MOTORWAY service area provider Roadchef has installed new outdoor food huts at Sedgemoor services to cope with a surge in road users as Brits embark on their ‘staycation summers’.

A level students find out their grades today. It's the second consecutive year they haven't had to sit exams due to the pandemic. Instead their results have been based on teachers assessments. We'll keep you updated with the news as it comes in.

POLICE have recently discovered "significant cannabis farms" in the Taunton and Keynsham areas.

SOMERSET cricketer Sonny Baker is hoping for double success today (Tuesday).

A WOMAN trapped in her overturned BMW in a water-filled ditch was rescued by firefighters.

LGV drivers are being offered a £1,000 welcome bonus for taking a job carrying out Somerset's struggling waste collections.

SOMERSET County Council's travel arm has released details of major roadworks starting in the county this week.

A ROOKIE motorist made the mistake of overtaking an unmarked police car - at 131mph.

POLICE are warning motorists of well around 250 locations across Somerset where they will be checking drivers' speeds this week.

A COUPLE who are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary have said love, respect and patience is the key to a healthy marriage.

ROADS in the South West are set to improve thanks to a £200million investment.

AN exceptionally rare opportunity to purchase a stunning house offering up to four bedrooms and enjoying a panoramic aspect over the Berrow Golf Links to the rear, together with a self contained bungalow.

BELOW are the planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between July 22 and 28, 2021.

A BODY has been found in a Somerset village this morning (July 7).

POLICE are appealing for information about missing man, George.

CREWS tackled a bedroom fire near Wells yesterday evening (August 5).

Burnham-on-Sea pier has caught fire this afternoon (August 5).

AN artist has created a giant drawing of the band Sparks on a Somerset beach.

POLICE have launched a crackdown on speeding blackspots in Somerset.

TWO organisations have come together to host a town’s first pride event next year - and the partnership was commemorated during a symbolic art event.

A WOMAN from Burnham-on-Sea shaved her head and raised more than £1,000 in memory of her daughter, who died last year at just 44-years-old.

AVON and Somerset Police have issued a fresh appeal to the public to help trace a wanted man.

CHILDREN from Sedgemoor schools have been making time capsules to put in the new T-pylons.

TWO neighbourhoods in Somerset are among 14 in England and Wales postcode areas that have recorded NO Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to official figures.

A SOMERSET district is among the five HIGHEST increases in Covid-19 positivity rates in England, new figures reveal.

MOTORISTS are being warned to slow down following some of the speeds clocked by police during a current speeding campaign.

A SOMERSET group aiming to combat climate change and protect the environment is looking to secure premises of land for an eco-centre.

A NEW £4.4million eye theatre suite has opened at a Somerset hospital.

THE Met Office has put out a warning of possible thunderstorms across Somerset today (Monday).

A FAMILY struggling in mud as the tide came in sparked a major emergency response at Brean beach.

POLICE will be out in force with their mobile speed cameras across the Avon and Somerset district this week.

THE experienced James Hildreth guided Somerset to a five-wicket win against Yorkshire in today's Royal London One Day Cup clash.

RECKON you're Somerset's weariest worker?

A TEACHER from Somerset who was jailed for making and distributing indecent images of children has been banned from teaching.

BRIDGWATER has been named Somerset's sexiest place.

SPRINGFIELD is an attractive period property in the heart of this popular village.

BELOW are planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between July 15 and 21, 2021.

A MAN wanted for recall to prison could be in the Brean area, according to police.

A YOUNG man is in hospital with 'life-threatening injuries' following a two-vehicle collision in Somerset.

MORRISONS is letting kids eat free in its cafes all day, every day this summer.

NEARLY 100 children in Avon and Somerset are authorised to use guns, figures show.

POLICE have issued an appeal to track down a man wanted in connection with an incident in a Somerset town.

SCAMMERS have been using the name of a council service to take money from elderly residents in Somerset.

A SOMERSET MP has criticised the halt in garden waste collections, saying it will place 'intolerable burdens' on the frail and the elderly.

POLICE are appealing for the public's health to help track down a wanted man who could be in Somerset,

JUST a fraction of rape investigations in Avon and Somerset resulted in someone being charged last year, new figures reveal.

THE Covid-19 rate of infection in Somerset is well below the average for the whole of England, the latest figures show.

GARDEN waste collections in Somerset have been suspended for SIX weeks.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a crash on a main road in Somerset last Friday (July 23).

A SHED caught fire last night (July 28) in a Somerset village.