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Issue 290 – Brave Dillon heads major charity calendar
Seven-year-old Dillon Chapman, from Frome, has been chosen to be on the front of a major charity calendar.…
Issue 290 – Youngsters’ card designs take them all the way to Downing Street
Brother and sister Rufus and Emmanuelle Poole were invited to meet the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, last week in Downing Street, after reaching the final stage of a competition to design…
Issue 490 – Jenson pipped to the post in BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Frome’s own Formula 1 world champion, Jenson Button, came second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year competition last weekend.…
Issue 290 – Frome couple return from charity rally
An intrepid Frome couple have returned from the trip of a lifetime, taking part in a rally from Somerset to Bishkek, in Kyrgyzstan, in an old banger bought for under…
Issue 290 – Tickets selling fast for FAOS panto
Tickets are selling fast for the Frome Amateur Operatic Society’s pantomime this year, which is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.…
Issue 490 – Merlin’s Christmas show is full of festive family fun
If you missed seeing the familiar faces from The Merlin Theatre Company, then fear not – they are back together for one day only on Sunday 20th December with a…
Issue 290 – The story of a champion published in Frome
FROME-based publishers Butler Tanner and Dennis are producing “My Championship Year”, the story of Frome hero jenson Button’s Formula One triumph.…
Issue 490 – Air Ambulance seeks lottery boost in celebration year
With 2010 set to be a celebration year for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, the Charity is highlighting the importance of people supporting its weekly ‘Flight for Life’ lottery.…
Issue 490 – Local writer to judge short story competition
Acclaimed short story and serial writer, Paula Williams, has been named as the local judge for the 2010 Frome Festival short story competition.…
Issue 290 – Pensioner airlifted to Bath Royal United Hospital
A local man in his 80s was flown to hospital by the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance after his car was in collision with a tractor on a country road…
