A BRIDGWATER primary school, which previously ‘required improvement’, is on its way to a ‘good’ rating.

View From The Stage: 50 Years of Glastonbury by the People That Played features the memories and experiences of dozens of artists who have performed at the festival over five decades.

AN INNOVATIVE scheme will see Somerset County Council buy 10 new small homes to help improve the chances of Somerset’s highest needs children.

FIXED penalty notices were issued and cars towed away after summer solstice celebrations at Glastonbury Tor.

NICK Arnold has been appointed as the new headteacher at Lyngford Park Primary School, in Taunton.

POLICE say they are concerned for the welfare of a Somerset boy who has been missing for five days.

RESIDENTS are being invited to have the final say on whether a permit is granted for a £72million incinerator in Bridgwater.

WEATHER permitting, we should be able to see the final Supermoon of 2021 on Thursday (June 24).

A MAN is suffering from 'potentially life-changing' injuries after a crash in Bridgwater.

THE number of recorded coronavirus cases in Somerset increased by 122 over the weekend, official figures show.

PEOPLE in Somerset have been alerted that a woman being sought by police could be in the county.

DELAYS and disruption to waste collections in Somerset are likely continue for some time, it has been revealed.

SOMERSET residents have won their latest battle to stop more homes being built near the Gravity site after a brace of appeals were withdrawn.

A BRIDGWATER family has suffered with their home getting soaked every time it rains for nearly a decade - all thanks to a faulty drain.

MOTORISTS travelling on the M5 this morning are being informed they cannot refuel at one Somerset service station.

RESIDENTS in Bridgwater are raising money for a young family after tragedy struck earlier this year.

A MAN has been disqualified from driving after he was caught drink driving on an e-scooter.

POLICE are investigating a number of thefts from a shop in Bridgwater.

A SOMERSET water engineer has been confirmed as a contestant on the new series of ITV's Love Island.

Hundreds fewer people in Sedgemoor were claiming unemployment benefits in May than the month before, figures show, as coronavirus restrictions were eased.

THROUGHOUT June and July, buses travelling across Sedgemoor will be moving art galleries, thanks to a new partnership between Seed and Buses of Somerset.

AVON and Somerset Police have announced the locations where they plan to site mobile speed cameras this week.

THERE are six major roadworks schemes starting across Somerset today (Monday, June 21).

FORMER team GB swimmer Mark Foster is calling on people in Bridgwater to take the plunge and sign up for the first ever Swimathon Festival.

TRAIN operator Great Western Railway has published details of its government-backed Flexi Season tickets due to go on sale from today (Monday, June 21).

NEW figures have shown a drop in house prices in the Sedgemoor area.

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners are calling for urgent action to revoke a historic peat extraction licence in Somerset.

TWO small, family-run businesses in the same West Somerset village have won a prestigious Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award.

DOES your Uncle James move like a whirlwind?

YOUNG unemployed people in Somerset can get grants of up to £1,000 to help them start a business.

THE fire service received several calls last night reporting a car on fire on the M5.

MORE than nine out of 10 people in Somerset aged 50 and over have had both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to recent figures.

BRAESIDE is a fine example of a Victorian home with an abundance of features typical of this period and includes a converted coach house offering a self-contained two-bedroom annexe.

BELOW are the planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between June 3 and 9, 2021.

A STUDY of Instagram hashtags has revealed the most popular driving routes in the UK but with stiff competition, Somerset only features once in the list.

DRAGONS Den star Deborah Meaden has praised Somerset NHS staff after breaking her arm.

MEASURES are being taken in the Glastonbury this weekend to ensure summer solstice celebrations don't get out of hand.

SOMERSET men are being urged to attend regular sight tests or risk endangering their vision and wider health.

A NORTH Petherton man has admitted flashing and displaying an abusive sign that was racially and religiously aggravated.

THIS truly exceptional double-fronted six-bedroom detached house, situated in a good size plot on the eastern fringes of town, is offered with no onward chain.

IT'S not often you find a building resembles a person, but one eagle-eyed reader sent in this snap claiming they have spotted a house that is a dead-ringer for Adolf Hitler.

A SOMERSET council has apologised for the length of the grass at two cemeteries.

ANYONE over 18 can get the Covid-19 vaccine at additional walk-in clinics at the Bath and West Showground from today (Friday, June 18).

THE mayor of Bridgwater attended the re-opening of the Talking Cafe last week.

A FORMER Somerset man and his son died after being gored by a water buffalo at their family farm, an inquest has heard.

Somerset Freemasons have raised £25,000 for disadvantaged young people in memory of HRH Prince Philip.

PATIENTS in Somerset can now swallow miniature cameras to check for cancer.

AHEAD of tomorrow’s Euro 2020 match between England and Scotland, the ambulance service has released a warning.

LEARNERS are keen to get back behind the wheel now lockdown restrictions have eased but how much is car insurance going to hit cash-strapped parents?

RECYCLING collections are set to be missed in several areas of Somerset tomorrow (Friday, June 18).