The service at All Saints’ Church, Wootton Courtenay, today, Sunday 21st December at 6pm, is the annual Carol Service. Everyone is invited. Retiring collection for Exmoor Youth Project, Children’s Hospice (SW) and the Children’s Society. See you there. Amanda

The annual Christmas Day football match (the 17th!) will take place, as usual, on Wootton Courtenay playing field. 10.30am warm up kick-about for 11am start. All or no abilities welcome! 8 - 80 is the normal age category. Crowd support while drinking obligatory champagne (not provided!), both welcome and normal. Bella Capel

I need some gold to make two wedding rings. Does anyone in the village have any gold to sell? It can be in any condition: broken, bent or odd pieces. Good price paid. Call 01643 841278 or email me at jbmjohara@gmail.com Brian O’Hara

Somerset Council would like to share important information regarding upcoming traffic-signal refurbishment and safety improvements at the A39 Dunster Steep / Church Street junction, which is part of a county-wide initiative to modernise ageing signal equipment, improve long-term safety, reliability, and traffic flows.These works will begin week commencing Monday 5th January 2026, with completion expected … Continue reading Dunster Traffic Lights Refurbishment

Despite my best efforts with emails and phone calls, I have failed to get the Newsteam group (our newspaper suppliers) to change their delivery route, which would enable the driver to deliver them early. Because of their late delivery, please be aware that newspapers will only be ready for collection by customers after 9.30am, especially … Continue reading Newspaper Collection Times

Following an urgent contractor and suppliers meeting late on Friday 12th December we regret to inform you that, due to the Christmas shutdown, the contractor delivering the works is unable to guarantee the required materials by the previously stated start date of 5th January 2026. For this reason, the start of the works will be … Continue reading Cutcombe Hill Works Delayed

It’s Christmas! The Carol Service is here to prove it on Sunday, 21st December at 6pm in All Saints’ Church, Wootton Courtenay. I was asked why I always put ‘Wootton Courtenay’ and it’s because other All Saints’ are available! Six lessons and some poems, read by your friends and neighbours, and carols sung by us … Continue reading Carol Service

Thank you to everyone at the screening of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ on Monday who gave to the collection for St Margaret’s Hospice. We will be sending £120 to this very worthwhile cause. Amanda

The second Advent talk, led by Brian Castle: ‘ Who can believe it? Words that brought an Empire to its knees’ is on Wednesday, 17th December at 6.30 for 7pm in Skye’s Bar. During the evening we will be looking more closely at the words of the Nicene Creed and considering its relevance to today’s … Continue reading Advent Talk

HomeStart colleagues visited yesterday to collect the Christmas presents that have been kindly donated by villagers. They were blown away by your generosity - thank you all so much. Clare Pound (Home-Start Manager) will be sending us a formal thank you letter in due course, but I thought that I would share the social media … Continue reading Home-Start Christmas Presents