MORE than 80 staff a council in Somerset have been redeployed to help support the coronavirus vaccination centres.

THE number of coronavirus vaccines administered in Somerset are released weekly - here are the latest figures.

TAUNTON Area Cycling Campaign (TACC) has produced a list of what it calls design flaws following the opening on Sunday of the new link road from the A358 to the M5 at Taunton.

DESPITE well over 200 positive Covid-19 tests in Somerset in the latest daily figures, there is a semblance of hope as the rate of infection dipped in all four districts, albeit it only marginally.

RECENT cases dealt with at Taunton Magistrates' Court include:

STORM Christoph might be heading off, but there are still a few flood warnings in place in Somerset.

The plans will also review minimum entry requirements to universities as part of reforms, in an effort to provide more accessibility for students.

The proposal is said to be the “preferred position” of the Department of Health.

Priti Patel announced that individuals attending house parties will be fined a minimum of £800 which will double for each repeat offence.

SOMERSET’S only mass Covid-19 vaccination centre is closing this weekend - to allow for HORSE RACING to go ahead.

A CORONAVIRUS testing site has been set up in Chard.

A BARGAIN store is set to open in Chard this summer.

THE 2021 Glastonbury Festival has been CANCELLED as the pandemic continues to ravage the country.

AT least 100 Covid-19 deaths have now been recorded in each of the four Somerset districts since the start of the pandemic as the county suffers a further day of tragedy.

THREE burglars who broke into a commercial premises at a farm near Chard tried to force open a milk machine.

FOLLOWING the latest lockdown and closure of non-essential shops, schemes introduced to support social distancing and the reopening of high streets in two Somerset towns are to end.

EMPLOYEES at a Somerset Müller plant have hit out at bosses claiming the factory is not regularly cleaned - but the company have insisted a 'rigorous' cleaning regime is in place.

A DRIVER was trapped inside his car after it became stuck in floodwater this morning (Thursday).

A FORMER County Gazette journalist has challenged Piers Morgan to put his jogging shorts where his well-known mouth is.

A DAD drove 350 miles with his kids in the car to get a KEBAB - then crashed on the way home.

- Two lanes are currently closed on the M5 northbound between Clevedon (J20) and Portishead (J19) - Highways England and police are at the scene -Long delays expected

A FACTORY worker at a Somerset Müller factory has sadly died after testing positive for Covid-19 and 47 staff have tested positive for the virus.

THE Covid-19 infection rate has risen in three of Somerset's four districts.

HUNDREDS of Somerset County Council staff are working alongside the NHS and in communities to support the fight against Covid-19.

YARCOMBE Flower Show did not take place last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, and so the handicraft section of the show decided to help by creating baby blankets.

FANS of the Glastonbury Festival have been reacting to news the already-rescheduled event in 2021 has been called off.

NEWS of Glastonbury Festival's decision to cancel the already-rescheduled 2021 festival is a huge blow - not just to those hoping to head to Worthy Farm in June - but to the industry itself.

THE 2021 Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled, bringing heartbreak to thousands of music lovers around the world.

THE world is abuzz with one name following new US President Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony yesterday - that of Amanda Gorman.

How long could England be placed under strict lockdown restrictions?

App-based couriers say they face low rates of pay and low job security, as they can be sacked without a dismissal process at any time.

Wessex Water shares some simple advice to beat the freeze and protect your home from burst pipes.

SOME ‘routine planned operations’ are being cancelled at Musgrove Park Hospital - and operating theatres converted to intensive care units - as the NHS in Somerset comes under ‘sustained and increasing pressure’, according to internal docu...

SOMERSET has experienced its worst day since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic after 19 people tragically died in one day.

WE thought you might like to compare the changes in traffic volumes on a main road on the outskirts of Taunton notorious for being traffic-clogged at rush hour.

RESIDENTS in Chard are concerned a factory is putting its employees at risk of coronavirus - but the company insist their “processes are Covid-secure”.

SOUTH Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has reported a rise in assaults on staff.

Sites will start shutting their doors from April 23, with approximately three closing each week until the end of September.

A COLLEGE in Taunton has been awarded a share of £48.5million to fund Education and Childcare and Health and Science T-Levels.

STORM Christoph is set to hit Somerset over the next few days.

THERE were 245 positive Covid-19 tests in Somerset in the latest 24-hour period.

The supermarket also announced plans to recruit another 4,000 shop workers over the course of the year.

Driving tests have been significantly disrupted once again during the latest lockdown, with lessons and all theory and practical tests suspended.

Schools in England were told to close from 5 January when Boris Johnson announced a third national lockdown.

THREE young children were left without any protection from their violent older brother after Somerset County Council failed to help their family, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found.

TRAGICALLY nine Covid-19 related deaths have been recorded in Somerset in the latest 24-hour period.

IN just 15 months, this 31.5 stone (441lbs) Somerset man who “couldn’t fit in a cinema seat” lost 16.2 stone (228lbs) and completed a full marathon.

FINALISTS for the Somerset Business Awards have been announced.

THE average household is set to pay an extra £15 for policing in the Avon and Somerset area in the year from April

AVON and Somerset Police have issued an appeal to trace an escaped prisoner who "could be anywhere in the country".