A YOUNG woman caught speeding FIVE times in EIGHT days on the same stretch of the M5 has been let off a driving ban

MORE than 130 people are set to take part in a sponsored beach walk this weekend, to raise funds for the Friends of the War Memorial Hospital in Burnham-on-Sea.

A MAN from Weston-super-Mare was handed a 10-month driving ban for causing damage to a BT phone box and failing to stop after the accident.

PEOPLE in Somerset are being asked to host their own G&T party for charity.

ALTHOUGH the residents in Somerset will not be able to elect new county councillors this year, the police and crime commissioner (PCC) elections for Avon and Somerset are set to go ahead on May 6.

A MAN has been arrested in Brean as part of a police investigation into a series of thefts from shops in Burnham-on-Sea.

THEATRE fans can look forward to being able to buy tickets in person once again, from the start of next month.

THERE was no kidding around when three goats who were stuck on a ledge for several days needed rescuing.

A BRIDGWATER teenager drowned in a pool at a villa in Tenerife after a night out drinking, an inquest has heard.

LEARNER drivers taking tests when they resume today (Thursday) are under extra pressure to pass as a backlog means it could be several months before they get another chance.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved hairdresser - who worked with top London stylists - who passed away last month.

The Prime Minister said he expects the roadmap to go ahead as planned but warned "there will be another wave of Covid" this year.

AVON and Somerset Police have opened a new refurbished police enquiry office in Weston-super-Mare Town Hall.

ARGOS has said it is set to close its Somerset distribution site, with more than 200 jobs said to be at risk.

MORE than a million people in the South West have now received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

POLICE cordoned off a street in a Somerset town for a period to carry out a "low level rescue" this morning (Wednesday)

SOMERSET residents are being asked to give their feedback on the county’s new recycling scheme ahead of the next phase of the roll-out.

THE Somerset home of writer Evelyn Waugh is up for sale - which a whopping £5.5 million asking price.

TWO women were treated for smoke inhalation after a chip pan fire last night (April 20).

A PROLIFIC thief has been jailed for more than six months for a string of shoplifting offences.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA’S town flag, which was stolen last week while flying at half-mast in tribute to HRH Prince Philip, has now been recovered.

AS part of The Princess Theatre and Arts Centre’s new vision and ahead of its long-awaited re-opening this summer, Burnham and Highbridge Town Council has announced that the lease for the venue’s café and bar has been awarded to Hellend's Kit...

POLICE have issued an appeal to track down a wanted man who travels across Somerset.

A BURNHAM-ON-SEA cinema has confirmed it is planning to re-open to customers next month.

A SEMI-detached house the sellers claim has been "untouched since the 1960s" is going up for auction.

THE already low Covid infection rate in Somerset continues to fall.

PLANS are being made to re-open Sedgemoor District Council (SDC) offices in Bridgwater - after a refurbishment of the reception area is complete.

A STRING of thefts from town centre shops in Burnham-on-Sea have seen a charity collection box and till money being stolen in the latest incidents.

THERE were two fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in each of the four Somerset districts in the latest 24-hour figures.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA'S BARB Search & Rescue team were called out twice on Sunday, to assist drivers whose vehicles had got stuck on Brean beach.

IT takes an average 16.02 weeks to sell a home in Somerset, according to research by house buying firm Property Solvers.

WITH schools returning and lockdown measures having eased, there is going to be more traffic on our roads this week.

THREE people and a dog were rescued by firefighters after the vehicle they were in tipped over and left the road.

MATTHEW Lee Patrick, 38, of Leighton Drive, Bridgwater, admitted failing to give a specimen of blood in connection with a suspected driving offence.

THE Covid infection rate in Somerset is well below the England average, according to Public Health England figures.

AN independent Somerset brewery that moved its operations online during the Covid pandemic has launched a Crowdfunding appeal to expand its business.

THE contents of a Dorset country house are being sold in an auction next month.

MORE people than ever were regular internet users in Somerset in the months leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show.

BELOW are planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between April 1 and April 7, 2021.

AS a county so heavily reliant on tourism and hospitality it is good to finally see the staged opening of businesses within this key sector of our county’s economy.

A MOTORCYCLIST suffered "life threatening injuries" following following a serious road traffic collision in Somerset.

AVON and Somerset Police have sadly announced the death of one of the force dogs during a search for suspected offenders this week.

A THIEF has been jailed for a total of seven months at Taunton Magistrates' Courts for a series of offences.

MILITARY personnel from Somerset are playing a major role in the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh later today (Saturday).

IT'S taken some time, but it's finally dawned on me why the Americans refer to pavements as sidewalks.

A FIRE-damaged property in the centre of a seaside town in Somerset is going up for auction on a guide price of between £50,000 and £75,000.

WOMEN in Somerset are more than twice as likely as men to be admitted urgently to hospital for self-harm injuries, figures reveal.

“WE must change our diet. The planet can’t support billions of meat eaters.”

A MAN from Highbridge who killed his neighbour while mentally unwell has been handed an indefinite hospital order.

THE Covid rate of infection in all four Somerset districts is now below 20 cases per 100,000 people.