A TEENAGE boy from Taunton has been charged with supplying hard drugs.

SOMERSET'S biggest business awards are back - with a new category to recognise those organisations who have responded to adversity, such as Brexit or Covid-19.

EARLY this morning an accident on the M5 northbound between junction 24 and junction 23 cause an oil spill, resulting in lanes 1 and 2 to be closed.

WITNESSES are being sought to identify powered paragliders seen flying too low in a Somerset nature reserve.

A CATERING trailer caught fire in a Somerset village yesterday afternoon (August 31).

TWO walkers were rescued after they decided to walk the coast path - on the beach.

A MOTORCYCLIST from Somerset has sustained serious head injuries in a crash.

VISITORS to Westonzoyland took a trip back in time on Saturday (August 28) and Sunday (August 29).

WHEAT was damaged by a fire in a silo this afternoon.

A MAN in his 50s was arrested after an altercation - during which a woman ended up in a canal.

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

A POPULAR Somerset music festival took place at the weekend.

THE world's first ever PET Paralympic-style event took place in Somerset over the weekend.

Local lad, Jack Taylor has earned club legend status at Bridgwater United over the weekend after scoring his 102nd goal for the club in only 122 games.

A PARK and ride facility for Hinkley Point C staff could be removed in a matter of weeks if planning permission for the site is not extended.

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.

VISITORS to a Somerset fete raised much-needed funds for a hospice charity.

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

MORE than 30 coronavirus patients were in hospital in the Somerset NHS Trust area as of Tuesday, figures show.

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.

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.

FARM vehicles and equipment were destroyed by a large fire near Bridgwater.

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.

HISTORY was made in Bridgwater as the new ring of 12 bells rang out from a town church for the FIRST TIME.

CHANTRY house is a unique family home individually designed and built creating an impressive property that enjoys outstanding, uninterrupted views across rolling countryside to the foothills of the Quantock Hills.

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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.

THE role of meat in the dietary habits of Somerset monks in the 14th century is at the heart of a 'revisit' for a county abbey.

JOSH Vickery, a Bridgwater CC player who suddenly passed last week, has had tributes paid to him from the other side of the world.

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.

PARTS of the Mendip Hills are pylon-free for the first time since the 1960s as work progresses on a scheme to lay underground electricity cables.

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.

STUDENTS at Bridgwater & Taunton College will be able get vaccinated at a walk-in NHS service on campus next week.

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.

BRIDGWATER Cricket Club has paid tribute to player, coach and committee member Josh Vickery after his sudden passing.

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

BRIDGWATER Town Council has agreed a short extension to its town hall testing centre agreement after a ‘Sedgemoor spike’ in coronavirus cases.

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.

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.

A NEW play area in Bridgwater has been officially opened to the public.

THE owners of a stolen trampoline were reunited with it thanks to a sharp-eyed witnesses.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery of a vehicle in Bridgwater last week.