BURNHAM-on-Sea Cricket Club have won the Somerset Cricket League division three after winning their must win final match of the season.

TWO Somerset councils are working with food and drink businesses to create a map to help visitors buy from local producers.

THE latest edition of Somerset's spoof art prize - The Turnip Prize - will open for entries soon.

AN APPEAL has been launched over the siting of a caravan on farmland in Trowbridge.

DOZENS of people turned out to experience mud painting on a Somerset beach.

SOMERSET is to benefit from a new scheme aimed at restoring thousands of acres of peatlands.

Beavers are to be released into the wild under government proposals to support a “cautious” return of the semi-aquatic mammals to English rivers, writes Emily Beament, PA.

A FAMILY of swans got a luxurious ride home after getting stuck in a busy car park.

WHO didn't love a toy car as a child?

BELOW are the planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between August 12 and 18, 2021.

SOME bus services in Somerset will bew INCREASING from next week.

THE number of coronavirus cases in Sedgemoor increased by 116 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

MORE than 500 care home workers in Somerset are yet to receive a Covid vaccination – as fears grow of a national staffing shortage with the deadline looming for all staff to get vaccinated.

THE proportion of parents in Somerset winning an appeal over their child's selected school fell last year, figures reveal.

SINCE the Covid-19 pandemic started and the vaccination programme got underway, there have been dozens of myths and conspiracy theories circulating online.

As the UK faces shortages of labour and food, the country's food and drink sector is calling for a 12-month Covid-19 Recovery Visa.

POLICE are appealing for information after a theft in  a Somerset town.

ST Margaret's Hospice Care received 72 small, brightly coloured teddy bears today as part of the Somerset Freemasons' 'Teddies for Loving Care' (TLC) scheme.

AMBULANCE staff are pleading with people in Somerset and the rest of the region not to call 999 over the bank holiday weekend unless it's an emergency.

QUESTIONS have been raised about the suitability of a waste service company to run Somerset's recycling sites after it emerged it was recently hit with a record fine for breaching export law.

GRANTS of up to £5,000 are now available to help businesses in rural Somerset bounce back from coronavirus.

THE final stages of the evacuation effort in Afghanistan are under further strain after a warning that a “highly lethal” terror attack could be launched within hours, a Somerset MP and minister has warned.

A CAR caught fire on a busy Somerset route last night.

MOTORISTS are increasingly turning in other drivers for breaking the law, according to Avon and Somerset Police.

HOUSEHOLDERS across Somerset are being reminded to put their recycling and rubbish out a day later next week due to Monday (August 30) being a bank holiday.

WASTE firm Biffa is taking over Somerset's 16 recycling sites from Viridor as part of a £126million deal.

PEOPLE across Somerset have been stepping forward to help support Afghan refugees as the crisis being played out in the international spotlight deepens.

SEDGEMOOR is home to 19 of the Syrian refugees housed across the UK, figures show, as the Government prepares to resettle another 20,000 people – this time from Afghanistan.

POLICE will be out in force checking on speeding motorists across Somerset this week.

A SURPRISING number of celebrities have links with our county, from politicians and producers to singers and sportspeople.

SOMERSET County Council has advertised a list of 11 major roadworks starting in the coming week.

A POLAR opposite pair of vehicles are among those going under the hammer in Somerset in October.

BELOW are the planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between August 5 and 11, 2021.For more details, and to comment on applications, log on to www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/planning.

SEDGEMOOR has the highest Covid-19 infection rate in the whole of England, according to the latest official figures.

AN opportunity to purchase a stunning former Rectory set in a good sized mature plot of approximately one third of an acre.

AN interactive map shows that large parts of Somerset could be below the annual flood level from 2030.

THE whole of Somerset has been put on alert for heavy downpours and thunder tomorrow (Saturday, August 21).

FOLLOWING in the footsteps of climate activist Greta Thunberg, Somerset school children are taking action on climate change.

MOTORISTS are being advised to expect "some disruption in Somerset today (Thursday, August 19).

FIRE crews are still battling a blaze involving 500 hay bales in Somerset.

SOMERSET'S health bosses are urging people in Sedgemoor to be cautious after it emerged the district has the second highest Covid-19 rate in the country.

A WOMAN who took early retirement at the age of 40 is in the national final of a modelling competition.

WE'VE experienced several special celestial events this year, from meteor showers to multiple Supermoons, a total lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse.

THE members of a group of lifesavers have all been awarded a prestigious medal in recognition of 30 years' vital service.

MULTIPLE businesses at a popular shopping destination in Somerset are set to close.

A RETIREE from North Somerset is tackling a one million steps challenge for charity.

THERE are concerns for a Somerset man who went missing this morning (Tuesday, August 17).

A MAN from Somerset has been charged with indecent exposure.

ORGANISERS of the 20th Wedmore Real Ale Festival can't wait to get things safely underway after missing out last year due to Covid.

SIX new homes could replace a former landmark pub in a Somerset village.