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From The Mayor
My feet have barely touched the ground in the last eight months! It’s certainly been a very different experience from my first mayoral year during the pandemic and I’ve enjoyed every minute. One of the lovely things about being your mayor is the opportunity to recognise people who help make our ...
Local children join Frome care home for journey into Christmas past
Old festive traditions have come to life at a care home in Frome, where residents welcomed a local charity for a day of seasonal activities. Rossetti House, on Welshmill Lane, joined forces with young visitors from Purple Elephant to revisit customs from Christmases past. Families supported by Purpl...
Frome Wild Bunch Column – Round-up of the year
Hello, this is Jo from the Wild Bunch. What a year 2025 has been for the Wild Bunch and all wildlife gardeners! Once again, our Wild Bunch community has shown what can happen when people choose to garden with nature rather than against it. Together we’ve created countless pockets of habitats tha...
Have your say on Somerset Council’s budget
Residents and businesses are encouraged to take part in Somerset Council’s annual budget consultation. In previous years the budget consultation has helped councillors understand people’s views and priorities as they have taken difficult decisions to save millions of pounds and avoid the threat ...
New mural creates buzz at Mary Baily Field
A new nature-themed mural has appeared in the Mary Baily Field, featuring bees pollinating flowers and plants. The mural is the work of aerosol artist Jody Thomas, commissioned by Frome Town Council. Cllr Mark Dorrington said, “Thanks to Jody for creating this fantastic new mural, brightening the ...
Graduation ceremony celebrates counselling service students
Students and trainees at a Frome-based counselling and psychotherapy service were recently celebrated at their graduation ceremony. The Wessex Counselling & Psychotherapy Graduation Ceremony saw the achievements of students and trainees from the Foundation Certificate, Diploma in Psychodynamic C...
Conference joins climate action and community wellbeing
A conference exploring how climate action can support healthier communities was held at Wesley Methodist Church, organised by Green and Healthy Frome. The event brought together organisations, practitioners and commu-nity groups for a day that looked at how local work on climate, wellbeing and commu...
Frome resident inspires walking challenge with new book
A Frome resident’s walking guidebook has inspired a local man to walk 145 miles and complete a special geocaching challenge hidden within its pages. John Price’s book, Family Days in the Wylye Valley, features 25 local walks, five of which include details of a hidden geocache. A geocache is a sm...
The Phogues return to Frome for two Christmas shows
The Phogues – Somerset’s top tribute to The Pogues – return to The Tree House for their annual Christmas shows this week. Endorsed by the late great Shane MacGowan himself, they deliver an uplifting, energetic and true to form tribute to the legendary Celtic folk punk band – with classics su...
Three generations of Frome artists in cafe exhibition
An exhibition bringing together the work of three generations of artists from the same family is due to run at a cafe on Cheap Street from January to March. The exhibition titled ‘Jubilee’ will be shown at Cafe La Strada, bringing together three generations of painters and photographers from the...
Pushing for more Somerset GP funding could jeopardise new affordable homes
'The more claims you make on the developer, the less affordable homes you are going to get. We need to be a bit careful how we do this'
Frome: The charming Somerset town where you might even bump into a celebrity
It also has a vibrant Christmas market
Public inquiry to settle fate of 20 homes planned for small Somerset village
Of the 20 homes planned for the site, six would be affordable
Somerset’s ‘tremendous’ Slinky service to benefit from six new minibuses
'A prior trial in the Somerton area of the Digital Slinky upgrade has proved to be a tremendous success since its launch'
Council seeks to avoid ‘any more grief’ on Somerset local election boundaries
'There are a lot of new developments going on which are not shown on their maps – they've not taken account of that'
Jailed councillor may not have to stand down as appeal planned
'The current sentence is comparable to those handed out to the Southport rioters in 2024'