A MAN sadly passed away last night (April 21) after a collision on the A303.

LEARNER drivers taking tests when they resume today (Thursday) are under extra pressure to pass as a backlog means it could be several months before they get another chance.

The Prime Minister said he expects the roadmap to go ahead as planned but warned "there will be another wave of Covid" this year.

ARGOS has said it is set to close its Somerset distribution site, with more than 200 jobs said to be at risk.

MORE than a million people in the South West have now received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

SOMERSET residents are being asked to give their feedback on the county’s new recycling scheme ahead of the next phase of the roll-out.

THE Somerset home of writer Evelyn Waugh is up for sale - which a whopping £5.5 million asking price.

A PROLIFIC thief has been jailed for more than six months for a string of shoplifting offences.

RESIDENTS and staff at a care home in Somerset received their second Covid vaccination this week - including 104-year-old Gwyneth.

THE Chard and Ilminster area sees a new era in recycling this summer with the arrival in South Somerset of Recycle More.

POLICE have issued an appeal to track down a wanted man who travels across Somerset.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a vehicle fire in South Petherton last night (April 19).

THE already low Covid infection rate in Somerset continues to fall.

THERE were two fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in each of the four Somerset districts in the latest 24-hour figures.

IT takes an average 16.02 weeks to sell a home in Somerset, according to research by house buying firm Property Solvers.

FIREFIGHTERS freed a man trapped in a vehicle following a road traffic collision.

WITH schools returning and lockdown measures having eased, there is going to be more traffic on our roads this week.

THE programme of events to celebrate 800 years of the church in Hinton St George get off to a roaring start on Friday (April 23).

MATTHEW Lee Patrick, 38, of Leighton Drive, Bridgwater, admitted failing to give a specimen of blood in connection with a suspected driving offence.

THE Covid infection rate in Somerset is well below the England average, according to Public Health England figures.

THE contents of a Dorset country house are being sold in an auction next month.

SOMERSET equestrians have failed in their efforts to secure an “inappropriate” right of way - straight across the busy A303.

MORE people than ever were regular internet users in Somerset in the months leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show.

BELOW are the latest planning applications received by South Somerset District Council in the week of April 5, 2021.

AS a county so heavily reliant on tourism and hospitality it is good to finally see the staged opening of businesses within this key sector of our county’s economy.

UP to 50 new homes could soon be built in a small Somerset village just a short distance from the A303.

AVON and Somerset Police have sadly announced the death of one of the force dogs during a search for suspected offenders this week.

A THIEF has been jailed for a total of seven months at Taunton Magistrates' Courts for a series of offences.

MILITARY personnel from Somerset are playing a major role in the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh later today (Saturday).

IT'S taken some time, but it's finally dawned on me why the Americans refer to pavements as sidewalks.

WOMEN in Somerset are more than twice as likely as men to be admitted urgently to hospital for self-harm injuries, figures reveal.

“WE must change our diet. The planet can’t support billions of meat eaters.”

ONE of the UK’s youngest WW - previously Weight Watchers - coaches is set to do a parachute jump after shedding two and a half stone.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following the theft of a catalytic converter from a vehicle in a car park at Ham Hill, Stoke-sub-Hamdon.

THE Covid rate of infection in all four Somerset districts is now below 20 cases per 100,000 people.

MORE than 98 per cent of Somerset children were offered a primary school place at one of their top three choices, according to the County Council’s latest admission figures.

A BRIDGWATER man who made an indecent image of a child has been given a community order.

UP to 80 new homes and new industrial units could be built near a .

A POLICE officer is due in court tomorrow (Friday) accused of drink driving.

A MAN has been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a house in a Somerset town this morning (April 15).

A FAMILY in Somerset have launched a legal challenge against the approval of the schools restructure in Ilminster and Crewkerne.

PLANS to hold a 'referendum' over the future of local government in Somerset have been delayed - amid legal questions from the Government.

CHARD residents will finally find out whether new homes will be built at their town’s southern edge – FIVE YEARS after plans were first submitted.

A POPULAR pub in the centre of Glastonbury has re-opened.

POLICE have issued a warning about protests planned in parts of Somerset this weekend.

TRAFFIC is being diverted after a crash in Ilminster this morning (April 15).

A COW was rescued yesterday (April 14) after it was found stuck in a river with a rope around it's neck.

LOTTERY players have helped a Somerset charity secure funding to save wildlife.

Customers are increasingly looking for speciality breads, wraps, bagels and pancakes ahead of traditional loaves.

THERE were no new cases of Covid-19 recorded in two of the four Somerset districts in the latest 24-hour period, according to figures released this afternoon (Wednesday)..