A SURGERY in Chard has seen an increase in 'abusive' and 'violent' behaviour over the past few weeks.

IF you're planning on seeing family and friends this weekend in the garden, then you're in luck.

A MAN from Martock was fined £400 for drink driving.

A RARE opportunity to purchase a five bedroom detached family home with large double garage which has the potential for a building plot providing a separate dwelling (subject to all necessary consents).

ARTS and sports groups and charities are among those being invited to bid for their share of the £1 million being given away by housebuilder Persimmon Homes South West this year.

Under Boris Johnson’s current roadmap out of lockdown travel abroad could be permitted as early as May 17.

A SOMERSET couple had an excellent Easter Sunday surprise - in the form of a £1 million win on Lotto.

THE e-scooter rental in Chard and Crewkerne has proved very popular since it launched last month.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a cash machine was broken into in Ilminster yesterday morning (April 22).

THE number of people who have died from coronavirus in parts of South Somerset has been revealed.

A FIRE crew from Yeovil were sent to reports of a caravan and a boat on fire this morning (April 23).

A MAN appeared in court last week after damaging a cooker.

PEOPLE in Somerset are being asked to host their own G&T party for charity.

ALTHOUGH the residents in Somerset will not be able to elect new county councillors this year, the police and crime commissioner (PCC) elections for Avon and Somerset are set to go ahead on May 6.

Many pizza ovens cost somewhere in the region of hundreds - even thousands - of pounds.

Martin Lewis revealed how house buyers can boost their chances of getting a mortgage.

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

A CHEF has been jailed for 24 years for a campaign of rape in which he had sex with five women after spiking their drinks.

A MAIN road in Somerset has re-opened after a fatal crash last night (April 22).

A CASH machine was broken into in Ilminster during the early hours of this morning (April 22).

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.

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

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

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.