THE gap between two Somerset towns will soon be “measured in millimetres” after plans for new homes were approved.

THERE was "thick, black smoke" coming from the roof of a property on fire last night (April 2).

A SOMERSET company is offering training courses to help improve wellbeing in the workplace.

A HOMELESS charity have launched their 2021 Big Sleep Out event.

BELOW are the planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between March 18 and 24, 2021.

GARDEN centre retailer Dobbies has unveiled that lavender was the most popular plant of 2020 at its Shepton Mallet store, with alpines set to be popular this year.

Salmonella poisoning, food allergies and choking hazards are just some of the reasons behind a number of urgent product recalls across the UK.

A THEATRE in Sedgemoor is set to receieve a grant to help it recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. 

THERE have been just 18 Covid-19 cases in four Somerset districts in the last 24-hour period.

AMBULANCE workers have reported nearly 1800 incidents of violence and aggression from patients and members of the public over the past year.

A FEATURE from a 400-year-old castle has been converted into a 21st Century beauty salon

IF you're planning to venture out and see friends and family outdoors this weekend, then the weather forecast will be at the forefront of your mind.

SOMERSET headteachers have clashed with the county council over possible cuts to special needs provision in schools.

A PEACEFUL socially-distanced protest is set to take place in Taunton tomorrow (April 3).

Some will offer a wide array of marinated meats cooked to perfection while others will offer dry burgers and a poor selection of condiments.

Amazon Prime has released a whole host of new shows and movies coming in April.

THE family of a Taunton man killed by Islamist terrorists in Mozambique have issued a statement following the loss of a man with "something of the lovable rogue about him".

THE former headquarters of Somerset’s libraries service will be turned into town centre housing under plans approved by district councillors.

THERE were 38 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in Somerset in the latest 24-hour period.

A SWAN took its life into its own wings on the busy motorway through Somerset this week.

SOMERSET Clinical Commissioning Group has which pharmacies will be opening over Easter.

THOUSANDS of workers in Somerset have been given a pay rise from today (Thursday).

EVERY household in Somerset will have Easter waste collection day changes.

A BRIDGWATER man has been made to pay for attacking two police officers on Christmas Day 2020.

ALL 16 Somerset recycling sites switch to their summer timetables from today (Thursday, April 1) – but for essential journeys only to start with.

A SOMERSET choir leader played a starring role in a fundraising effort which has raised more than £45,000 for Comic Relief.

THE death of another person in Somerset with Covid has been recorded in the latest figures.

PROPOSALS for a new pizza takeaway in Burnham-on-Sea were given the green light by Sedgemoor District Council yesterday (March 30).

A MAN from Burnham-on-Sea has taken on a walking challenge to raise funds in support of autistic people in the UK and Ireland.

FROM tomorrow (Thursday), around four million of the most clinically vulnerable people in England and Wales will no longer need to shield at home.

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.