ONE in 26 Avon and Somerset police officers identify as gay or lesbian, the first figures of their kind suggest.

HERE'S a look at the stunning Camera Club pictures featured in the County Gazette, Bridgwater Mercury, Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News and Chard and Ilminster News newspapers this week.

AN Avon and Somerset detective has been accused of sending inappropriate texts to two victims of sexual assault.

FORMER Team GB swimmer Mark Foster is calling on people across Somerset to take the plunge and sign up for Swimathon 2022.

A MOTORIST from Street has been banned from driving for 28 days and handed a £239 court bill after pleading guilty to speeding on the A303.

Mother’s Day is coming up and if you’re looking for something special to gift your mother this year, Oliver Bonas has some lovely pieces.

A MAN from Chard has explained why he decided to volunteer for a role in the Route1 advocacy service.

SOMERSET County Council is once again working with schools to provide food vouchers to families eligible for Free School Meals to combat holiday hunger over the February half-term.

SOMERSET County Council has successfully approved its last ever budget, which will see council tax bills rise by just under three per cent.

A FURTHER £800,000 will be spent on making a Somerset crematorium fit for purpose for at least the next 25 years.

THE chairman of Somerset County Council has revealed he may only have a couple of months to live.

SOMERSET County Cricket Club chief executive officer Gordon Hollins chats exclusively to the County Gazette about keeping Somerset a club for its members.

HOUSEHOLDERS across Somerset are being asked to help ease the pressure on recycling collections this Friday (February 25) as services bounce back from Storm Eunice.

With this week marking London Theatre Week, you can grab some discounted tickets for some of London hit shows.

MORE than a hundred businesses joined the online celebrations on Thursday, February 17, for the Bristol, Bath, and Somerset Tourism Awards 2021/22. Several businesses across Somerset celebrated their achievements and won awards in different categorie...

POLICE have been called in to investigate a fire in a Chard home.

MORE than £1.7M of additional funding could be poured into regenerating Yeovil town centre following a rise in the price of raw materials and labour.

SOMERSET councillors have agreed to provide an extra £6M to ensure the “long overdue” upgrade of a local theatre can proceed.

A MAN was airlifted to hospital following a single vehicle collision in Crewkerne.

RESIDENTS in Devon and Somerset will pay more to the region’s fire service after moves to stop an increase in its share of council tax were rejected.

A BESPOKE scheme set up by Avon and Somerset Police to help safeguard people living with dementia is now into its seventh year.

PLANS to regenerate one of Somerset’s market towns have been pared back significantly after councillors voted to cut the budget by more than 50 per cent.

LAST Friday night, 193 people enjoyed a three-course dinner an a black-tie evening filled with boxing at The Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster.

THE leader of a Somerset council faces a vote of no confidence in the aftermath of a scandal surrounding one of its senior officers.

WRESTLING fans can unite at the Chard Guildhall on Friday March 4 as Superstars of Wrestling returns.

Get everything you need for Pancake Day from Iceland.

PROTECTING the environment, helping local businesses recover from the impact of Covid, and building towards Somerset's new unitary authority are among the priorities of South Somerset District Council for 2022/23.

Dragons Den star Deborah Meaden makes her feelings clear on mask-wearing in public.

Flights to top holiday destinations for 2022.

THIS year's full Shindig Festival line-up has been announced ahead of its first year "in beautiful new surroundings" at the Dillington Estate near Ilminster.

AN appeal has gone out for carnival royalty to get in touch to help celebrate a special anniversary.

ST MARGARET’S Hospice is on the search for keen cyclists to take part in this year’s Charity Cycle Ride in April.

Sajid Javid has confirmed people aged 75 and over, the immunosuppressed and those living in care homes will be offered a Covid-19 booster vaccine.

A MAJOR road in South Somerset has been closed following a vehicle collision.

TEAMS from Somerset County Council have been working around the clock to clear up the devastation caused on our roads by Storm Eunice.

AN author from Chard has written the eighth book in a series based on a character he created while studying at Holyrood School.

CUSTOMERS in the South West “will be reconnected as soon as humanly possible”.

SOMERSET is currently in the grips of the UK's third storm in less than a week.

MEMBERS of Creative Coverage will be exhibiting their work in a show at Ilminster Arts Centre in Somerset from April 19 to May 14.

AVON and Somerset Police have published the following list of sites where mobile speed cameras will be operating at certain times this week.

WORK resurfacing a road in Minehead is scheduled to start today.

The opportunity to bid on this is incredibly rare as pattern pieces rarely become available to the public.

THOUSANDS of properties in Somerset are still without power after Storm Eunice hit the region on Friday (February 18).

BUSINESSES are facing an impending crisis as they come under increasing pressure from spiralling costs - from their supply chains and energy supplies to their production and raw material overheads. It looks inevitable that they, in turn, will have to...

A FRUIT farm has completed the installation of LED lighting to produce strawberries all year round.

MORE wet and windy weather is set to sweep the UK on Sunday after Storm Eunice caused what providers believe was the biggest national power outage on record.

SOMERSET West and Taunton Council and Somerset County Council have done well in being ranked the top local council and county council, respectively, for having shared their Climate action plan with the independent group Climate Emergency UK, which ex...

BELOW are planning applications received by South Somerset District Council in the week of February 7, 2022.

You can live like royalty in this stunning Scottish castle owned by Scottish artist Stuart and Nikki McAlpine Miller. How you can book your luxury getaway.

AROUND 54,000 properties in the south west of England are currently without power after Storm Eunice caused widespread disruption across the region yesterday.