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Frome Hearts vs Melksham – Tuesday 20th January Coming into the game, we were keeping our heads high just coming off of a recent win which keeps us firmly at the top of the table. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side but in the first quarter with a strong starting 7, our main […] The...
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Frome’s fine form continues with emphatic victory
Rugby: Saturday 17th January Frome RFC 88 – 7 Marlborough II Frome RFC welcomed Marlborough II to the Lane at the weekend looking to continue their good run of form. Frome started strongly and after a line out winger Archie Coleman burst through a gap to touch down after two minutes; the convers...
Five-goal thriller as Town go 11 points clear at the top
Saturday 24th January Bristol Manor Farm 2-3 Frome Town Frome Town were involved in a five-goal thriller at the weekend as they won by three goals to two away at Bristol Manor Farm. It was a very important win for the Dodge, especially on a day where promotion rivals Shaftesbury had their game away ...
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Frome Wild Bunch Column – Amphibians are emerging from hibernation, help keep them safe
As we reach the end of January, we can expect to start seeing signs of frogs and toads as they emerge from hibernation and start to head towards their spawning grounds. There are seven species of amphibians native to the UK, of which four have been recorded in Frome in the last year (on the […] ...
From The Mayor
I recently managed to catch up with my best friend who has been travelling for seven weeks and has now returned to her home in Sydney, Australia. She’s been reporting back on the weather over there – the wicked fires in Victoria, the very hot weather along the east coast and now the shocking f...
Submissions open for Frome film festival
Film makers are being invited to enter the Frome International Climate Film Festival, which is now in its fifth year. The festival is welcoming submissions from Somerset and the South West as well as films from around the world. Entries close on 12th February. Director and festival creator James God...
Theatre company celebrates green energy at Portway venue
A historic building is now generating renewable energy after a theatre company installed solar panels at its venue. Installed by The Emma Rice Company at its venue ‘The Lucky Chance’ at the former Portway Methodist Church, the solar panels are expected to generate 11,000 kWh of electricity per y...
Father thanks Frome community for celebrating son’s life
The father of Graham Gillions has thanked the people of Frome for the overwhelming turnout at a celebration of life held at the town hall on 12th January. Graham died on 3rd January at the Dorothy House Hospice, soon after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Following a small, private burial ser...
Introductory course to keeping bees
If you have ever been curious about beekeeping, an introductory course in Frome town centre this February will equip you with the basics to get started. The course, run by the Frome Beekeepers Association, consists of five evening sessions followed by practical visits to look inside hives. Frome has...
Open your ‘hidden garden’ in this year’s Frome Festival
Registration is now open for anyone wishing to open their garden for this year’s Frome Festival Hidden Gardens of Frome event. Hidden Gardens of Frome will run on 10th, 11th and 12th July, raising much-needed funds to support the Frome Festival in its 25th anniversary year. Last year, the event sa...
More than 9,300 new Somerset homes could be signed off by central government
There are sites across the county
Frome councillor demands share of £13.1m to tackle ‘unreliable’ bus services
A Frome councillor has demanded that recently-awarded government funding be used to address "unreliable" local bus services across the town.
Somerset MPs urge government to prevent 11 per cent council tax rise
The authority has a £73m budget gap
RSPB Somerset Big Garden Birdwatch – “Together, let’s make it count”
The world’s largest garden wildlife survey returns this month, with hundreds of thousands of people watching and counting the UK’s garden birds over the last weekend in January for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. Almost 600,000 people took part in across the UK in 2025, counting more than n...
Captain fantastic pinches late winner for the Robins
Saturday 17th January Frome Town 2-1 Malvern Town Skipper Sam Teale nodded home in the 89th minute to secure all three points against Malvern, extending Frome’s gap at the top of the table to ten points ahead Portishead. However, it was the visitors who took the lead early on; Harry Clark go...
Man arrested after two-car crash on major road in Somerset
Police are appealing for information and witnesses
Somerset MPs urge government to prevent 11 per cent council tax rise
Thye are demanding extra funding
Much-loved mum and nanny among 22 death notices from Somerset
Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one
Passenger dies after BMW crashes into tree on Somerset A-road
A man was arrested following treatment at hospital
Man appears in court after human remains found in village
'My thoughts are with the victim’s family'