A FEATURE from a 400-year-old castle has been converted into a 21st Century beauty salon

IF you're planning to venture out and see friends and family outdoors this weekend, then the weather forecast will be at the forefront of your mind.

SOMERSET headteachers have clashed with the county council over possible cuts to special needs provision in schools.

Some will offer a wide array of marinated meats cooked to perfection while others will offer dry burgers and a poor selection of condiments.

Amazon Prime has released a whole host of new shows and movies coming in April.

THE family of a Taunton man killed by Islamist terrorists in Mozambique have issued a statement following the loss of a man with "something of the lovable rogue about him".

THE former headquarters of Somerset’s libraries service will be turned into town centre housing under plans approved by district councillors.

THERE were 38 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in Somerset in the latest 24-hour period.

A SWAN took its life into its own wings on the busy motorway through Somerset this week.

SOMERSET Clinical Commissioning Group has which pharmacies will be opening over Easter.

THOUSANDS of workers in Somerset have been given a pay rise from today (Thursday).

EVERY household in Somerset will have Easter waste collection day changes.

A BRIDGWATER man has been made to pay for attacking two police officers on Christmas Day 2020.

ALL 16 Somerset recycling sites switch to their summer timetables from today (Thursday, April 1) – but for essential journeys only to start with.

A SOMERSET choir leader played a starring role in a fundraising effort which has raised more than £45,000 for Comic Relief.

THE death of another person in Somerset with Covid has been recorded in the latest figures.

PROPOSALS for a new pizza takeaway in Burnham-on-Sea were given the green light by Sedgemoor District Council yesterday (March 30).

A MAN from Burnham-on-Sea has taken on a walking challenge to raise funds in support of autistic people in the UK and Ireland.

FROM tomorrow (Thursday), around four million of the most clinically vulnerable people in England and Wales will no longer need to shield at home.

THERE will be live music at Worthy Farm - home of the Glastonbury Festival - this summer, it has been revealed.

PLANS for new rooms and self catering lodges have been submitted for a hotel in Brent Knoll.

THREE leisure centres and swimming pools in Sedgemoor have been awarded £260,000.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA Swimming Club has paid tribute to “amazing” coach Mike Lawrence.

MOTORISTS on the M5 are being warned that a service station is out of fuel.

SOMERSET recorded just 26 new confirmed Covid cases in the latest 24-hour figures.

CARNIVALS in Somerset have been cancelled for the second time due to the coronavirus pandemic.

HIGHBRIDGE-BASED mental health charity In Charley's Memory has thanked all of those who rallied around after it suffered the theft of two collection tins full of donations last week.

The brand has now moved to update customers on stock ahead of the weekend.

Despite challenges in international supplies, the Moderna vaccine is still on course to arrive in April.

A NUMBER of staff responsible for collecting recycling and waste in Somerset were sacked in January and February due to “breaches of the health and safety policy”.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA Coastguard Rescue Team came to the aid of a woman who had fainted and sustained an injury while walking along Burnham beach at the weekend.

THE founder of an East Huntspill-based charity scooped a national award at the weekend.

POLICE are asking people to call 999 if they see missing person Helen.

LOOKS like we're in for a mini 'heatwave' this week in Somerset.

POLICE slapped "multiple fines" on people breaching the Covid restrictions at a Somerset beauty spot at the weekend.

POLICE have announced where they will be siting mobile speed cameras in Somerset this week starting from today (Monday, March 29).

SOMERSET'S Public Health leaders are encouraging residents to take the new freedoms ‘day by day’.

ONE of the districts in Somerset had just one positive Covid-19 test in the latest 24-hour period - for the second consecutive day.

BRITISH Transport Police and Avon and Somerset officers have team up in an operation to disrupt county lines drug activities in Somerset and the South West.

AROUND nine out of every 10 people aged over 50 have had their first Covid-19 jab in Somerset.

COVID restrictions are being eased across England from tomorrow (Monday, March 29).

HOW do you fancy owning a home which has previously welcomed guests including a Saint?

With the government publishing its roadmap out of lockdown, many people are looking forward to UK family holidays and trips to see loved ones.

THE Covid-19 infection rate has risen in three of the four Somerset districts and stayed static in the fourth in the latest Government figures.

IF you're over 70, then you could get a Covid booster jab from September, according to the vaccines minister.

SOMERSET County Cricket Club was founded in a smoke-filled room in 1875.

SIX Somerset artists are taking part in a virtual exhibition this month.

THE M5 is one of the most dangerous roads in the country for speeding offences, according to findings by a vehicle management company.

POLICE who discovered a car owner committing drugs offences discovered he had a fake £50 note on him.

AROUND £1 in every £5 raised from a levy on new development in Sedgemoor will go towards funding the Bridgwater tidal barrier, the district council has confirmed.