RAIN is headed for Somerset today and tomorrow.

A SOMERSET couple who met at the Glastonbury Festival - and got engaged under the famous Pyramid Stage - were among fans coping with their second consecutive year without the festival by recreating the famous site in their own homes this weekend.

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

IN one of south Somerset’s thriving villages, a superb family home with a stunning garden and immaculate internal accommodation.

MORE than a dozen further cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus have been recorded in South Somerset, new figures reveal.

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 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.

FOR sale by informal tender - closing date of Friday, July 30 with a guide price of £800,000-£850,000 is this important village house, set within a plot of around 0.4 acres and dating from the 16th century.

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

A SOMERSET animal rescue charity has submitted plans to create a café/shop at its county base.

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

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

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

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.