Category: News

Bridgwater YMCA to benefit from County Ward funds for summer activity

Bridgwater South County Councillor Leigh Redman has made a donation from his Somerset Health and Wellbeing Fund that will be used to provide five free places on summer activity weeks at Bridgwater YMCA. Cllr Redman put forward the YMCA in Bridgwater for the fund to promote health, wellbeing, activities and social interaction for children and […]

Bridgwater Councillor jumps off Roof

When you’re standing on top of  one of Taunton’s tallest buildings looking down at the terrified throngs of admiring supporters below and wondering whether it was actually such a good idea  that you’d decided to abseil  down the side in order to raise money for charity, it’s probably good to see a couple of Tory […]

Mobile Homes Act 2013 – A Victory for Mobile Home Owners

The Mobile Homes Act 2013, which will be implemented on 1st April, will pass most people by unnoticed. This Act, however, has come about due to persistence by a group of mobile home owners who have refused to be broken by the bullying and unscrupulous actions of some mobile park home site owners. These owners […]

Are you Mister Westover 2014??

Well, you might be because according to newly released statistics the average person in the Westover ward of Bridgwater is a 41 year old white male who rents a property, works in a technical or manual job, has average qualifications and is in reasonably good health. To be honest, this is pretty much the picture […]

Campaigners Win Reinstatement of Town Centre Christmas Tree

Bridgwater Town Council’s finance committee today voted in funds to bring back the Cornhill Christmas tree after a proposal by Westover Councillor Brian Smedley was put on the agenda and debated. Cllr Smedley said “We haven’t had a Christmas tree in the town centre for several years and the reason was basically that it was […]