milborne Port homes and businesses connected to super-fast broadband

AROUND 900 people in the Milborne Port area can now access super-fast broadband. Engineers are set to complete work to…

Julia de Salis and volunteers at last year’s Winter Fair

Vintage wares on offer at Somerset’s ‘most exclusive jumble sale’

VINTAGE-savvy shoppers are hoping to bag a bargain the upcoming Winter Fair at Wincanton Racecourse – in aid of…

Plants were seized and a man arrested in the Yeovil raid. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

Arrest after ‘hundreds of cannabis plants’ seized in Yeovil drugs raid

A MAN has been arrested after hundreds of cannabis plants were seized at a commercial premises in Yeovil. A 38-year-old…

Diabetes UK to benefit from 2025 Blackmore Vale Half Marathon

DIABETES UK will be the headline charity for the 2025 Blackmore Vale Half Marathon. Organised by the Blackmore Vale Lions…

Show organiser, Cat Harris

“Impractical” Gillingham & Shaftesbury Spring Show cancelled

THE Gillingham & Shaftesbury Spring Show is no more, it has been announced. Organisers said the decision to axe the…

The dualling of the A303 between Sparkford and Ilchester has been in progress for months. Picture: National Highways

Two lanes opened on new stretch of A303 as project nears completion

A NEW dualled section of the A303 through Somerset opened today (November 4). Drivers using the route, between Sparkford and…

A number of items were stolen from Montacute House, near Yeovil. Pictures: Google/Avon & Somerset Police

Burglars target Montacute House near Yeovil in late-night raid

A STATELY home in Somerset was raided in a late-night burglary. Items including a silver dining-room table centrepiece (an epergne),…

Police are keen to trace this person after an alleged theft from a car in Celtic Crescent, Dorchester. Pictures: Google/Dorset Police

CCTV appeal after Rolex and Tag Heuer allegedly stolen from car in Dorchester

POLICE are keen to trace this person after Rolex and Tag Heuer watches were allegedly stolen from a car…

Fire crews were at the site, in Shillingstone, through the night. Picture: Wareham Fire Station

Power cuts in Shillingstone after blaze at industrial site

SIX fire crews and a water carrier were sent to a blaze in Shillingstone last night (October 31). The incident,…

Firefighters were still on the scene, in Codford High Street, this morning. Picture: Amesbury Fire Station

Dozens of firefighters battle blaze in village high street

DOZENS of firefighters battled a blaze at a house in a village high street overnight. Crews were called to reports…