Wincanton High Street Discworld Emporium building up for sale
THE Discworld Emporium in Wincanton is up for sale. The Grade II listed property, at 41 High Street, has been…
Motcombe youngsters sing for Archbishop of Canterbury
MOTCOMBE Primary School pupils sang for the Archbishop of Canterbury over the weekend. The youngsters were at Salisbury Cathedral on…
New first responder vehicles in use after £128,000 grant
SIX new first responder ambulance vehicles are on the streets of the south west thanks to a £128,000 grant. The…
Van damaged in Frome fire in residential street
A VAN was damaged by fire in a Frome street last night (June 11). Firefighters from the town, and from…
Building badly damaged by fire in Motcombe
A BUILDING in Motcombe was badly damaged by fire on Friday evening (June 9). The incident, at Lodge Lane, was…
How Wincanton became linked with Terry Pratchett and Discworld
“COMING back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” So wrote Sir Terry Pratchett in A…
LETTER: ‘Councillors need to wake up before they ruin Dorset’
I COMPLETELY agree with the letter on housing in the New Blackmore Vale (‘How much housing is enough?’,…
LETTER: ‘MPs are absent – so why obsess over councillor?’
CHRIS Loder MP may have a point – New Blackmore Vale, May 23 – regarding the absent Sherborne…
LETTER: ‘Council has a lack of interest in Sherborne’
DURING the many years that I was Sherborne Town Council’s chair of planning, I repeatedly raised the matter of…
Four due in court over Frome coach crash
FOUR people have been charged in connection with a coach crash near Frome last November. The incident, on November 28,…
