FOLLOWING on from the hugely successful three-day festival in Taunton earlier this month, The Sound of the Streets is now coming to Bridgwater for a free afternoon of vibrant funky music.

YOUNG men and women from Haygrove School in Bridgwater celebrated the end of their school lives in style at their prom.

“Exceptional” and “perhaps record-breaking temperatures” are likely on Monday and Tuesday in Somerset.

THE flag is flying at half mast outside Somerset County Council's HQ at County Hall, in Taunton, to mark the funeral of the authority's former chairman.

AVON and Somerset Police officers carried out "almost 700 acts of disruption" in a clampdown on drug supply and associated crime.

POLICE have arrested a man in connection with a serious assault in Bridgwater.

SOMERSET will be going into Saturday's Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day oozing with confidence after their record-breaking quarter-final win over Derbyshire.

WASTE and recycling collection crews will be starting their shifts extra early to avoid the worst of the heat during the extreme weather warning next week.

NEARLY all of the contents of this three-storey country house are going up for auction this summer.

FORMER Somerset cricket star Arul Suppiah has courageously opened up about his battle with anorexia

A BUSINESSWOMAN is opening a farm shop and convenience store that will help villagers cut down their petrol bills.

People looking to make the most of the hot weather and visit the coastline have been warned that there is an increased risk of rock falls.

BRIDGWATER music lovers can see an acoustic musician perform live at a pub near the town this month.

A ‘BOLT TIGHTENING’ ceremony has taken place to mark the latest phase of building work on Bridgwater & Taunton College’s innovative new Construction & Civil Engineering Building, part of ongoing development across the college’s campuses.

WE can expect some sizzling hot weather for a few more days into next week, according to the Met Office.

AN Ashcott man has been handed a six-week suspended prison sentence for breaching a community order.

Concerns have been raised about how much money will need to be borrowed to deliver a major new employment site near Bridgwater.

FORMER Bridgwater and Taunton College (BTC) student Lauren Emery has returned to judge a competition for barbering students.

POLICE are trying to reunite this stolen bicycle which was found in Bridgwater town centre with its rightful owner.

WITH just over 17 weeks to go until Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival once again meanders its way through the streets of Bridgwater, preparations are really beginning to take shape.

BUSINESSES in the area are being invited to join a free session run by LOCALiQ on pay-per-click strategy.

A second payment of £324 will follow in the autumn

The warning relates to anybody with a social media account as a new 2,000 strong DWP team is launched aiming to crackdown on benefit fraud.

WITH many workplaces sweltering as the temperature nudges into the 30s Celsius, can it ever be so hot at work that you are allowed to go home?

A MAN who tried to break up a disturbance outside a Bridgwater food store sustained head and eye injuries after he stepped in.

THE Met Office has extended its weather warning for extreme heat in Somerset into the next working week.

A FORMER County Gazette reporter is in training to run a mind-boggling 290 miles in six days in support of her friend, who is battling cancer.

BRIDGWATER & Taunton College (BTC) has announced that hundreds more students will receive iPads following the successful first phase of its pioneering digital strategy project.

A TAUNTON man is celebrating 25 years working for a family-run fun.

HOUSEBUILDER Crest Nicholson has unveiled its show home at Grange Meadows in Cannington.

BRIDGWATER-based indoor vertical farm FlexFarming is redefining the future of fresh food production with its 500sqm, 10-tonne strawberry production facility, which is recognised as one of Europe’s largest Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) ve...

There are delays on the M5 this morning after two separate crashes.

HOUSEHOLDERS in Somerset are being warned of missed kerbside recycling pick ups due to the heatwave and staff shortages.

AN Avon and Somerset PC used the police computer system to access confidential information about people he knew, it is claimed.

THE Met Office has issued an extreme heat warning for Sunday, July 17.

A BRIDGWATER man has been fined after he admitted towing a trailer with “insufficient load security” that risked causing injury.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old man was assaulted in Bridgwater​.

There was plenty of glitz and glamour on display at Bridgwater College's prom last week.

STUNNING sunshine greeted the return of the popular Bridgwater Quayside Festival on Saturday, July 9.

PEOPLE in the Bridgwater area will this week be able to learn more about smart home technology and get tips on saving money on energy bills.

BRIDGWATER Guy Fawkes Carnival and Bridgwater and Taunton College have teamed up to provide marshals with a free College Certificate in Event Marshalling.

THE Ashcott Beer Festival took place on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 July.

BRIDGWATER & Taunton College (BTC) student Bertie Kelly has represented England as part of the team competing at the ISF World Schools Gymnasiade in France, also acting as flag bearer during a parade through the town.

SOMERSET can expect temperatures of 30degs C today and tomorrow (Monday and Tuesday, July 11 and 12) as the heatwave continues, according to the Met Office.

AVON and Somerset Police have published a list of sites where officers will be checking motorists' speeds from today (Monday, July 11).

WORK to form a new road in Somerset starts today (Monday, July 11).

Forecasters predict a sweltering heatwave will begin this weekend, according to forecasters, with highs of 27C expected in the UK.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a two-vehicle collision occurred in Bridgwater today, (Sunday, July 10).

POLICE stepped in to prevent a planned rave in a beauty spot last night (Saturday, July 9).

AND we all thought it was going to be easy to get away once the pandemic died down.