A SOMERSET district is among the five HIGHEST increases in Covid-19 positivity rates in England, new figures reveal.

PUPILS at a school in Somerset were awarded for their hard work this academic year at an awards ceremony.

MOTORISTS are being warned to slow down following some of the speeds clocked by police during a current speeding campaign.

A SOMERSET group aiming to combat climate change and protect the environment is looking to secure premises of land for an eco-centre.

THE Met Office has put out a warning of possible thunderstorms across Somerset today (Monday).

POLICE will be out in force with their mobile speed cameras across the Avon and Somerset district this week.

A NEW £4.4million eye theatre suite has opened at a Somerset hospital.

THE experienced James Hildreth guided Somerset to a five-wicket win against Yorkshire in today's Royal London One Day Cup clash.

RECKON you're Somerset's weariest worker?

JUST a fraction of rape investigations in Avon and Somerset resulted in someone being charged last year, new figures reveal.

A TEACHER from Somerset who was jailed for making and distributing indecent images of children has been banned from teaching.

BRIDGWATER has been named Somerset's sexiest place.

BELOW are the planning applications received by South Somerset District Council in the week of July 19, 2021.

A YOUNG man is in hospital with 'life-threatening injuries' following a two-vehicle collision in Somerset.

MORRISONS is letting kids eat free in its cafes all day, every day this summer.

NEARLY 100 children in Avon and Somerset are authorised to use guns, figures show.

A HANDSOME period farmhouse with a separate two-bedroom cottage together with three acres of level productive pasture land.

SOMERSET residents have been given their first glimpse of what the new, improved A303 will look like when a major dualling scheme is completed.

A MAN has been jailed for 876 days after pleading guilty to burglary offences in Yeovil.

A LARGE vaccination clinic in Somerset is set to move to a popular museum next week.

TWO Somerset MP's have welcomed grants of more than £9million to help protect against flooding.

A CREWKERNE motorist was caught speeding at the wheel or a goods vehicle or passenger carrying vehicle on a dual carriageway.

A SOMERSET council says it has no plans to buy the Oscar Mayer site in Chard, or to incorporate it into its current regeneration programme.

POLICE are appealing for the public's health to help track down a wanted man who could be in Somerset,

A MAN accused of killing a doorman was looking for a fight and "bouncing around" moments before the stabbing, a jury has been told.

POLICE are hunting a middle-aged stranger who behaved in a "threatening and abusive manner" towards two primary school aged children.

THE Covid-19 rate of infection in Somerset is well below the average for the whole of England, the latest figures show.

GARDEN waste collections in Somerset have been suspended for SIX weeks.

A MOBILE home used a storage was deliberately set alight during the early hours of this morning (July 29).

A MUM is fighting for her son to attend a special educational needs (SEN) school after his attendance at a mainstream primary was just 11 per cent.

THE Somerset Library Service is inviting people to share their experiences of the last 16 months to be recorded for future generations to see.

A BUS caught fire in a Somerset village this morning (July 28).

A WOMAN was trapped in a car after a road traffic collision yesterday afternoon (July 27).

POLICE have issued a Somerset-wide appeal to find a teenager wanted for breaching his bail conditions.

A MAN accused of killing a doorman in a Yeovil bedsit made a Snapchat video minutes later in which he said: "I think I’ve murdered someone."

A DOORMAN was stabbed repeatedly in the head and neck during a frenzied knife attack at a bedsit in Yeovil, a murder trial has heard.

A SOMERSET town flooded again this weekend - less than a month after the last floods.

DAMAGING a woman's mobile phone has ended up costing a Donyatt man more than £1,000.

HAMSTRUNG district councils unable to approve new homes developments in Somerset have sent an SOS to the Government.

MAJOR roadworks are being carried out at the Coal Orchard development in Taunton from today.

A SPECIAL emergency sandbag bank was opened in Chard last night for those fearing a repeat of recent flash flooding during storms.

An innovative app that helps people pinpoint locations across the globe is now helping to locate things other than people in the middle of nowhere.

Hundreds more people were told to self-isolate by Test and Trace in Somerset in the latest week, figures show.

Somerset Trust was caring for six coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

A SOMERSET auction of classic and vintage motorcycles saw sales reach more than a staggering £350,000.

BELOW are the planning applications received by South Somerset District Council in the week of July 12, 2021.

THE tragic coronavirus death toll in Somerset care homes has been revealed.

CRIME has fallen over the last year in Somerset, official police records reveal.

IT was always going to happen. After experiencing glorious sunshine for the the past week, it abruptly comes to an end, just in time for the first weekend of the summer holidays.

The number of coronavirus cases in South Somerset increased by 46 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.