THERE will be live music at Worthy Farm - home of the Glastonbury Festival - this summer, it has been revealed.

PLANS for new rooms and self catering lodges have been submitted for a hotel in Brent Knoll.

THREE leisure centres and swimming pools in Sedgemoor have been awarded £260,000.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA Swimming Club has paid tribute to “amazing” coach Mike Lawrence.

MOTORISTS on the M5 are being warned that a service station is out of fuel.

SOMERSET recorded just 26 new confirmed Covid cases in the latest 24-hour figures.

CARNIVALS in Somerset have been cancelled for the second time due to the coronavirus pandemic.

HIGHBRIDGE-BASED mental health charity In Charley's Memory has thanked all of those who rallied around after it suffered the theft of two collection tins full of donations last week.

The brand has now moved to update customers on stock ahead of the weekend.

Despite challenges in international supplies, the Moderna vaccine is still on course to arrive in April.

A NUMBER of staff responsible for collecting recycling and waste in Somerset were sacked in January and February due to “breaches of the health and safety policy”.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA Coastguard Rescue Team came to the aid of a woman who had fainted and sustained an injury while walking along Burnham beach at the weekend.

THE founder of an East Huntspill-based charity scooped a national award at the weekend.

POLICE are asking people to call 999 if they see missing person Helen.

LOOKS like we're in for a mini 'heatwave' this week in Somerset.

POLICE slapped "multiple fines" on people breaching the Covid restrictions at a Somerset beauty spot at the weekend.

POLICE have announced where they will be siting mobile speed cameras in Somerset this week starting from today (Monday, March 29).

SOMERSET'S Public Health leaders are encouraging residents to take the new freedoms ‘day by day’.

ONE of the districts in Somerset had just one positive Covid-19 test in the latest 24-hour period - for the second consecutive day.

BRITISH Transport Police and Avon and Somerset officers have team up in an operation to disrupt county lines drug activities in Somerset and the South West.

AROUND nine out of every 10 people aged over 50 have had their first Covid-19 jab in Somerset.

COVID restrictions are being eased across England from tomorrow (Monday, March 29).

HOW do you fancy owning a home which has previously welcomed guests including a Saint?

With the government publishing its roadmap out of lockdown, many people are looking forward to UK family holidays and trips to see loved ones.

THE Covid-19 infection rate has risen in three of the four Somerset districts and stayed static in the fourth in the latest Government figures.

IF you're over 70, then you could get a Covid booster jab from September, according to the vaccines minister.

SOMERSET County Cricket Club was founded in a smoke-filled room in 1875.

SIX Somerset artists are taking part in a virtual exhibition this month.

THE M5 is one of the most dangerous roads in the country for speeding offences, according to findings by a vehicle management company.

POLICE who discovered a car owner committing drugs offences discovered he had a fake £50 note on him.

AROUND £1 in every £5 raised from a levy on new development in Sedgemoor will go towards funding the Bridgwater tidal barrier, the district council has confirmed.

A YEAR ago on Tuesday (March 23), the UK experienced the start of the very first lockdown.

PARKS across Sedgemoor have been refurbished ready for residents to enjoy once Covid-19 restrictions ease.

WINNERS of the 2021 Somerset Business Awards have been announced.

A PERSON with Covid-19 has sadly died in the Somerset district with the lowest rate of infection.

TRAIN services between Westbury and Taunton will be amended over the Easter period, to allow for track maintenance to be carried out.

SEDGEMOOR District Council will have the final word on whether to approve planning applications in Burnham-on-Sea and Brent Knoll which are currently in the works.

THE majority of taxi firms in Avon and Somerset fail to recognise signs of child exploitation, according to police.

THE founder of a East Huntspill-based wildlife charity will find out whether she has won a national animal welfare award tonight.

A BRAIN tumour survivor from Radstock is asking people to wear a hat today and donate to charity.

THE best places to live in Britain by The Sunday Times has been revealed - and one Somerset town has come out top.

A MAN from Brean was fined £1,050 for a series of speeding offences.

Why were governments doing different things? Which policies would work? Now we know.

One caller appeared on the show to share her story of being scammed out of a four-figure sum which almost saw the cash-saving guru swear on live TV.

A NUMBER of staff responsible for kerbside waste and recycling collections in Somerset have been suspended for "possible breaches of safe working practices".

A SOMERSET district has seen a worrying increase in its Covid infection rate in recent days.

A TEENAGER teenager since yesterday morning (Wednesday) could have travelled to Weston-super-Mare.

A BUILDERS merchants opened its doors in Highbridge last week.

VISITORS to a popular beauty spot will soon have the opportunity to support the area with a new virtual honesty box.

A MAN from London was fined £120 for drug driving in Weston-super-Mare.