On the day of the SHAC City Shakedown march in London anarchists hung a banner from a bridge crossing over the A358, the town center inroad for Taunton, Somerset. read full story / add a comment

Are you bored of the Griffin’s wine selection? Fancy having a say in which wines are stocked by YOUR favourite pub? Good! We’re bringing in professional wine consultant Oliver J M Weston Bsc MBA and loads of delicious new wines for you to sample. Tickets are only £10 in advance, including all wine, entertainment and nibbles, with the proceeds going to Women In Action. Book early to avoid disappointment. 8pm start. read full story / add a comment

The grand finale for the week will be a fabulous female-musician-only Sausage Sunday. A whole host of fantastic local (and not so local) female musicians will be playing all afternoon, including Nikki and Hayley Mascall, Bethulele Porticello, Slippery Fish saxophonist Rach and Nicole Fermie, to name a few. With a bbq with sausages supplied by Williams butcher and delicious beer, the Griffin is the perfect place to celebrate International Women’s Day with the whole family. £2 suggested donation for entry, all proceeds go to Women In Action. Starts at 1pm read full story / add a comment

The ever-popular Monday Griffin Quiz takes on a women theme, as teams battle it out for the coveted weekly prize. Teams of up to 6 people, only £1 per person, with half the proceeds going to Women In Action, half going to winning team. Kick off at 8.30pm. read full story / add a comment

Sadly the bad weather meant that Mid-Somerset CND Peace Group had to cancel their Peace Gig in Glastonbury on Feb 6th, but the good news is that they will not only re-schedule a big gig for later in the year but in the meantime they are putting on a scaled down version at their social event in Wells on Monday March the 2nd. read full story / add a comment

You might have heard this one; Community nurse Caroline Petrie, 45, says she asked an elderly woman patient during a home visit if she wanted her to say a prayer for her.

The patient complained to the health trust about Mrs Petrie who follows the Baptist faith.

She was suspended, without pay, on 17 December and will find out the outcome of her disciplinary meeting next week. read full story / add a comment

Last night's benefit gig in Frome, raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians, was a massive success. read full story / add a comment

Spring is about to spring and its time for Tinkers Bubble's coppicing weekend again. It is on the weekend of 21st/22nd February 2009 at Tinkers Bubble community near Yeovil, Somerset. Lots of sumptious food provided, cider, and accomodation (not quite so sumptious but adequate). We work from 9am ish to dusk on each day, coppicing hazel - some old derelict stools and some cut some years ago, working with hand tools in teams of 3-5 with at least one experienced coppicer per team. read full story / add a comment

Three coach loads of Bristol activists joined the London demonstration against the massacres in Gaza yesterday. This was an angry, spirited protest embracing activists from a very wide range of people including quakers, Communist Party, anarchists, moslem and Palestian solidarity groups. Many nationalities were represented and noticeably many families with children. Perhaps the most moving part of the opening rally in Hyde Park was the reading of poem for the children of Gaza by the children's poet laureate Michael Rosen. A group of children then read out the names of some of the 250 plus Gazan children who have been murdered by the Israel Defence Force since the beginning of the current assault. It was very hard to guage numbers other than to say it was a very big demonstration filling the London streets and even when marching down the Bayswater Road it was impossible to see the front or the back. read full story / add a comment

Local activists in Frome, Somerset, held a vigil for the innocent victims of the Gaza strip today, raising awareness and support for the opposition to this horrific massacre. Several of us also visited the local branch of Lloyd's Bank to discuss their plans to shut down Palestinian charity Interpal. read full story / add a comment

A free wifi network has gone live and some are unhappy about the waves. Wifi is just another one of the many many waves - AM, FM etc that pervade out lives. read full story / add a comment

More from the mouths of those who want to rule the UK read full story / add a comment

On Thursday 18th December a group of Taunton anti-capitalists gathered in the town centre for a community feed. Soup, curry and biscuits where pre-prepared and at 5pm we headed off to hand out all that we had to the hungry people of Taunton.

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As you may have heard by now, Stop Bristol Airport Expansion lost our case at North Somerset Council’s South Area meeting last Wednesday, with councillors voting to allow BIA’s ‘walkway’ to go ahead without having to seek full planning permission. read full story / add a comment

Part of The Pierian Centre's Meaning of Food film festival. read full story / add a comment

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a young family fled their Somerset home when hundreds of people, some draped in swastika flags, took over a field near their garden. read full story / add a comment

Originally 24 minutes long the original Google Video upload mysteriously began to cut off yesterday at only 7 minutes in - just before the key part of the interview with the Chief Executive of Somerset County Council Alan Jones who appears to believe it's normal to make volleys of official complaints against your senior political opponents to close the deal. Please pass this documentary link to as many public officials as possible, particularly councillors. read full story / add a comment

Stop Hinkley campaigners fear that extra armed nuclear police will restrict their protests against developments Hinkley Point. read full story / add a comment

Many people are concerned at the ever-increasing government-sanctioned invasions of privacy in British society. In this presentation, campaigner Peter Tachell will expose the underhand methods being used to sell the concept of expensive and much open-to-abuse biometric ID cards to the public, read full story / add a comment