PLANS to upgrade Somerset’s bus network have hit a snag over the government provided less than one-tenth of the required funding.

SOMERSET County Cricket Club begin their 2022 LV= Insurance County Championship season with a Division One match against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl today.

WORK will start in June on 78 affordable homes on a brownfield site in Bridgwater.

A BRIDGWATER man failed to comply with a community protection order in the town's McDonald's FIVE times.

A RETIRED council official turned the clock back more than 400 years to get a taste of how an illustrious ancestor must have felt.

POLICE have appealed to the public to help them find a missing 14-year-old who was last seen in Dulverton yesterday afternoon.

A TEAM of three police officers returning from a training day today (Wednesday, April 6) couldn't resist pulling over a driver using a mobile phone on the M5 in Somerset.

TWO Bridgwater-based football teams are set to face each other in the men’s county cup finals tonight at the Athletic Ground in Wells - home of Wells City FC.

A CHARITY was pleased to see a ground-breaking bill, the first of its kind in the world, focused on improving the lives of those living with Down syndrome in England, successfully passed its third reading in the House of Lords.

SOMERSET County Council’s public health team is urging older and more vulnerable residents to take up the offer of a free, further Covid-19 booster vaccine.

FEWER staff at the Somerset Trust would feel happy if a friend or relative needed to be treated by the organisation, according to a survey carried out last year.

THE latest figures show an encouraging drop in the number of Covid-19 cases recorded in Sedgemoor.

HAYGROVE School has entered a competition to win a canopy worth £15,000.

SOMERSET villagers have been “stabbed in the back for the sake of sheer profit” by a housing developer, a local councillor has claimed.

A DEVELOPER near Bristol is making not one, but two attempts to build new homes on the former site of a Somerset primary school.

POLICE are appealing for information to locate 34-year-old Colin Cuddy who is wanted on recall to prison, after his license was revoked.

AN Avon and Somerset Police officer has this week been dismissed for gross misconduct.

The stars of Bridgerton's second season Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey will return. What we know so far.

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AN AWARD-wining charity has created a hand-crafted butterfly installation to raise awareness for dementia.

A NEW nature walk in Chedzoy officially opened to the public yesterday (Sunday, April 3) with guided walks, orienteering, candle making, and other activities.

AVON and Somerset Police have announced scores of locations where officers will be siting mobile speed cameras this week.

The Royal Mint has released a new coloured £5 coin to mark 120 years since Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit first hit the shelves.

It isn’t called The Great House for nothing – see inside this Grade II country house in North Newton, complete with swimming pool.

BRIDGWATER couple Jeremy and Julia Minchin, owners of baby and toddler brand Hippychick, are the latest guests to share their behind-the-scenes story on the family business podcast It Runs In The Family.

TWO young cookery students from Somerset have come out top in a competition.

TODAY (April 3) the 38th Taunton Marathon and Half Marathon returns.

The “aisle of dreams” in Aldi and Lidl is popular with shoppers keen to find a bargain on anything from gardening furniture and tools to clothing - find out what's on offer from April 3.

To help you plan for the break, here are the Easter holiday dates, including bank holidays, in Somerset.

WITH the news that government is giving £150 rebate to help with the cost of living, comes inevitable scammers.

STAFF from Hinkley Point B and apprentices from EDF took a trip to No.10 last month.

SOMERSET councillors have called on the government to take action to stop “poo islands” forming in the county’s rivers, writes Daniel Mumby, Local Democracy Reporter.

BELOW are planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between March 17 and March 23 2022.

Run don’t walk to Aldi because the supermarket finally has its cast iron cookware back in stock.

A NUMBER of workers at Hinkley Point C have gone on strike today (Friday, April 1).

THE Walford Cross Machinery Sale skipped a year in 2020 and moved to an online format in 2021 due to Covid.

A MAN from Bridgwater has been fined £533 after pleading guilty to speeding on the A303 near Sparkford.

AUCTIONEER Justin Lowe, of Greenslade Taylor Hunt, reported an excellent gathering at the firm’s latest auction held online and at The Batch Country House Hotel, Lympsham.

ALL of Somerset’s 16 recycling sites switch to their summer timetables from today (Friday, April 1).

MORE than 50 new homes could soon be delivered on one of the last green spaces between a major Bridgwater employment site and the M5 motorway, writes Daniel Mumby, Local Democracy Reporter.

A BILLIONAIRE businessman has unveiled exciting plans to launch a rocket to the Moon from his vast estate on the outskirts of Taunton.

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POLLING cards for the election for the new Somerset Council, town, and parish councils on Thursday, May 5 are arriving on doormats across the county.

A major new development near the M5 could create “a ghetto at the end of a cul-de-sac” without proper infrastructure, a Somerset councillor has warned.

A MOTORIST made two big mistakes driving up the M5 in Somerset overnight.

POLICE are appealing to people in the Bridgwater and Highbridge areas to help trace a wanted man.

A BRIDGWATER scouts group will hold an open event on Saturday, April 9.

POLICE detained five youths in Bridgwater last night (Wednesday, March 30) following a call concerning anti-social driving in the town.

CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak gave his Spring Statement on Wednesday, March 23, and whilst not as in depth as a full Budget it did still contain plenty of information that will affect all businesses.

A NEW dental surgery could soon open up in Bridgwater – at the same time that a former dental practice could be converted into more flats, writes Daniel Mumby, Local Democracy Reporter.