SOMERSET County Cricket Club has today (Tuesday, August 2) confirmed that Jack Brooks has signed a one-year contract extension.

SCORES of firefighters have been battling a huge fire which broke out at a former pub in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday, August 2).

THE Queen's newly appointed representative in Somerset is "looking forward to giving something back to the country which has given me so much".

BRIDGWATER MP Ian Liddell-Grainger has commended Hinkley Point B's safety record after the power station was switched off today.

A FAMILY-RUN Bridgwater company has celebrated its 50th anniversary with help from the town's mayor.

NORTH Newton residents have been thanked for bringing a sense of community spirit to a well-attended flower show. 

A MURDER investigation has been launched following the death of a teenager in Somerset.

AFTER more than 46 years generating home grown zero-carbon electricity, Hinkley Point B has today (Monday, August 1) switched off its second reactor.

CHANNEL 4 television crews will attend this year's Burtle Harvest Home to film the event as part of a new Sarah Beeny show about moving to rural areas.

RAPID reform is urgently needed to tackle the staff shortages which are crippling businesses across the UK.

THESE are the locations across Somerset where police say they are siting mobile speed cameras at various times this week.

JUSTIN Lowe, auctioneer and partner at Greenslade Taylor Hunt, reports another busy auction held at the Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster.

THERE was plenty of family fun at the weekend's Somerset Aerofest at Middlezoy Aerodrome.

THERE'S going to be traffic disruption in parts of Somerset as a number of major roadworks get underway today (Monday, August 1).

Ten famous faces you might not realise all went to school in Somerset.

POLICE are investigating a fatal collision in a Somerset town this morning (Sunday, July 31).

HERE'S a look at the stunning Camera Club pictures featured this week.

THIS is a stunning four-bedroom detached family home benefitting from a wood-burning stove and oak flooring.

THERE are no plans for a hosepipe ban in Somerset despite the above average dry spell.

It was a little awkward in January 1899 when the Son of God died near Bridgwater, considering he was supposed to be immortal. Several soul brides and his daughter, the Child of the Devil, succeeded him.

A VICTORIAN mobile photographer’s studio, which has spent most of its life on the Dorset coast at Swanage, is looking for a new home when it goes under the Charterhouse Auction gavel on Friday, August 5.

TWO Somerset betters hit debut County Championship tons in the drawn run-fest at Essex that ended yesterday (Thursday, July 28).

A MULTI-VEHICLE collision has brought traffic to a standstill on the M5 northbound carriageway between junctions 24 and 23 near Bridgwater.

AN investigation into the cause of an incident that took place at Hinkley Point C is ongoing, a spokesperson said.

A MOTHER-of-three woman who killed her controlling boyfriend has been jailed for six years.

OVER 40 food and goods stalls will feature at this month's Bridgwater Independent Market on Sunday, July 31.

A SACKED Somerset officer has been barred from ever working for the police after it emerged he acted "inappropriately" with at least four female colleagues.

Somerset councillors have agreed to provide an extra £603,000 to ensure that upgrades to one of the county’s key flood defences can finish.

A BRIDGWATER ranger has been been presented with Somerset's first-ever gold award.

THE behaviour of some Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service staff gives "cause for concern", according to inspectors.

PORTABLE barbecues should be withdrawn from sale to cut the risk of wildfires in our countryside, says Bridgwater and West Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger.

SOMERSET County Council will “look closely” at a Government scheme designed to help communities that suffered repeated flooding.

IN the 2022 instalment of the Baker Cup, it was Bridgwater CC who claimed the spoils over rivals Taunton St Andrews in the final.

TWO people from Somerset have been fined by magistrates after travelling on the railway without paying their fares.

SOMERSET County Council has taken possession of two fully electric, specially adapted wheelchair-accessible minibuses.

TRUSTEES at Bishop's Hull-based St Margaret's Hospice Care have decided to close its loss-making funeral service.

The Money Saving Expert founder shared the message ahead of a further increase in energy bills expected this winter.

PLANNING on watching the Lionesses' semi final match against Sweden down the pub this evening (Tuesday, July 26)?

NATWEST, the UK’s biggest bank for business with 40,000 agriculture customers, has today confirmed an additional £1.25billion lending package to the UK farming community.

A BUSINESS co-founded by a former Bridgwater and Taunton College (BTC) student has been invited to pitch to international investers in London.

HOUSEBUILDER Crest Nicholson has installed specially designed hedgehog highways and bee hotels at its Grange Meadows development in Cannington.

A TOTAL of 22 homes in the Taunton (TA) postcode have been sold for more than £1million in the past year, according to 'We Buy Any House' company Property Searchers.

THE Lord Lieutenant of Somerset Annie Maw has completed the final leg of her epic series of Jubilee Jaunts to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

TAUNTON Thespians continue their outdoor summer tour to tell the Tales from 1001 Arabian Nights.

WITH over seventy parks, gardens, open spaces, and play areas, Sedgemoor District Council is celebrating Love Parks Week (July 29 to August 5). It has been a busy few weeks for the Parks and Clean Surroundings Teams, getting planters, borders, parks,...

AN unloved bookcase destined for a rubbish skip has been given a new lease of life - as a plant stand.

HEALTH bosses in Somerset are urging people who haven't had any or all of their Covid-19 vaccinations to do so.

More than 30 million people in the UK will benefit from the increase to payments

PASSENGERS hoping to travel by train to and from Somerset stations this week are being warned to plan ahead due to industrial action.

A YOUNG motorist collected a total of six penalty points for two driving offences committed barely two months apart.