PASSENGERS are being asked to help back a bid for potentially millions of pounds to improve bus services across Somerset.

CHARD is set to host the sixth Britain’s Disabled Strongman competition.

A NUMBER of roads across Somerset have "melted" in the extreme heat, according to the county council.

AFTER the Met Office issued its first ever extreme heat warning this week, Somerset County Council is asking everyone to take care and keep an eye out for vulnerable friends and neighbours.

THE ambulance service covering Somerset has experienced its busiest week on record.

THIS car caught the attention of Avon and Somerset police officers on an enforcement operation targeting commercial vehicles.

PAITIENTS accessing healthcare in Somerset must continue to wear face masks, despite the relaxation of the rules under Freedom Day (Monday, July 19).

HAVING Bridgwater and Hinkley Point C in different parliamentary constituencies would be “a bit mad”, district councillors have argued.

Supermarket chains Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Lidl and Aldi have provided an update on the face mask rules for shoppers across the UK.

THERE will be 'significant problems' with rubbish and recycling collections this week in Somerset, people are being warned.

THE Met Office has issued its first ever amber extreme heat warning with Somerset set to see the hot conditions continuing through the week.

TWO Somerset men have appeared in court after being charged with conspiracy to steal.

AROUND one in six areas in England - including four districts in Somerset - are now reporting their highest rate of new Covid-19 cases since comparable records began last summer, when mass testing was first introduced in the UK, latest figures show.

PEOPLE buying homes in the Taunton postcode area have been knocking an average of more than two per cent off the asking price over the past year, according to a 'we buy any house' firm.

PROTESTORS who are against the closure of a mental health ward are planning to lobby councillors before a meeting this Wednesday (July 21).

HERE are the scores of locations where Avon and Somerset Police will be siting mobile speed cameras this week.

ROADWORKS are starting across the county today (July 19).

A NEW school for more than 100 pupils will open near to the A303 by 2023.

A VEHICLE was damaged by fire on a busy Somerset route last night (Sunday, July 18).

Climate activists staged a sit-in protest at a Somerset McDonald's on Saturday (July 17). 

A CAR was driven into a hedge and deliberately set on fire in Chard during the early hours of this morning (July 18).

HEALTH bosses say they have no plans for any further closures of Somerset’s minor injuries units (MIUs).

WE have compiled a list of what we think are possibly the top ten worst driving habits - but do you agree?

A SOMERSET farm has been named the Best Large Organic Farm in the UK.

“IT is absolutely vital that we proceed now with caution and I cannot say this powerfully or emphatically enough: this pandemic is not over. We cannot simply revert instantly from Monday July 19 to life as it was before Covid.”

BELOW are the planning applications received by South Somerset District Council in the week of July 5, 2021.

TEMPERATURES could reach up to 30°C this weekend in Somerset - so make sure to pack your suncream.

SEVEN coronavirus patients are being cared for in Somerset NHS Foundation Trust hospitals, figures show.

MORE than 1,400 people have been told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace in Somerset.

LAWRENCES’ in Crewkerne is busy getting their salerooms ready for their Summer Fine Art auction next week, which comprises more than 2,200 lots, with a sale every day of the week.

WILLHAYNE House is an imposing period property believed to date from 16th Century and offered to the market for the first time in over 30 years.

PEOPLE are being urged to look beyond lockdown by making a date to join Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Bristol.

AS the nation reacts to the racist abuse suffered by three of England's footballers, analysis of the latest figures reveals how racial hate crime increased in Avon and Somerset in the four years before the coronavirus pandemic.

A 74-YEAR-OLD has been jailed for 17 years for committing sexual assaults.

A HEADTEACHER is standing down at this end of this year due to the schools restructure in Ilminster and Crewkerne.

A BUSINESS that creates recyclable and eco-friendly gowns has opened this month.

Choosing to have yourself permanently inked is not a decision to be taken lightly but luckily there are some talented artists in the area, ready to take the job on.

ART is set to adorn the streets of Yeovil in a bid to celebrate the town's past and future.

A SOMERSET woman who bumped into Hollywood actor Harrison Ford in a London food hall said she was "too starstruck to speak".

CHARD-based charity Historic Helicopters is celebrating the restoration and return to flight of ex-RAF Sea King G-SEAK with an open day and flying display on Thursday, August 5.

SOMERSET County Council will continue to provide help to families in need of food support over the school Summer Holidays.

THE family of a man who was lost at sea made a special donation to the RNLI this year.

BORIS Johnson and Rishi Sunak have seen off a Tory revolt over cuts to aid funding, leaving charities angry at the prospect of an indefinite reduction in spending.

EMERGENCY services were called to a 'medical incident and single vehicle collision' outside a care home this morning (July 13).

A VIRTUAL exhibition is being held next week, so residents can find out more about plans to dual a section of the A303.

MORE than £400,000 of additional funding has been approved to ensure regeneration efforts in Chard town centre can move forward.

SUMMER may finally have arrived in Somerset as we put the rain behind us and start to enjoy some sunshine.

PEOPLE in Somerset were unable to report emergencies by calling 999 for a time last night (July 12).

MORE than a fifth of Somerset patients avoided making a GP appointment in the past year over fears of being a burden on the NHS, according to a survey.

A SOMERSET mother-of-two who is dying of cancer is the face of St Margaret’s Hospice Care’s campaign to encourage people to help others in their community.