A BRIDGWATER motorcycle group has raised thousands of pounds to support St Margaret's Hospice.

A VILLAGE cricket club in Sedgemoor has been awarded £20,000 to start developing a new ground and pavilion.

THE M5 is open this morning after a person died on a stretch of the motorway yesterday.

The Government should abandon any plans for setting out a multi-year spending review due to the unprecedented uncertainties facing the economy, a think tank has said.

The NHS is facing a “triple whammy” of issues from the Covid-19 pandemic, a report has warned.

A GLANCE at the 'Conservative Home' website tells you all you need to know about how the die-hard Johnson loyalists view his willingness to break a legally binding Withdrawal Agreement (WA) with the EU.

TWO men have been reported for summons after two vehicles were stopped following reports they were racing on the M5 and causing other vehicles to swerve to avoid a crash.

THERE were nine positive Covid-19 tests in Somerset in the latest 24-hour period.

BRIDGWATER'S Timewarp Arcade will be closing due to the coronavirus, in a bid to save the business in the long term.

Squibbers Way in Bridgwater has won two honours at the South West’s top civil engineering awards.

TRIBUTES have been paid to Somerset-based star of daytime TV favourite Money For Nothing, EJ Osborne.

NO-ONE will be able to enter a flat closed in June due to "frequent incidences of crime" until just before Christmas, a court has ruled.

RECENT cases deal with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include:

AUGMENTED reality, the circular economy and a nut-butter brand are among Somerset businesses selected for special help as part of a new scheme.

A WANTED man has been arrested in Somerset after an appeal from police last week.

HOMES with a price tag of £1 million-plus are selling 18 days faster than a year ago typically, analysis has found.

PLANS have been submitted to build 16 homes on the land to the rear of Carnival Court on Taunton Road in Bridgwater.

ALDI has unveiled ambitious plans to open 100 new supermarkets and upgrade more than 100 existing stores across the UK in the next year as part of a £1.3billion investment.

YOUR neighbour wants to build a large extension to the back of their home which could block the sunlight coming into your house.

A HORSE was rescued from a water-filled ditch after it got stuck.

A TRACTOR caught fire in a Somerset farm yard.

A RURAL coalition is urging the government to address long-standing inequalities and to support rural England's economic recovery from Covid-19.

THE official turf cutting ceremony for the exciting Memorial Park Improvement Project took place recently in North Petherton this week.

BELOW are the planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between September 11 and 17, 2020.

SUPERMARKET chains such as Asda, Co-op, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Iceland, Spar and Waitrose have urgently recalled a number of items.

THERE were eight new cases of coronavirus confirmed across Somerset in the past 24 hours.

SOMERSET residents will soon have to pay more to have their waste collected – including their garden waste.

SOMERSET taxpayers may have paid £1.5million too much for bin lorries because of an European cartel, the county’s waste partnership claims.

ELECTRICAL installation apprentice Alex Rendall from Bridgwater & Taunton College has won the SPARKS Apprentice of the Year 2020 competition.

TAKEAWAYS, a pub and a hotel are among the eateries in Somerset with a food hygiene rating of one from the Food Standards Agency.

THE new Huntworth Community Building proudly opened its doors to Buttercups Nursery on Monday, September 7.

THE biggest supermarket chains have revealed if they plan to re-introduce product purchase limits on a number of key items.

SUPERMARKET chain Aldi has brought back its popular Christmas hampers following a sell-out success last year.

LOCAL music shop Strings ‘n’ Things in Bridgwater will be closing its doors after 37 years due to the retirement of proprietor Paraic Dwyer.

BRIDGWATER’S newest bowling alley has been granted a licence, despite residents’ concerns about noise and antisocial behaviour from the sale of alcohol.

HEALTH and beauty retailer and pharmacy chain Boots has suspended all bookings through its website for the winter flu jab due to 'unprecedented demand'.

TWO people staying at EDF's Sedgemoor Campus in Bridgwater are self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus.

There were NINE new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Somerset in the last 24 hours.

AN immediate cash injection of £750,000 from the Government is set to boost Sedgemoor District Council’s Northgate Leisure Scheme and help support the town’s recovery from the effects of Covid-19 and its restrictions.

Fast-food chains McDonald's and Burger King have confirmed whether their drive-thru's will remain open beyond 10pm coronavirus curfew.

A BRIDGWATER plumber died along with his friend after they lost their balance while embracing near a seafront wall and fell 30ft on to the beach below, an inquest heard.

THERE were 14 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Somerset, marking the second consecutive day of a double digit increase.

A multibillion-pound package of support for the economy may not be enough to prevent rising unemployment and businesses going to the wall, Chancellor Rishi Sunak admitted.

POLICE are asking the public to call 999 if they see Toby Squire.

A DOORMAN was punched by a man leaving him with facial injuries which needed hospital treatment following a late night attack in Bridgwater last month.

A SEDGEMOOR man has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work to support residents living in social housing in the area.

A WOMAN who went missing with her two-year-old son after flying to Spain has been contact with the Spanish authorities, police have confirmed.

A TOTAL of 15 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in four Somerset districts- including seven in one district

A SOMERSET company has signed a trade deal with China boosting the South West’s links with the country and helping Westcountry innovators create, develop and sell their products worldwide.

FIRE crews were called to tackle a kitchen fire in a Somerset home.