• Large hall needed for local sports team

  By marion_TLocal

  I met the Taunton roller derby girls in 2010 when they were just forming before they renamed...

            

   

  By Vamperia at 19:12 on 31/01/12

  

  We are a group of women who have been thrown together by our love of doing something different rather than going to the gym or attending run of the mill sports centre classes. We play Roller Derby, a full contact sport on roller skates, its fast paced and tactical and we are very passionate about it. Working together as a team for almost 2 years and recently rebranding as S.W.A.T, we want to hold our own home 'bouts' (games)...

• Taunton MP condemns RBS banker's bonus

  By Zumerset_Gal

  So the banker has now given up his bonus. I don't agree with the bonus or his salary but I also...

            

   

  By marion_TLocal at 18:16 on 27/01/12

  

  Lib Dem Foreign Office minister and MP for Taunton Deane, Jeremy Browne has spoken out publicly,suggesting the RBS banker Stephen Hester should have a moral obligation to turn down his massive bonus of £963000 in shares on topof his annual £1.2 million salary. Speaking on BBC Question time last night and then again on BBC Somerset today, Mr Browne said: "There are two areas I have big problems with, the cosy capitalist...

• Man suffering from hypothermia after being rescued from Taunton river

  By tyke120

  Perhaps the dolt who wrote this meant hypOthermia. HypERthermia is overheating resulting from loss...

            

   

  By This is Somerset at 07:00 on 25/01/12

  

  A man was left suffering from hypothermia after falling into a river in Taunton last night. Emergency service crews from Taunton and a special rescue team from Exeter were called to the riverside in Canal Road shortly after 7pm after receiving reports that a man had fallen in to the water. Rescuers used throw lines and an extension ladder to rescue the man, who was suffering from hypothermia and was treated by an ambulance crew also in...

• Ice rink rescue petition draws 2,700 names

  By starmissy

  http://tinyurl.com/6nte7lk 3,500 have you...

            

   

  By Bristol Evening Post at 07:00 on 12/01/12

  

  A petition set up on Friday to save Bristol's 45-year-old ice rink has already attracted more than 2,700 supporters. Student housing firm Unite wants to turn the Frogmore Street building into flats, leaving Swindon as the closest alternative rink for skaters. But the rink that played a vital role in putting Olympic gold medallist Robin Cousins on the road to success will be sorely missed by the current generation of young...

• Ski help day in Taunton

  By taunton_gamer

  What a brilliant idea, so many people think they can just jump non a pair of skis and wing it.Even...

            

   

  By sophia1980 at 11:20 on 11/01/12

  

  Somerset people planning a skiing break can get themselves and their equipment properly prepared at a special Ski Advice Day at the Hurley Clinic in Taunton on Saturday February 4.   Somerset Snowsports Servicing has joined forces with the osteopaths and the sports massage therapists at the Hurley Clinic to provide a unique complete pre-holiday check over in advance of the school half term when many people head for the slopes...

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