THERE are delays of an hour on the M5 this morning (April 14) due to animals in the road.

THE NHS in Somerset is asking people to make sure they are prepared this Easter and choose the right NHS service for their healthcare needs.

Steve Austin was laid to rest today (Wednesday, April 13)

THE popular Walford Cross Machinery Sale between Bridgwater and Taunton enjoyed a record-breaking year, according to Andy Clements, associate with auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt.

NATIONAL Highways are pleading with tourists descending on Somerset and the South West to keep the region's roadsides clear of litter.

DOG owners have been urged to take care when walking their pets after two more cases of Alabama Rot were confirmed in the UK.

A COUPLE of Police Community Support Officers waddled into action after three members of a pilates class rescued two ducklings that had fallen into a drain

RICKY Ia Horsford, 39, of no fixed address, has been jailed for 22 weeks for breaching a suspended prison sentence imposed for two counts of burglary.

SOMERSET residents planning to vote by post in the May 5th local elections have just a week left to submit their application.

A MOTORIST was taken to hospital following a road traffic collision last night (Tuesday, April 12).

ST MARGARET’S Hospice Care is encouraging people across Somerset to take part in The Colour Run helping to raise funds for patients across the county facing a life-limiting illness.

PEOPLE who have the courage to perform and entertain on a stage have my utmost admiration and respect.

THE Compass in North Petherton has reopened after a six-figure investment.

POP into your local Morrisons on Good Friday and you could come away with a free hot cross bun.

IT costs more than half a million pounds every year for police to enforce the badger cull in Somerset, writes Daniel Mumby, Local Democracy Reporter.

PARENTS and carers are being urged to book primary school children in for their Covid-19 vaccinations over the Easter holiday.

TWO men who brought Class A drugs into Somerset from London have been jailed.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD Puriton Primary School pupil donated 16 inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust on Friday after growing it out for three years.

A THREE-kilometre exclusion zone has been set up around a site in Somerset where a case of bird flu has been detected.

A GOSPEL choir charity concert raised £1200 for Ukraine in Middlezoy.

'IN THE Footsteps of the Romantic Poets' is helping children and young people to understand and connect with the landscape, taking inspiration from the Romantic Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William and Dorothy Wordsworth, who lived and wrote in...

WORK begins on five road resurfacing schemes in Somerset today (Monday, April 11).

The National Trust has lots activities happening at locations in Somerset to make sure you have a cracking Easter with the kids.

Mark National Pet Day in style with these exclusive deals from Buyagift.

The Easter holidays are upon us and keeping the kids occupied is high on the agenda, but will it be a heatwave or washout – here’s the Met Office weather forecast to find out.

THIS is the moment police pulled over a motorist speeding at more than one and a half times the speed limit in a village near Bridgwater.

THERE was a lucky escape after a horsebox suffered a blowout on the M5 in Somerset yesterday (Saturday, April 9).

RESIDENTS in a rural community say a second solar farm in their community would have a "most disturbing" impact on nature on the Somerset Levels.

THE RSPCA has revealed it received 670 reports about rats last year as latest research shows insight into how pet rats are cared for.

A GORGEOUS 15th century property with a working watermill is for sale.

As the 2021/22 NBA comes to a close on April 12, fans can raise a glass in style with Hennesy's limited collector's edition. How to get yours.

See what's in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl on Sunday, April 10.

A TEAM of volunteer police officers from three police stations stopped a vehicle on the A38 in Somerset following a tip off from the public.

THANKS to Wessex Internet, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance can now carry out their work to the optimum, with the help of a reliable, ultrafast and efficient internet connection.

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.

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

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.

Parents will know the struggle of keeping the kids entertained over Easter but LEGO is here to save the holidays. How to gets yours

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).