Sedgemoor District Council insists it has NOT withdrawn funding from Bridgwater Arts centre.

All paid staff lost their jobs on Friday, but the council says the Centre has been given the full amounts agreed as part of a building transfer - which saw them granted a 125 year lease instead of an annual grant.

They say forty-four thousand pounds was paid earlier this year, and a further thirty-five grand in November - and the centreis able to apply for funding from other sources.