Mamma Mia the Party is at the O2 London and was lucky enough to get to experience the show.

People across Somerset are embarking on a four-day celebration to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

A TALENTED cricketer who was badly beaten up outside a Bridgwater pub last weekend is out of a coma.

A YOUNG motorcyclist has died after leaving the road and crashing into a wall in Somerset.

A PASSENGER in a 4X4 knocked a cyclist unconscious and cracked the tooth of another one.

A TEENAGER has been banned from getting behind the wheel after they tried to escape from pursuing police by driving at 80mph in a 30mph zone on a Somerset road.

WESTON College principal Dr Paul Phillips CBE has received an honorary knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

SEVERAL thousands cricket fans enjoyed perfect weather for Somerset's latest T20 Vitality Blast match yesterday evening (Wednesday, June 1).

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.

BUSES of Somerset is making changes to many of its bus routes from Sunday (June 5).

Here's a roundup of some of the items you'll find in Aldi and Lidl middles aisles from Thursday, June 2.

THE director of Glastonbury Abbey since 2013 has been awarded the MBE.

A DRAYTON man has won the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for his work in founding the Country Food Trust, where he spent seven years as chief executive.

DEVOTED Royalist Major Robert McDonald has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

JANE Stoodley, from Glastonbury, has won the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for her 38-year role as personal assistant to seven different principals at Strode College.

AVON and Somerset Police Chief Constable Sarah Crew wins the Queen's Police Medal for distinguished service.

MORE than 250 children and guests have celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a right royal fundraiser at Bridgwater & Taunton College (BTC)’s Bridgwater campus. Youngsters from the BTC Childcare Centre took part in a range of fun activit...

A COMMUNITY sports facility is to be developed at Bristol Road Playing Fields in Bridgwater.

A SOMERSET charity is marking this year’s National Volunteers’ Week to recognise the work carried out by residents across the county.

SOUTH African cricketer Mondli Khumalo remains in a coma but in a stable condition after his third surgery overnight at Southmead Hospital.

Brits up and down the country and preparing for the long weekend as Jubilee celebrations kick-off.

TWO motorists from Bridgwater have been handed court bills of over £1,000 after driving without third-party insurance and “otherwise than in accordance with a licence”.

If you’re looking forward to the four-day Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, you’re probably interested what the weather is going to be like too.

Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce general manager Roger Smith pens his last column for the Mercury after moving onto a new role.

MONDLI Khumalo's mother and uncle are expected to arrive in Somerset early next week as long as their UK Visa is approved in time.

EDF Energy has ruled out postponing the shutdown of the Hinkley Point B.

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.

FRIENDS of North Petherton cricketer Mondli Khumalo have started a crowdfunder page to support him and his family as he fights for his life in hospital.

Go on an epic exploration of out-of-this-world flavours with HelloFresh Lightyear-inspired recipe boxes.

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.

NORTH Petherton cricketer Mondli Khumalo is 'in a critical but stable condition' in Southmead Hospital after undergoing brain surgery yesterday.

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

BUSINESS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is considering extending the life of the Hinkley Point B plant - but only if the nuclear power station complies with “safety certification”.

FURTHER details of a controversial development of 110 family homes planned on a town's "green lung" have been shown to councillors.

Nothing says Love Island is back quite like your own personalised water bottle.

PUPILS from a Bridgwater primary school have taken part in a project to help take care of the town's environment at the Northgate Yard development site. 

THIS year's Westcountry WARAG took visitors back to the 1920s to celebrate life at Westonzoyland Airfield when it was still in operational use. 

CARNIVALITES in Bridgwater put the final touches to their tribute to the Queen at the weekend.

NORTH Petherton Cricket Club's overseas signing, Mondli Khumalo, is seriously injured and is in Southmead Hospital Bristol, after he was assaulted in Bridgwater.

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

Get ready for a summer of music and comedy with Ticketmaster’s latest flash sale.

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

A YOUNG man has suffered "serious head injuries" after a "disorder" involving a large number of people at a taxi rank in the early hours of this morning (Sunday, May 29).

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.

NEXT weekend Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival’s ‘Jubilation’ entry takes part in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London.