Western Daily Press
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:26:19 +0000Paramedics called as resident accidentally creates chlorine gas while trying to clean house
They mixed two household cleaning products, believed to have been a bleach and an acid
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 04:00:00 +0000Transgender teenager from Bath launches crowdfunder for 'freeing' surgery
"I don’t want to spend my 20s playing a waiting game"
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:09:24 +0000Somerset coronavirus latest as almost 400 new cases confirmed in one day
A further 26 people have died across the UK but no new Covid deaths have been recorded in Somerset today
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:51:32 +0000Bath Reggae Festival assures guests it will be safe after concerns raised
An environmental health officer said it would be safest if the event did not go ahead
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:49:22 +0000Former Bath school could finally become pub and hotel 35 years after pupils left
King Edward’s School vacated the building in 1986 and sold it three years later
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:27:53 +0000Major emergency service presence to be at Bath Spa station
Police will be at the station in central Bath tomorrow
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:17:27 +0000Huge rescue after 25 ft sunken boat found in River Avon
Firefighters used underwater cameras to check no one was trapped inside
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:16:35 +0000See inside the stunning Bath chapel to be sold at auction
It has a guide price of £110,000
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:15:42 +0000More than 100 bikers take part in memorial ride for missing Ben Garland
'It's hard to express what it meant'
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:46:09 +0000BrewDog: Opening date for brewery's arrival in Bath confirmed
A year's supply of free beer is on offer to one lucky punter
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:43:12 +0000Boy, 14, and teen, 19, arrested on suspicion of rape at South West beach
Two 16-year-old girls are reported to have been victims of sex attacks
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:38:20 +0000Barbeques permanently banned at popular Somerset beauty spot
People have enjoyed cooking food on barbeques at the location for many years
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:37:46 +0000Boris Johnson spotted in Taunton after 'one day' holiday in the South West
The PM was pictured at Taunton train station as he was forced to abandon his holiday
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:16:18 +0000Derelict former video shop in Somerset town could be demolished under new plans
The former shop is 'falling into disrepair' after closing a number of years ago
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:57:54 +0000More than £4M to be spent on new Chard enterprise centre to off-set loss of Oscar Mayer
The centre will be built near the town's recycling centre
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:41:23 +0000Six magical mazes to get lost in this summer in Somerset and Dorset
They are sure to be an a-maze-ing day out
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:29:24 +0000Rise in coronavirus patients being treated at Bath's Royal United Hospital
But the number being cared for via a ventilator has dropped
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:13:48 +0000Pub near Bath forced to close after Covid case confirmed among staff
Recent customers have been advised to self-isolate
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:09:09 +0000Weston-super-Mare Museum forced to close after glass falls from roof
It is not yet known when the museum will re-open
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:36:26 +0000Somerset dad who lost his son in Afghanistan says lives were lost for war that ‘wasn’t winnable’
25-year-old RAF Sergeant Ben Knight was killed when his Nimrod aircraft exploded in Afghanistan in 2006
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:41:05 +0000Hunt for driver who failed to stop after woman injured in Somerton crash
Two-car collision being investigated by police
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:31:21 +0000Badgerline buses to make return to streets of Weston-super-Mare
If you were in Weston in the 1980's, you would have travelled on one
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:20:22 +0000Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox weighs in on ‘strategic disaster’ in Afghanistan
The North Somerset MP has urged the public to scrutinise this “illegal regime”
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:59:15 +0000Village tap people couldn't use because of traffic now restored
The Barrow Gurney tap was first installed in the 1850s
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:51:40 +0000Recycling and green waste may not be collected in these parts of North Somerset today
The council is facing ongoing issues with crew shortages