AVON and Somerset Police is the only UK force answering at least 90 per cent of 999 calls in the national target of under 10 seconds, according to Home Office figures.

A SOMERSET music festival successfully held its first event at its new home at the end of May, almost three years after it was last able to host live music.

COUNCIL staff in Somerset became embroiled in “gang-related violence” at a Yeovil café last year, officers have revealed.

Statistics released by the Home Office showed that only one police force answered 90% of 999 calls in under 10 seconds.

GLASTONBURY Festival fanatic Paul Jones discusses his book 'View From The Stage: 50 Years of Glastonbury by the People that Played' before this year's festival.

A VIOLIN and piano duo will play in South Somerset in July.

A TOTAL of 311 weapons have been taken off the streets of Avon and Somerset during a knife amnesty week this month.

A FLOWER festival has raised funds for two good causes in Chard.

ON the last day of half-term, children at Tatworth Primary School held a Jubilee Bonnet and Hat Parade as part of their Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

POLICE are out in force across Somerset again this week checking on motorists' speeds.

POLICE seized an uninsured vehicle in Ilminster over the weekend.

An exclusive range of Jubilee-themed cards will be available from Moonpig.

AVON and Somerset Chief Constable Sarah Crew says she wants the force to be anti-racist - not simply not racist.

SOMERSET Chamber has helped the county’s businesses secure more than £2 million in Government funding to support young people into work and help firm’s find new talent.

If you’re a betting person, you might be interested to learn the TA postcode has been named among the luckiest - see where it ranks here.

What better way to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee than with a terribly British afternoon tea - here are the best places to get one according to Tripadvisor reviews.

AN investigation by Animal Aid into a Somerset dairy farm has revealed the horrendous toll calf hutches play on the animals' mental wellbeing, as well as shocking physical abuse.

YEOVIL is the second easiest place in the whole of the UK to pass your driving test first time, according to a study.

THE new leader of Somerset County Council has promised a unitary authority to “care for all and listen to all our residents”, writes Daniel Mumby.

ANIMAL welfare campaigners have called on Somerset County Council to ban fox and deer hunting - including trail hunting - on its land, writes Daniel Mumby.

SOMERSET went into party mood on June 2, 1953, when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

BILL Sivewright, CEO of Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance thanked the charity’s volunteers for all their hard work, dedication, and support in aid of the charity, prior to his retirement on June 21.

The A30 Mangle Cave Hill is closed in both directions in Roundham (near Crewkerne) following an incident, according to Travel Somerset.

A SHOP has donated a fantastic £760.60 to Chard Hospital League of Friends.

A YOUNG man who committed a number of car key burglaries in rural parts of Somerset has been jailed.

When the incredible garden bar was first in stock, it sold out within 72 hours so you shouldn't delay if you fancy one of your own.

A HISTORIC plane that suffered engine failure crash landed after hitting a telegraph pole and narrowly missing a house, a report has revealed.

WORKS to repair a street light cable fault on the A358 have been completed.

A SOMERSET theatre will temporarily close in January during for work on a £30million upgrade.

THE Mayor of Ilminster has congratulated one of the town council's own for landing a top post in the new Somerset County Council.

THERE will be major changes to recycling and rubbish collections across Somerset during the first two weeks of June due to the two Platinum Jubilee bank holidays.

Help your kids doze off to dreamland with Silentnight's new kids mattress and bedding range.

RESIDENTS in Seavington St Mary and Seavington St Michael are very much looking forward to their jubilee celebrations, including the fete and dog show on Saturday, June 4.

AN elderly man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman and occasioning her actual bodily harm.

LIBERAL Democrat councillor Bill Revans has been confirmed as the new leader of Somerset County Council.

FIREFIGHTERS cut a person free from a vehicle following a collision on the Blackdown Hills yesterday (Tuesday, May 24).

Pret A Manger has released their new spring menu - so we just had to go a long and see what we thought.

AN agricultural expert is urging walkers and farmers to protect themselves from the risk of cattle attacks.

DOZENS Somerset streets will be closed to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, writes Daniel Mumby.

Check out the Royal Mint's largest ever coin that has been created for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Beaverbrooks has a selection of designer watches, cufflinks and jewellery gifts perfect for treating your Dad to this Father's Day.

A LANDLORD has been jailed for groping three barmaids as he tried to stuff their wages down their cleavage.

A SERIOUSLY ill district councillor has been excused attending meetings and carrying out any casework, write Daniel Mumby.

PEOPLE can now officially have their say on design changes to the A358 upgrade from Taunton and the Southfields roundabout at Ilminster.

A SPEAKER at Ilminster Literary Festival is promising guests a laugh a minute today (Wednesday, May25).

HERE is a list of all the events taking place around Chard to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

ON May 22 the Blackdown District of Scouts organised a short cycle ride with challenges along the way from Ilminster to Chard along the old railway line and back again.

CREWKERNE Museum is set to hold a special ‘Our World, Your Choice’ summer exhibition focusing on climate change.

A REPORT from the recent inspection in March this year has rated Tatworth Primary School ‘good’ in all areas, with inspectors praising many aspects of school life.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy from Chard with severe eczema is undertaking a charity challenge to support other children with the condition.