A SOMERSET restaurant will have to remove “dining igloos” from its grounds after being refused retrospective planning permission.

COVID-19 infection rates are relatively low in Somerset - although one district is above the national average.

POLICE have revealed that there are 2,380 registered sex offenders living in Avon and Somerset.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA artist Felicity Franks is donating a pet portrait to the winner of a 'Bake Off' event which is aiming to raise funds for research into Long Covid.

SOMERSET residents are being reminded that they need to book a PCR test if they are showing symptoms of Covid-19 - or have tested positive using a lateral flow (rapid) test kit.

TEN trees were damaged due to the high winds in Somerset last night (May 3).

A MYSTERIOUS piece of artwork appeared on the Mendip Hills this weekend.

ROADWORKS being carried out across Somerset starting this week include:

THE residents, staff and trustees of Burnham-on-Sea's Abbeyfield House said farewell to their long-serving house manager of more than 20 years last week.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA'S RNLI volunteers were called into action on Sunday (May 2), to assist a yacht which had suffered a loss of power.

SEDGEMOOR District Council has a new chairman, with Councillor Alan Bradford being sworn in at the council's annual meeting.

A COUPLE were rescued after becoming stuck while climbing an old quarry yesterday evening (May 2).

MARTA Grzeszczuk, 37, of Severn Road, Weston-super-Mare, pleaded guilty at Taunton Magistrates' Court to permitting a person without the correct licence and without insurance to drive a vehicle in the town.

FIREFIGHTERS rescued an owl from a chimney this morning (May 2).

DANIEL Maydew, 17, of The King Alfred School Academy (TKASA), has finished first in the English Schools AA Virtual Cross Country Championships.

A BRIDGWATER charity received an £180,000 grant in 2018 and has spent three years helping the inclusion of migrants and incoming workers in and around Somerset.

ENTRIES are well under way for the next Charterhouse auction of vintage and classic cars in July, although there seems to be a theme of green cars consigned!

The streaming giant has released a whole host of new shows and movies coming in May.

Food allergies, salmonella poisoning, Hepatitis A and chocking hazards are just some of the reasons behind urgent product recalls across the UK.

ENTHUSIASTIC Tesco staff and generous Burnham-on-Sea shoppers combined to raise more than £400 for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life last weekend.

GET ready for it - the Met Office is predicting some pretty blustery weather on Monday and Tuesday.

A GROUP of Somerset businesswomen are giving up their time for free to stage a four-part online event to encourage wellbeing in these unprecedented times.

PEOPLE in Somerset have access to assisted Covid-19 testing from today (Saturday, May 1) as the county takes another important step in the roadmap out of lockdown.

DESPITE car dealer closures across England, interest in electric vehicles has jumped almost 20 per cent in 2020.

TICKETS for the first family-friendly campsite to be run at the home of the Glastonbury Festival were selling fast this morning.

SOMERSET business owner Sam Munslow has released a book documenting her battle with long Covid.

FERGUS Robert Henry Lidle-Napper, 26, of East Reach, Taunton, pleaded guilty at Taunton Magistrates' Courts to wilfully obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty in North Petherton on November 6 last year.

SOUTH Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is asking people to “be sensible and think 111” during the Bank Holiday weekend.

THERE has been a 30 per cent increase in people needing food from Bridgwater Foodbank during the past year.

THIS charming, detached cottage in the rural hamlet of Rowberrow is perhaps a far cry from the literary creation of Discworld, created by author Terry Pratchett.

BELOW are the obituaries published in the April 29 edition of the Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News.

TACO fans in Somerset can look forward to a free giveaway this week.

THE RSPCA is desperately trying to find a home for a friendly and loveable dog who has spent more than 400 days hoping to meet her pawfect match.

IF you had been planning visiting the beach over the Bank Holiday weekend, it's probably best to think again.

A MAN propositioned a woman in a supermarket car park and then approached two other woman.

POLICE are seeking witnesses to an assault that happened in the car park of The Campus, Weston-super-Mare.

A MAN who owed almost £2,000 in court fines had the debt written off and was detained in the court house instead.

TICKETS for camping at the home of the Glastonbury Festival go on sale on Saturday (May 1).

THIS large piece of piping washed up on Berrow Beach has been put to good use.

A SOMERSET policing team moved to a new station this week.

A CAT was rescued from a home after a kitchen fire yesterday afternoon (April 28).

A MAN wanted by the police has recently been seen in the Bridgwater area.

STAFF from Sedgemoor District Council’s environmental protection team had received complaints from a resident in Burnham-on-Sea about an un-occupied neighbouring property with an extremely overgrown garden.

A CYCLIST was treated in hospital after being involved in a collision with a motorcycle.

GARDEN waste customers are running out of time to renew their subscriptions.

MORE than £4,000 has been raised for a Burnham-on-Sea hospital charity, after 130 people took part in a sponsored beach walk last Saturday.

A MAN arrested in Brean last week, as part of a police investigation into a series of thefts from shops in Burnham-on-Sea, has since been released.

THE body of a man was recovered from Bridgwater Docks yesterday evening (Monday, April 26).

A STUDENT suffered a severe allergic reaction after eating a Pret A Manger sandwich she had been wrongly assured did not contain sesame, a court heard.

The cancellation and suspension of the 2020 shooting season as a result of the pandemic affected the economics of all game rearers.  Now the focus has to be on careful preparation for a successful 2021 season according to Myles Jones, Game Feeds ...