Added on 28th Aug 2012
THE new monthly ‘Frome Super Market’ is back on Sunday and organisers are hoping thousands of shoppers will turn out to support local traders. The town centre will once again be closed off with the high street being transformed into an open-air shopping spectacle, made up of more than 150 independent traders.
Added on 23rd Aug 2012
Frome, the market town on the edge of the Mendip Hills is no stranger to doing things differently. It was recently described in The Guardian as providing “proof that local people power can get things done” and having “important lessons for other councils”. Frome’s new monthly Super Market is one such initiative: the whole town becomes a market.
Added on 23rd Aug 2012
The remains of a World War II carrier pigeon lost in action 70 years ago while delivering a top secret message over enemy lines has been found in a chimney in Surrey. Code breakers at Bletchley Park are now frantically trying to decipher the deceased bird’s historic message.
Added on 3rd Aug 2012
Wiltshire Council has enlisted the services of Westbury firm Hilton Vending to supply its tea and coffee ingredients and vending equipment, across all of its county offices and premises.