Somerset County Gazette

23 hours ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Seth Dellow

James Purefoy (Image: Somerset Film) ACCLAIMED British actor James Purefoy, best known for his captivating performances in Rome, The Following and Fisherman’s Friends, has officially been named Patron of the Wellington Film Festival. James has worked extensively in theatre and television as well as film. Throughout his career he has played complex and interesting characters, always choosing to play parts that juxtapose strongly with the one he has just completed.

1 day ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Nick Thomas

2 1/1 Bit of a throwback at the Taunton Brewhouse last week as a one-night show celebrated the dying art of letter writing. In "Posting Letters to the Moon," husband and wife actor team Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams, who are perhaps most well known these days for being in The Archers, read from wartime letters written between Celia Johnson of Brief Encounter fame and her husband Peter Fleming, who was frequently away with the military during World War II.

1 day ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Seth Dellow

The incident happened off Mudford Road (Image: Google Maps) AVON and Somerset Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses, footage and other information after a woman was sexually assaulted in Yeovil. The incident happened at about 9.30pm on Sunday 13 April, 2025, in Milford Dip, off Milford Road. A police spokesperson said: “A man dragged the woman off the path and sexually assaulted her.

1 day ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Seth Dellow

A FIVE-month road closure of a main route in Taunton is set to begin on April 28, 2025. The closure of Kingston Road is part of work started in March 2025 to upgrade over 4,700 metres of gas pipes in the Kingston St. Mary area of the town at a cost of £950,000.

1 day ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Seth Dellow

A computer-generated mock-up of the Wellington store (Image: Oliver Cliff) SUPERMARKET giant Aldi has launched a public consultation on a proposed new food store in Wellington, Somerset. The proposed store would be located off Chelston Roundabout, south of the A38, on part of a site that has long been allocated for commercial development.