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Ferne Animal Sanctuary invites families and animal lovers to celebrate Halloween with a day of frightfully fun activities.

A nursery in Yeovil, Somerset has been given a 'Good' overall rating in a new Ofsted report published this week.

Plans have been submitted for Somerset Council consideration to convert an existing farm outbuilding in the Ilminster area into a home.

Somerset CrossCountry services will be impacted due to a second day of planned industrial action and strikes combined with planned engineering work.

A 23-year-old podcaster and entrepreneur has become a new business owner after taking over a gym in Ilminster that he has worked at for the last three years.

80-year-old Natalie Grabow completes Ironman World Championship triathlon.

South Somerset Music Centre are set to stage its first opera performance.

The top seven restaurants to visit in Somerset this Autumn have been named.

Plans have been submitted for a development in Chard that will include up to 12 dwelling houses, four of which will be affordable homes.

A team of volunteers have helped to restore a medieval well and bathing pool near the small village of Blagdon in Somerset with the help of a local charity.

An Ilminster business owner has shared the keys to his success over the past 13 years of working in the town centre.

Fewer than half of children have seen an NHS dentist in the last year. Tooth decay most common cause of hospital admissions among five to nine-year-olds.

Somerset-based workers at a leading defence and aerospace company are set to go on strike for days over a dispute in pay.

A Chard man was spotted pitching up a tent outside of a new Greggs, one day before it officially opened its doors "for fun".

The UKHSA South West and environmental health officers from Somerset Council are working together to investigate reports of an “outbreak” at a Chard restaurant.

A person has died after an incident near Taunton train station, British Transport Police has confirmed.

A new Greggs in Chard has officially opened its doors - bringing new jobs to the community and a new place to grab a bite on the go.

Ilminster, Somerset's oldest and longest running carnival club is gearing up for the largest illuminated carnival procession in Europe.

Adam Dance MP celebrates Apple Day in South Somerset as local cider-makers and orchards champion tradition, rural jobs, and community.

Yeovil MP Adam Dance slams reports suggesting the Chancellor will not amend or repeal the Family Farm Tax in next month’s Budget.

A Chard resident has voiced his outrage about the ticket machine in Sainsbury’s car park being broken for multiple weeks, calling the Somerset Council “incompetent”.

The promised Schools White Paper won't now arrived until the spring of 2026 - leaving children and families "waiting ever longer" for essential support.

Chard weather forecast: 22–26 October - partly cloudy, sunny intervals, and showers expected. Highs of 14°C, lows of 5°C.

Somerset Council and SUEZ name young winners of Somerset’s first Food Waste Story Writing Competition.

Exmoor ponies at Winsford Hill undergo annual inspection by the Exmoor Pony Society to assess foals and breeding.

Four-bedroom detached house for sale in Ilminster, £485,000. Features double garage, landscaped garden, full makeover, and desirable residential area.

Cllr Gill Slocombe voice frustration over new one-way road system on Salmon Parade and East Quay. Petition launched.

Period three-bedroom semi-detached house for sale in South Chard. £340,000. Spacious plot, period features, parking, rural views, potential to extend.

Somerset Council invests £3.3m to new council homes, tackling local housing crisis and reducing waiting lists for social housing in high-demand areas.

Somerset Council announce changes to garden waste collection from Nov 24, affecting 55,000 subscribers. Check changes online.

The best performing schools in Somerset for this year’s GCSE exams have been revealed in the annual secondary school performance tables.

A storm has been forecast to hit the south of England, with Somerset set to be affected with winds of up to 60MPH.

The Candlelight Inn will be reopening under two new owners, who first met at the pub ten years ago.

Mother of three claims her £450,000 new build "dream home" turned into a nightmare after she discovered it was "riddled with black mould” that "transferred to her babies' toys" and "triggered respiratory issues".

A MAN from Ilminster has been handed a suspended sentence for sexual offences with a 14-year-old child.

Ferne Animal Sanctuary staff in Somerset take part in the Sleeping Ruff challenge, spending a night in kennels to raise vital funds.

Fleet Air Arm engineers at RNAS Yeovilton recreate a 26-year-old family photo, echoing their fathers’ teamwork on HMS Exeter.

Yeovil MP Adam Dance calls for stronger support for domestic abuse victims, urging more funding and action beyond the Sentencing Bill reforms in the UK.

A Yeovil care home has received an overall Good rating in a new Care Quality Commission report, after being found in breach during the last inspection in 2021.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain in Somerset and North Somerset on Thursday (October 23).

Pizza Hut has revealed the locations of 68 restaurants, including in Somerset, which will close after the company behind its UK venues fell into administration.

The Chief Executive Officer and founder of Chard-based mental health charity, Watch CIO, received her British Empire Medal at an exclusive award ceremony.

A MAN from Ilminster has been jailed for 40 months for intentional strangulation and assault by beating.

British Empire Medals have been awarded to six “local heroes” at a ceremony held at The Newt in Somerset.

La Fontana Care Home is situated on the outskirts of Martock, surrounded by beautiful Somerset countryside. La Fontana Care Home is a purpose-built care home featuring the latest in care home technology, with a passionate and dedicated team who provi...

Pizza Hut's UK restaurants have gone into administration today, with hundreds of jobs at 68 eat-in locations at risk across the country, including in Somerset.

A MAN from Chard has been sent to prison for three years for intentional strangulation.

With only one month until Ilminster’s famous Christmas festival and the Ilminster Christmas Lights Committee are already hard at work decorating the town.

SOMERSET NHS Foundation Trust paid out more than £23million to patients who suffered from birth injuries in the past five years, an FOI has revealed.