South Somerset District Council Arts Development is supporting the work of local playwright Chris Fogg to bring his play Tree House to local communities. The play is based in part on a true story in the village where Chris lives on the border of West Dorset and South Somerset and tells of the fortunes of three people – Robbie, Jane and Alan – whom we first encounter as children playing in a tree house on the edge of a village. Full story: Read more
Blackmore Vale Lions present £1000 cheque for Milborne Port Pool
Blackmore Vale Lions President, Ian Simpson, presented a cheque for £1000 to Roz Barrett, the Chairman of the Milborne Port Community Swimming Pool Committee, on Tuesday 1st November 2016. Roz explained that the money would help to pay for some of the final costs incurred in putting up their new swimming pool enclosure. Full story: Read more
Dinner, bed and breakfast, the awards keep coming for The Queens Arms
The Queens Arms in Corton Denham has continued to impress the industry experts this month, earning high praise from both the Michelin and AA inspectors, building upon its strong reputation as a destination dining pub with rooms on Somerset’s border with Dorset. Full story: Read more