NO Time To Die is poised to give cinemas around the country the biggest opening since 2019, as ticket sales boom ahead of the release of the blockbuster.

A KITCHEN fire prompted fire crews to scramble to a property in Brent Knoll.

THE Prime Minister says the situation on forecourts is "stabilising" and urged motorists to "fill up in the normal way"

AN Avon and Somerset Police officer has been handed a final written warning after gross misconduct was found proven, following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

IT'S five years since the go-ahead was given for work on a new Hinkley Point C power station.

THE latest from Somerset's filling stations as the fuel crisis continues with army tanker drivers being put on standby in preparation to deliver fuel.

THE Prime Minister is said to be considering whether to call in soldiers to deliver fuel to petrol stations as pumps ran dry after days of panic buying - including in Somerset.

A SOMERSET teenager is among the fastest triathletes IN THE COUNTRY for her age group.

PANIC buying is causing “really serious problems” at petrol stations with at least half reporting they are out of fuel, according to a sector spokesman, as drivers battle through queues at the pumps across Somerset.

AROUND one in five adults in Somerset took a short walk less than once a month last year, figures suggest, amid changes to people's travel habits during lockdown restrictions.

AN attractive executive style double fronted five-bedroom modern three storey detached house, constructed approximately 16 years ago in a prestigious cul de sac location with two en-suites, conservatory and a detached converted double garage to the s...

BOOSTER jabs are being rolled out to eligible people in Somerset - as vaccinations to start in schools.

PANIC buying of petrol is continuing in Somerset today.

POLICE want to speak to a man after an assault in Weston-super-Mare.

MORE than 7,000 EU nationals have been granted permission to stay in Sedgemoor, figures show.

TRAVELODGE is hiring across the UK, and there are jobs available at its hotels in Wellington, Burnham-on-Sea, Glastonbury, Weston-super-Mare and Portishead.

A NUMBER of buses in Somerset will be CANCELLED today, amid ongoing staff shortages.

TESCO customers in Burnham-on-Sea have donated 3,310 meals this summer to families in need.

A NEW live music event started this weekend at St John’s Church in Highbridge.

A BURNHAM-on-Sea community pharmacist, Sally Farmer, who works at Day Lewis Pharmacy, will feature in a World Pharmacy Day campaign.

A RETIREMENT living development in Somerset is to be remarketed - providing more than 120 affordable homes.

A CARAVAN park near the M5 can expand and build a new fishing lake for tourists after Somerset councillors voted to grant permission.

VISITORS enjoyed a night out at the Here Comes The Sun evening on Friday (September 17), organised by The Friends of Burnham Hospital.

BUYING a house is said to be one of the most stressful events in a person’s life, but the daughter of a Somerset businessman went out to buy a house - and came back having offered to buy an estate agency.

UNION members at a Clarks distribution centre in Somerset have voted to go on strike over controversial 'fire and rehire' tactics at the world-famous shoemaker.

SOMERSET recycling centres will be reverting to winter opening hours next month.

UP to 110 new homes will be built on a beloved “green lung” within a Somerset town in the coming months.

YEO Valley Organic, the family-owned Somerset dairy company, has won an RHS Gold Medal at the first ever autumn Chelsea Flower Show.

A STUNNING Somerset 'castle' has gone up for sale for the first time in 30 YEARS.

BURNHAM Rugby Club defeated Wiveliscombe 23-6 at home on the weekend.

A SOMERSET estate agent has landed a prestigious honour - for the third year running.

A DRINK-driver has been banned from driving and given a suspended jail sentence - after the offence was captured on his OWN DASHCAM.

The Prime Minister conceded that supermarket shelves could be empty for months ahead of Christmas

TEN fire crews were sent to tackle a fire at the Hinkley Point C construction site this afternoon.

HOUSE prices remained steady in Somerset in July, new figures show, but who saw the biggest - and lowest - growth?

HAVE you entered the Little Angels competition yet?

AROUND one in nine adults in the Somerset West and Taunton are have yet to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, figures suggest – as the Government launches plans to offer booster shots in the autumn.

MORE than half of public buildings inspected in Devon and Somerset last year were found in breach of fire safety regulations, figures reveal.

AN adorable new arrival has been welcomed to a Somerset zoo park.

WORK from more than 300 artists will be on display across the county from this weekend.

THE following obituaries were published in the Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News on September 16, 2021.

ONLY Fools And Horses star John Challis has died from cancer at the age of 79, his family has said.

A BUNGALOW split into two separate dwellings (two bedrooms), plus a stable converted into a one-bedroom dwelling, with a garden stretching to a third of an acre.

A SINGLE case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) – an infection commonly known as mad cow disease – has been confirmed on a farm in Somerset.

HEALTH and care services across Somerset are currently 'very busy'.

THE local politician expected to lead a new single council for the whole of Somerset has been accused of wanting to be paid the same as an MP.

FIVE hundred tonnes of hay, situated close to two barns, caught fire yesterday afternoon (September 16).

REVISED plans for nearly 100 new homes near the Mendip Hills could be approved before the end of the year.

A FORMER nurse from Somerset sadly passed away after a three month cancer diagnosis delay.

ENTRIES for the 2022 Somerset Business Awards open TODAY.