BRIDGWATER motor mechanic Lee Johnstone made the trip to New York earlier this week to see the official debut of his Hot Wheels™ 1:64-scale die-cast of his 1969 Volvo P1800 Gasser.

A MAJOR housing development in Bridgwater will contain more than twice as many affordable homes as was originally proposed, writes Daniel Mumby, Local Democracy Reporter.

BELOW are planning applications received by Sedgemoor District Council between March 24 and March 30 2022.

The family of a Bridgwater man who died just six weeks after a shock cancer diagnosis are preparing to send him off in style with a motorcycle cortege.

SEDGEMOOR District Council, Somerset County Council, Somerset West & Taunton Council, and North Somerset Councils (the Joint Councils) have jointly agreed on a package of proposed measures to help minimise the effects of a rise in workers on the HP...

A FOOTBALL-focused weight loss programme has helped 250 men from Somerset tackle obesity and lose one tonne (1040kg) of weight last year.

FIREFIGHTERS from Taunton gave first-aid to four people involved in an accident involving two vehicles near Bridgwater last night.

SOMERSET residents will go to the polls in just four weeks to decide who will govern them at a local level until 2027, writes Daniel Mumby, Local Democracy Reporter.

TRAFFIC has come to a standstill on the M5 at Taunton following a four-vehicle crash.

A Somerset-based skills and learning company is hosting an Easter family fun day in Bridgwater on the Wednesday, April 20.

YOU can bag a free pair of limited edition slippers with your Sunday roast this Sunday (April 10).

CRS BRIDGWATER has donated a selection of timber and building materials to Hamp Nursery and Infants School.

THE number of unanswered police calls outside of the expected timescale has more than tripled in three years.

A WOMAN who helped her fraudster boyfriend rip off solar panel customers has been banned from running any other businesses.

THE Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning that will be in place until 6pm today (April 7).

PART of a Somerset hospital site could soon become a car valeting business if new proposals are given the green light.

POLICE are investigating a road rage incident in which a motorist was punched in the face.

PLANS to upgrade Somerset’s bus network have hit a snag over the government provided less than one-tenth of the required funding.

SOMERSET County Cricket Club begin their 2022 LV= Insurance County Championship season with a Division One match against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl today.

WORK will start in June on 78 affordable homes on a brownfield site in Bridgwater.

A BRIDGWATER man failed to comply with a community protection order in the town's McDonald's FIVE times.

The middle aisle is far too tempting and we can’t be blamed for bowing to the various temptations.

A RETIRED council official turned the clock back more than 400 years to get a taste of how an illustrious ancestor must have felt.

POLICE have appealed to the public to help them find a missing 14-year-old who was last seen in Dulverton yesterday afternoon.

A TEAM of three police officers returning from a training day today (Wednesday, April 6) couldn't resist pulling over a driver using a mobile phone on the M5 in Somerset.

TWO Bridgwater-based football teams are set to face each other in the men’s county cup finals tonight at the Athletic Ground in Wells - home of Wells City FC.

A CHARITY was pleased to see a ground-breaking bill, the first of its kind in the world, focused on improving the lives of those living with Down syndrome in England, successfully passed its third reading in the House of Lords.

SOMERSET County Council’s public health team is urging older and more vulnerable residents to take up the offer of a free, further Covid-19 booster vaccine.

FEWER staff at the Somerset Trust would feel happy if a friend or relative needed to be treated by the organisation, according to a survey carried out last year.

THE latest figures show an encouraging drop in the number of Covid-19 cases recorded in Sedgemoor.

HAYGROVE School has entered a competition to win a canopy worth £15,000.

SOMERSET villagers have been “stabbed in the back for the sake of sheer profit” by a housing developer, a local councillor has claimed.

A DEVELOPER near Bristol is making not one, but two attempts to build new homes on the former site of a Somerset primary school.

POLICE are appealing for information to locate 34-year-old Colin Cuddy who is wanted on recall to prison, after his license was revoked.

AN Avon and Somerset Police officer has this week been dismissed for gross misconduct.

The stars of Bridgerton's second season Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey will return. What we know so far.

The new TGI Fridays range at Iceland is perfect for BBQ season and you can get it now

AN AWARD-wining charity has created a hand-crafted butterfly installation to raise awareness for dementia.

A NEW nature walk in Chedzoy officially opened to the public yesterday (Sunday, April 3) with guided walks, orienteering, candle making, and other activities.

AVON and Somerset Police have announced scores of locations where officers will be siting mobile speed cameras this week.

The Royal Mint has released a new coloured £5 coin to mark 120 years since Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit first hit the shelves.

It isn’t called The Great House for nothing – see inside this Grade II country house in North Newton, complete with swimming pool.

BRIDGWATER couple Jeremy and Julia Minchin, owners of baby and toddler brand Hippychick, are the latest guests to share their behind-the-scenes story on the family business podcast It Runs In The Family.

TWO young cookery students from Somerset have come out top in a competition.

TODAY (April 3) the 38th Taunton Marathon and Half Marathon returns.

The “aisle of dreams” in Aldi and Lidl is popular with shoppers keen to find a bargain on anything from gardening furniture and tools to clothing - find out what's on offer from April 3.

To help you plan for the break, here are the Easter holiday dates, including bank holidays, in Somerset.

WITH the news that government is giving £150 rebate to help with the cost of living, comes inevitable scammers.

STAFF from Hinkley Point B and apprentices from EDF took a trip to No.10 last month.

SOMERSET councillors have called on the government to take action to stop “poo islands” forming in the county’s rivers, writes Daniel Mumby, Local Democracy Reporter.