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THE sight of the Olympic Torch being carried through Taunton town centre is one we will always remember. And so we decided to take a look back in our archives to see what we could find about tis memorable event... "THEY were scenes no-one in Somerset will never forget. "The sight of the Olympic Torch being carried through Taunton town centre in front of thousands of applauding spectators was truly breathtaking to behold. "One minute it was a local Cadets leader holding the Torch, the next it was Somerset Cricket Club captain Marcus Trescothick before international pop star – and j...

Meet the young poets thriving in lockdown A new poetry competition reveals what young people feel about the future, with more than 350 works published in a companion anthology Signs of a poet: Thomas Bowden at school in Devon In a year where we have grappled with a maelstrom of emotions and been forced into periods of reflection and solitude, poetry has provided a literary hug. From the reassurance sought in the late Derek Mahon’s ‘ Everything Is Going to Be All Right’ to the humour of Brian Bilston’s ‘ An Outbreak of Matt Hancock,’ poetry has provided solace. Subject to an enforc...