Campaigners are demanding action after the latest in a spate of crashes at an accident blackspot in the New Forest

Honouring the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the event saw an ambitious armada of floats

The Saxons, pragmatic and descriptive, named it for exactly what it was  Twynham (or Tweoxneam), meaning "the place between two rivers".

Hundreds of speeding motorists have been caught as part of a new approach to making roads safer.

St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery in Lymington in the New Forest has won a VisitEngland Accolade for 2025 for best hidden gem in the South East

NHS clinical leaders across South West urge people to keep well this winter. Advice on preventing cold-related illnesses, local warm hubs, and staying active.

Puriton Primary School pupils raise £118 with charity bake sale, feeding 1,311 children in Kenya as part of twinning programme through St Peter’s Life-Line.

DHL Supply Chain Limited seeks to amend its HGV operator licence for Morrisons distribution centre Bridgwater, with 80 goods vehicles, 10 trailers.

Gallery of photographs from Somerset Camera Club with the theme reflections

Best ways to defrost a frozen car windscreen? Be warned, there is one common method we should all be avoiding.

A request to Dorset Police was made at a hearing yesterday ahead of a full inquest due to be held next year into the deaths of Jack Michael Williams, 18, and Katherine Susan Jane Powell, 17.

The Trustees of Forde Abbey, a key tourist attraction on the Dorset-Somerset border, are asking for Listed Building consent to carry out works

The Bridport And Lyme Regis News has published 7 death notices in the last 7 days.

Residents living close to the site of a new roundabout are pleased that a much-loved tree has been saved from the chop, for now

An event to kick of the festive season returns to Lyme Regis this weekend

NHS clinical leaders across South West urge people to keep well this winter. Advice on preventing cold-related illnesses, local warm hubs, and staying active.

Gallery of photographs from Somerset Camera Club with the theme reflections

Pensioners will be listening closely to the budget this week, hoping for an increase in their payments from the DWP next April.

Discover the latest films at The Ritz Cinema Burnham-on-Sea, 21–27 Nov, including Wicked For Good, The Running Man, A Paw Patrol Christmas and more. Book now!

Francis Dunnery brings England's Tales of the Council House Kid to Burnham-on-Sea's Princess Theatre and Arts Centre, 7 Feb 2026.

NHS clinical leaders across South West urge people to keep well this winter. Advice on preventing cold-related illnesses, local warm hubs, and staying active.

Join Ferne Animal Sanctuary’s Christmas festival near Chard on 30 November for family activities, festive crafts, and an animal blessing.

Gallery of photographs from Somerset Camera Club with the theme reflections

TODAY marks 80 years since the liberator plane crash, which took the lives of 27 people on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset.

Comedian and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Ruby Wax has slammed two contestants.

Queues are building in the area

Lando Norris said his march to pole position for the Las Vegas Grand Prix was "stressful as hell" as he ticked off another box in his bid to win the world championship by mastering a wet and wild qualifying session in Sin City.

For places 'that have the potential to aid an over-stressed individual', Kaila is a fan of one in particular

Residents at Camelot House and Lodge enjoy regular trips to a nearby garden centre praised for its warmth, donations, and cake

Taunton Minster to act as a model for sustainable church energy after receiving Church of England funding