A CAR park in Chard has received an 'eco friendly' face lift.

AROUND one in five pupils in Somerset are receiving free school meals as thousands more became eligible during the pandemic, figures show.

A MAN was air lifted to hospital after a crash last night (June 24).

A CHARD road is set to be closed for five weeks during work to replace ageing traffic lights.

A WOMAN police constable checked up on a force computer on a man she was planning to go on a date with, it is claimed.

A TV property expert has officially opened new accommodation, designed and built to provide homes to frontline staff.

CODY Coutts, of Bower Avenue, Bridgwater, pleaded guilty to possessing a folding knife with a locking blade in the town on April 21.

FEWER Somerset pupils have been offered a place at their secondary school of choice, figures reveal.

CREWS received an early morning call to reports of a fire in a car park today.

A CAR fire in the early hours of this morning is thought to have been started deliberately.

A PRIMARY school in Chard has been awarded top marks.

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

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 8-year-old from Somerset is set to complete in a national beauty pageant in August.

THE long-awaited Ilminster Neighbourhood Plan (INP) has been published this week.

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

A NEW development has launched this week in Ilchester.

POLICE are trying to trace a Good Samaritan who went to the assistance of a man beaten up in a pub toilet.

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.

CHARD residents are being given the chance to shape the future of their town centre in a new consultation.

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

TWO controversial quarry plans in Somerset are set to be discussed at a meeting this week.

BELOW are selected planning applications received by South Somerset District Council for the week of June 14, 2021.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses or anyone with any information about the theft of two horses.

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

A DISQUALIFIED director from Somerset illegally ran a wine firm in the county

AN insurance company has made a sizeable donation to St Margaret's Hospice Care after the charity's fundraising efforts were impacted by the pandemic.

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).

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

PROPERTY prices have increased in South Somerset, bucking the regional trend.

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

An elderly man was rescued from a house fire yesterday evening.

A LARGE quantity of hay has been destroyed in a barn fire this morning.

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.

A FASCINATING Victorian villa offering eight bedrooms, numerous receptions and great flexibility for multi-generational living or business potential subject to obtaining planning permission.

BELOW are the planning applications received by South Somerset District Council for the week of June 7, 2021.

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

FIRE crews received several calls about a motorcycle on fire outside a Someset garage earlier today.

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.

A PAIR ran 200kilometres across the South West Coastal Path last month to raise money for charity.

SHRIGLEIGH is a beautifully appointed, spacious and individual detached property built by Minster stone in the 1930s as a showcase house.

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.

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).

THERE are reports a lorry has tipped over on the A303.

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

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