EMERGENCY services were sent to reports of a light aircraft crash near Taunton earlier this evening (Wednesday).

A DISQUALIFIED motorist caught behind the wheel has handed a one-day driving ban.

HOUSEHOLDERS across Somerset are being reminded that rubbish and recycling collections will all be ONE DAY LATER next week due to the Bank Holiday on Monday (May 31).

PEOPLE in Somerset feeling nervous about whether to have their Covid-19 vaccine are being encouraged to set up a call with a Vaccination Buddy.

POLICE are renewing their appeal for the public’s help to find Richard Smart.

MARKS & Spencer is set to close more stores after plunging to a hefty loss for the past year after being hit hard by high street lockdowns.

A TEN-YEAR-OLD’s artwork is to be featured on a Covid-19 memorial stone.

POLICE have published this picture on social media of a vehicle carrying an unstable load.

A BEDROOM has been completed destroyed after a fire broke out this morning (May 25).

SOMERSET'S district council leaders have been ordered to apologise after they sanctioned sending out a link to an offensive spoof website to hundreds of thousands of people.

THE Covid rates of infection in the four Somerset districts are among the lowest in the country.

A RAPPER and record producer visited a school in Bridgwater to talk about drug dealing last week.

RED-faced council leaders are investigating after hundreds of thousands of people across Somerset received a link to an "offensive" spoof website.

WORK has begun on a £16 million leisure project in Bridgwater town centre.

A PLAY area in Bridgwater was damaged on Saturday morning (May 22).

SEVERAL major roadworks programmes are set to start in Somerset today (Monday, May 24).

A COUPLE who sadly died in a car crash on Friday afternoon (May 21) have been named.

THE two occupants of this car were taken to hospital after it crashed off the M5 in Somerset earlier today (Sunday).

TWO museums in Somerset re-opened this week - with some exciting exhibitions taking place.

THE Stone Roses' Second Coming was a good album. I said it.

TWO people have died in a road traffic collision in West Somerset.

MANT festival lovers have been left disappointed so far this evening s they attempt to watch the Glastonbury Festival live stream event, Live At Worthy Farm.

NEXT summer will be three long years since the Glastonbury Festival took place.

THIS evening, the eyes of the world will be on fields in Somerset.

FOUR Somerset MPs have banded together to slam an unofficial, taxpayer-funded referendum on the future of local government in Somerset.

BRIDGWATER residents will soon be able to enjoy alcoholic beverages with their beauty treatments at a local salon.

A RARE motorcycle from the 1970s is set to go up for auction, with an estimated value of a staggering £28,000 - £32,000.

BREAN comes out as top dog with TripAdvisor reviewers, as it is ranked the best destination in Somerset for dog-friendly beaches, pubs and cafes.

AN outlet shopping village in Somerset has recently installed electric vehicle (EV) charging bays.

POLICE have confirmed the body found in Glastonbury is missing man Lawrence Kemp.

WORK on 130 new homes, which will be built on a former deer park owned by King Henry II, started this week.

DOZENS of new homes could soon be built on the site of a Bridgwater wedding venue near the M5.

STRONG winds hit Somerset yesterday afternoon (May 20) and are expected to last until 9pm this evening (May 21).

A STORAGE building in Bridgwater caught fire last night (May 20).

A WOMAN from Somerset set herself the challenge of drawing 100 animals badly to raise money for charity.

FROM today (Friday, May 21) the cost of getting a plastic bag to put your shopping in is doubling to 10p.

AN art exhibition at a Somerset hospital opened this week.

As lockdown restrictions ease across the UK, garden get-togethers and afternoons in the beer garden have largely been put on hold this month.

The Duke of Cambridge said he was left with “indescribable sadness” after learning the BBC’s shortcomings.

Every year, thousands of school age overseas students are educated at independent schools across the UK. When their school closes for half term holidays and exeat weekends, they need a great host family who will provide a home away from home.

A BODY found at a Somerset beauty spot is believed to be that of a man missing for around nine months.

AREAS of Somerset have some of the lowest Covid-19 infection rates in the country, according to the latest figures.

A LARGE amount of fuel was stolen from a commercial premises in Bridgwater earlier this month.

TWO people were injured after a fuse box fire at a property in Glastonbury yesterday evening (May 19).

A beekeeper who made a hoax phone call to police claiming that a bus passenger was armed with a handgun has been given a suspended prison sentence.

THIS overloaded lorry was pulled off the road by police.

AFTER a day of sunshine across Somerset, we're being warned to expect the weather to take a turn for the worse.

AN application to hold a live music event for up to 200 people near Bridgwater has been rejected.

HOUSEHOLDS in Somerset will start receiving ballot papers this week for a 'local poll' over the future of local government in the county.

CONCERTS will be held at the home of the Glastonbury Festival in September, after a licence for the events was approved.