HINKLEY Point C has today (Tuesday, August 8) released video and images of its latest spectacular engineering achievement – the precision placement of a 5,000-tonne intake head on the seabed of the Bristol Channel.

We are giving local charities the chance to take a share in a massive £16k giveaway.

A CAMPAIGN to encourage more people to hop on buses has been launched as households face mounting financial pressures.

A GARDEN party held to raise funds to repair the roof of Burnham-on-Sea Community Centre has raised more than £1,200.

A VILLAGE hall in Somerset has officially re-opened with a celebration event after a successful £282,400 refurbishment project.  

A cider farm near the M5 in Somerset will be able to play live music and hold events throughout the year after a new licence was approved.

AROUND 40 bands, artists, and DJs entertained festivalgoers at Whirl-y-Fair in West Huntspill, which returned after three years away.

FASHIONS may come and go, but the draw of well made and designed items never lose their appeal.

A GROUP of medals won by war hero Sir Thomas 'Archie' Lamb are included in the Charterhouse September auction of medals, militaria, coins and stamps.

HERE'S a list of sites across Somerset where police will be operating mobile speed cameras during the week starting today (Monday, August 8).

TREES affected by ash dieback and traffic light refurbishment works are among the major roadworks being undertaken in Somerset this week.

Tools are being stolen every 45 minutes across the UK and Avon & Somerset is among the top 10 tool theft hotspots, according to police data.

BURNHAM coastguards came to the aid of a boy who suffered a dislocated knee in a ‘moment of misfortune’ at Brean Beach. 

A BARN and hundreds of tonnes of hay and straw have been destoyed in a blaze tackled by firefighters from across Somerset, including Burnham-on-Sea. 

Here's a selection of the items you'll find in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl from Sunday, August 7.

BURNHAM & Highbridge councillor Ganesh Gudka has said it is 'disappointing' to hear comments made by James Heappey MP not supporting a recent regeneration bid for Highbridge.

THE Avenue Tennis Club are inviting spectators on August 8 when they will be hosting the British Lawn Tennis Associations Grade 3 Tennis Burnham on Sea Tennis Open.

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

Households will start receiving money off their energy bills from October, with the discount made in six instalments.

According to the Road Traffic Act 1988 in reference to careless and inconsiderate driving, the law is clear.

POLICE believe a convicted rapist and kidnapper may be in Somerset.

MILLIONS of pounds could be invested in town centres, transport, and cultural projects in parts of Somerset if a bid for government funding is successful.

DAMAGED lights at Marine Cove Gardens in Burnham-on-Sea have been replaced by energy-efficient LED lanterns. 

POLICE are asking people in Somerset to look out for a convicted drug offender.

A FORMER Somerset newspaper reporter has become the first person to ever run the 299-mile Macmillan Way.

A SOMERSET man has died in a collision on the M5 today (Wednesday, August 3).

A JUNIOR school in Burnham-on-Sea has thanked the local community for supporting an initiative that will see pupils take responsibility for 12 new flowerbeds.

POLICE have launched an appeal to find a wanted man in connection with a sexual offence.

A FORMER police officer who used confidential systems to look up information about people they knew would have been dismissed if they hadn’t already resigned, a misconduct hearing panel concluded yesterday (Tuesday, August 2).

THE 16-year-old boy who died from stab wounds following an incident in Somerset at the weekend has been officially named.

THE two politicians vying to be our next Prime Minister were in Somerset this week looking to drum up support for their campaigns.

A YOUNG man supplied drugs from a Somerset home he took over while the tenant real was in hospital has been jailed.

ST John Ambulance is aiming to recruit hundreds of volunteer vaccinators in Somerset and the West Country to boost the population's Covid and flu immunity.

A “MAGICAL” theatre show for families will visit several Somerset towns on its summer tour, which starts today.

RURAL crime in Somerset cost an estimated £930,000 in 2021, according to insurer NFU Mutual's 2022 Rural Crime Report.

AN 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a teenager in Somerset.

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a teenager in Somerset have made a third arrest.

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

Beach-goers are being urged to keep an eye out for the venomous weever fish.

PEOPLE are being advised not to swim in Burnham-on-Sea's Apex Park lake.

THE RSCPA North Somerset branch in Brent Knoll hosted a pop-up shop at the weekend to raise money to help it look after the animals in its care.

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

BERROW Road in Burnham-on-Sea is closed following a crash near the Low Lighthouse.

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

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'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).