CONCERNED about the amount of litter on Bridgwater streets, two councillers set about finding out where the litter was orginating from.

A BRIDGWATER businesses has teamed up with a chard company to raise their profile in Somerset.

MORE than 20 people died and hundreds were seriously injured in road traffic collisions last year, figures for Avon and Somerset Constabulary show.

RAIN is headed for Somerset today and tomorrow.

LANDOWNERS are able to reap the rewards of a new rule regarding pop-up campsites this summer.

BELOW are planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between June 10 and June 16, 2021.

IN the latest in Kerry Miller’s series on the sporting history in and around Bridgwater, clubs and leagues are springing back into action with some haste after the First World War had finally ended.

A PERSON has died after a serious crash on the M5 this morning (June 26).

DOZENS of further cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus have been recorded in Sedgemoor, new figures reveal.

TWO lanes on the M5 motorway have now re-opened following a fatal crash earlier today (June 26).

A NEW fund to help farmers and land managers in the Quantock Hills has been announced.

A VACCINATION drop-in clinic in Cheddar has opened to residents in Somerset today (June 26).

THE M5 through Somerset remains closed this morning after a crash last night (June 25).

A PHOTO showing the safe distance vehicles should give when passing cyclists, has gone viral.

A VICTORIAN train carriage, which has languished in a FIELD for nearly 100 years, is going up for auction - valued at a staggering £10,000.

FAMILIES in Somerset applied to tribunals to overturn 180 council decisions on disabled children's education last year, figures reveal.

THIS handsome and spacious Georgian village house occupies an elevated setting within large and beautifully maintained gardens.

A HOUSING provider has launched an art competition for Somerset residents.

A SOMERSET youth sailing group has secured £1,000 funding to help repair one of its safety boats.

PEOPLE are being invited to ‘Grab A Jab’ this weekend as NHS South West opens a record number of walk-in jabs sites.

A CAMPERVAN was 'completely destroyed' by fire last night.

A SLEEPY Somerset village is a million miles away from a baying, 100,000-strong crowd watching your every move.

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

After the global pandemic brought widespread lockdowns, many of us took the opportunity to evaluate our lives. Not least, we considered our working lives.

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

REGULAR cyclists can be as fit as the average person 10 years younger - that's just one reason the people of Bridgwater are encouraging more people to take to two wheels.

PROPOSALS for improvements to one of Somerset’s key roads which links the M5 through the county are being shared with the public.

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.

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.