DEVON County Council’s leader has distanced himself from neighbouring Somerset, after it said some care workers with covid have been allowed to work.

DRIVERS are being warned by Somerset County Council’s Road Safety Team that tough new legislation kicks in this week to punish mobile phone use at the wheel.

MEMBERS of North Petherton Town Council have been planting trees and distributing commemorative mugs to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

A SWINGING sergeant who bragged about taking cocaine and having sex with 1,000 women sexually harassed colleagues on a drunken night out in Weston-super-Mare. 

From Monday (March 21), local authorities in Somerset will be less willing to give their views or provide statements about big issues in their area.

BRIDGWATER'S new tidal barrier will enable many people to sleep easier in their homes – but routine dredging of waterways on the Somerset Levels must be maintained at all costs, says the local MP.

ON Sunday March 20 at 10am, a number of Bridgwater locals joined in One Big Bootcamp at the Bridgwater College Academy to raise funds to send to Ukraine.

POLICE are trying to trace the owner of this motorcycle they seized in Bridgwater.

SPRING was in the air on Saturday (March 19) at Bridgwater Art Fair.

LINE of Duty’s catchphrases worked their way into the public consciousness like a mole in a police department.

Mother’s Day is fast approaching and if you’re still looking for a gift then you can’t go wrong with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Tonight a new Channel 4 reality series will take 24 contestants back to basics in a Devonshire farmland owned by an Amish family.

New consoles will be available from BT today.

DRUG dealers who brought heroin and cocaine to Somerset from London have received prison sentences totalling more than 20 years for a criminal enterprise estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

A GROUP of primary school pupils planted small saplings near a church in Spaxton as part of the Plant Britain scheme.

A MAGICIAN jumped at the chance to help create a magical proposal at a live show at Bridgwater’s McMillan Theatre on Friday night.

A SKATE and scooter festival took place in memory of Dan 'Viv' Mee on Sunday (March 20).

AVON and Somerset Police have this month worked with colleagues across the South West to tackle cross border drugs supply activities.

AVON and Somerset Police have announced at which locations they will be siting mobile speed cameras in Somerset this week.

A TOTAL of 14 major roadworks are starting across Somerset this week.

Cartwright & Butler are offering a number of Easter treats including hampers, gift boxes and more

A BRIDGWATER grandfather donated £3,100 of winnings to a charity close to his heart earlier this month.

For many of us, 2022 is the year of returning to travel. As travel restrictions ease across the globe, many will be hoping to make up for the lost two years of travel.

Here's your chance to live as the Bridgertons do. See the best Bridgerton-style properties on the market in the UK right now.

THE GP practices in Somerset with the most and least patients per doctor have been revealed.

SWIFTS have nested in Taunton for hundreds of years. Landing only to raise their young, swifts are largely aerial birds that can be seen flying low over the rooftops in screaming groups on warm summer evenings. The world’s fastest bird in level fli...

SIX lucky individuals could soon be paid more than £28,000 a year to patrol Bridgwater town centre in a bid to cut down on antisocial behaviour.

Bridgerton is almost back. Here's the full cast with who is returning and the new faces set to appear.

FIRE crews tackled a blaze in the back garden of a property late last night (Friday, March 18).

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A COWBOY solar panel supplier has been jailed for conning customers out of thousands of pounds.

THE line-up for a popular Somerset festival has been announced.

TWO people have been handed court bills worth hundreds of pounds after breaching a public spaces protection order in Weston-super-Mare by littering cigarettes. 

A flagship regeneration scheme in Bridgwater will be completed in the autumn despite setbacks caused by recent storms, the district council has promised.

A HOMELESS man in a wheelchair who attempted to hold up the KFC restaurant in Taunton was barricaded in the toilet by staff and customers until police arrived and arrested him, a court has heard.

A FORMER landfill site near Bridgwater could be used to generate clean energy and save hundreds of tonnes of carbon a year under plans outlined by Somerset County Council this week.

SEDGEMOOR District Council is holding a Recruitment Fair in

NEARLY 13,000 homes and businesses will be better protected thanks to the construction of a new tidal barrier in Somerset authorised by the Environment Secretary this week.

A YOUNG man attacked by a gang outside a nightclub sustained a broken nose and minor facial injuries.

AN appeal to track down a Somerset man named as one of the UK's most wanted fugitives has featured on BBCOne's Crimewatch Live programme this morning (Thursday, March 17).

A BUSINESSMAN from Cornwall has kept his licence despite racking up enough points to warrant a driving ban after being caught speeding on the M5 in Somerset.

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A LORRY containing over 1,000 boxes full of donations for Ukrainian refugees who have fled to Poland left Bridgwater today.

A BRIDGWATER man has been fined and handed a one-year disqualification for driving while under the influence of cocaine.

NOTHING can be done by the United Nations to halt the "full-blown war" in Ukraine, according to Bridgwater and West Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger

A FREE course that will target unemployed or economically inactive people who need specialist, personalised support to get back into work has reached Bridgwater.

A NEW defibrillator has been installed in Bridgwater.

AN impasse over pollution fears that has seen planning applications for thousands of homes across Somerset put on hold is closer to being unlocked.