The BBC plans would create 11 investigative reporting teams across the country while increasing its daily online news provision in 43 areas

AROUND one in eight drivers pulled over by police on the M5 during a special operation were committing offences, according to Avon and Somerset Police.

THE students excelled at the Burnham-on-Sea Rotary Club’s Young Chef competition held at The King Alfred School Academy, in Highbridge.

 Re:ACT Performing & Production Arts is bringing a pantomime production of Jack and the Beanstalk to The Princess Theatre in Burnham-on-Sea in December.

THE board of directors at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have approved the business case to support the planned merger between the two trusts.

THE most deprived areas of Sedgemoor have been revealed in the latest 2021 census results.

FIREFIGHTERS in Devon and Somerset saw a significant rise in the number of wildfires they tackled this summer, an FOI request has revealed.

HUNDREDS of people in Taunton Deane and West Somerset are likely to find themselves voting in a different Parliamentary constituency at the next General Election.

BIDDING is now live for Somerset Wildlife Trust's virtual auction with unforgettable experiences and prizes supplied by local businesses and artists from across the county.

Love Island star Olivia dramatically quit the show after being told by the programme’s medical team that it is not safe.

This week sees a re-visit that has taken more than two decades, after the project first began in 1999.

Top sporting speaker, television football pundit and famous former football manager of legendary status, Ian Holloway, is to visit Cheddar’s Kings Theatre in February next year for an evening of fascinating stories and insights into his glittering ...

HIGHBRIDGE & Burnham-on-Sea Carnival returned on Monday, November 7, with the full list of results announced shortly after the procession ended.

An impressive crowd of more than 800 people gathered at Cheddar Football Club for the annual bonfire night and firework display.

JUDGES and sponsors are preparing for a late flurry of entries with two weeks left to enter the Somerset Business Awards 2023.

POLICE have issued this picture showing the state of a wheel on a car caught being driven on the M5.

AN Avon and Somerset police constable has been sacked for misusing force computers.

SOMERSET Community Foundation (SCF) has launched this year’s Surviving Winter appeal, encouraging people who can afford it to donate some or all of their Winter Fuel Payment to help vulnerable older people unable to afford to heat their homes.

FERNE Animal Sanctuary is set to receive a share of £16,000 from the Gannett Foundation's Cash for Charities giveaway - but it needs your help.

Comedian Peter Kay surprised fans after announcing his first tour in 12 years during ITV's I'm a Celebrity.

 

Almost 750,000 people in the south west have no savings, according to a survey carried out in September 2022 by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).

A SOLD-OUT concert, Songs of Somerset, held at The Princess Theatre in Burnham-on-Sea, has raised over £1,000 for the Somerset Crisis Fund.

Agincare has completed the purchase for an undisclosed sum following a transition period to enable a smooth change-over for residents, apartment tenants and the existing care team.

BURNHAM-on-Sea RFC earned an impressive away victory at the weekend against Barton Hill RFC.

BURNHAM & Highbridge residents and guests enjoyed a fantastic fireworks display on the seafront to ahead of its 2022 carnival celebrations.

A RAIN and wind weather warning has been issued for Somerset.

BURNHAM United have advanced into the next round of the Somerset County Cup after a big win at home against Chew Magna.

LODGE secretary Terry Cornelius, received a letter for financial assistance from the Zone after-school club, which meet on Tuesdays, at the Burnham Area youth centre. The popular club has this term undergone a change in its management committee, an...

BURNHAM-on-Sea lifeboat volunteers were paged by Milford Haven Coastguard control at 2.34pm on Friday (November 4) to a grounded speedboat in the River Parrett.

THE next Bishop of Bath and Wells will use various forms of transport to attend the service installing him in the role.

DOORS to the much-loved Riverside Inn in Cheddar are open again following a £328,000 makeover.

EVERYONE is acutely aware of the cost of living crisis and the need to make savings on outgoings.

PETER Knight is uprooting hundreds of miles to take over as managing director of Stagecoach operations in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

THE Charterhouse two-day collectors auction includes some stunning militaria from three soldiering generations of a family.

RAIL unions have called off plans for its member to strike this weekend and next week.

ARTS organisations in Somerset have received a multi-million pound boost from Arts Council England today (Friday, November 4).

A WELLBEING project providing support to people not in work has helped more than 400 people across three Somerset towns.

A UNION leader has accused a bus boss of "mistruths and fictional figures" the day before drivers and other staff walk out for a third time.

PLANS to plant thousands of new trees in Somerset have received a £300,000 funding boost.

Offsite Solutions, a Highbridge-based company, will manufacture 425 steel-framed bathroom pods for a Willmott Dixon project in Peterborough in a £2.3 million contract.

SEDGEMOOR District Council has confirmed the winter opening times for their beaches.

Glastonbury coach and ticket packages went on sale tonight and within less than half an hour, they sold out.

All the tips you need to try to secure Glastonbury 2023 tickets as tickets with coach travel go on sale on November 3 and general tickets go on sale November 6.

BURNHAM & Berrow Medical Centre has been placed under special measures following a CQC inspection in the summer that rated it ‘inadequate’.

BUS bosses in Somerset are blaming union leaders for a third strike day taking place on Friday (November 4).

House Fox Estate Agents in Somerset has been named the best estate agents in the county for the third straight year at the annual ESTAS Awards.

BURNHAM'S Esplanade will host a grand fireworks display on Sunday, November 6 as part of the town's carnival weekend. 

HIGHBRIDGE & Burnham-On-Sea Carnival will take place on Monday, November 7 and a full list of road closures has now been revealed.

A new Mediterranean restaurant could soon open in a Somerset coastal town if a new licence is granted.