News in Frome

Frome Cricket Club ran out winners in the 2019 Somerset Cricket Board Major Cup on Sunday as they defeated North Perrott at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton.

The Major Cup is open to all Somerset teams who play in the West of England Premier League with Frome overcoming Timsbury, Lansdown, an epic victory over Bath in the quarter finals and a semi-final win over Congresbury on the journey to Sunday's final day at Taunton.

As part of the Frome Festival hidden gardens held in July, Lynda opened her garden in aid of Dorothy House Hospice Care.

Lynda visited the hospice last week and presented them with a cheque of £610.

Frome Nub News is proud to announce that JP (Automatic Transmissions) Ltd will become our primary sponsor. This will enable Nub News to produce the latest news and opinion from our beautiful town.

JP (Automatic Transmissions) Ltd (or JPAT, or JPs as it's more often known) began life in Bristol in October 1975, founded by husband and wife, John and Pam Palmer, and since then has become leading suppliers of automatic transmission parts across the UK and worldwide.

With more people buying electric cars, the question of where to charge them in public places is becoming a high priority for many drivers.

According to the National Charge Point Registry UK, there is currently one public place to charge your electric vehicle in Frome, and that is the Commerce Park Service Station.

Frome Good Afternoon Choir will welcome the Village Voices Choir and members of Bath Light Operatic Group for an evening concert in October.

They will all be in concert at Holy Trinity Church, Frome, on Saturday October 26th, at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm).

Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam comes to Frome in August to deliver a keynote speech entitled Emergency Means Prison at Campfire Convention's Campout 2019 gathering at Field 725.

The activist doesn't mince his words over the level of action that he thinks we need to take in order to prevent the climate emergency that is becoming an immediate and serious threat to our way of life.

Young traders assembled in Wells Market Place last week, for a special market dedicated to celebrating young entrepreneurs and the retail market industry, and there was success for a Frome business.

The South West Regional Final of the Young Traders Market was hosted by Mendip Markets in Wells. It was a day of trading and empowerment for young people who've committed their careers to the Retail Market Industry, and Pandan Street Food, from Frome, was one of the winners.

The Frome bypass is scheduled to close for four nights in September to enable Somerset Highways to carry out resurfacing works.

The A361 from the Blatchbridge Roundabout to Vinney Lane will be shut from 6pm to 7am from September 9 to 12.

This amazing lightning shot was captured by Frome photographer Tim Gander during the thunderstorm last night.

Tim, who runs takeagander.co.uk from his studio in Butts Hill, caught this fantastic image during the storm, which ran for a couple of hours around midnight and at one point saw flashes of lightning every couple of seconds.

Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Frome.

He was walking along Milk Street yesterday (Sunday 21 July) at around 1.45am when he was attacked by another man who was part of a small group.