HERE'S a look at the stunning Camera Club pictures featured this week.

Households will start receiving money off their energy bills from October, with the discount made in six instalments.

According to the Road Traffic Act 1988 in reference to careless and inconsiderate driving, the law is clear.

POLICE believe a convicted rapist and kidnapper may be in Somerset.

MILLIONS of pounds could be invested in town centres, transport, and cultural projects in parts of Somerset if a bid for government funding is successful.

DAMAGED lights at Marine Cove Gardens in Burnham-on-Sea have been replaced by energy-efficient LED lanterns. 

POLICE are asking people in Somerset to look out for a convicted drug offender.

A FORMER Somerset newspaper reporter has become the first person to ever run the 299-mile Macmillan Way.

A SOMERSET man has died in a collision on the M5 today (Wednesday, August 3).

A JUNIOR school in Burnham-on-Sea has thanked the local community for supporting an initiative that will see pupils take responsibility for 12 new flowerbeds.

POLICE have launched an appeal to find a wanted man in connection with a sexual offence.

A FORMER police officer who used confidential systems to look up information about people they knew would have been dismissed if they hadn’t already resigned, a misconduct hearing panel concluded yesterday (Tuesday, August 2).

THE 16-year-old boy who died from stab wounds following an incident in Somerset at the weekend has been officially named.

THE two politicians vying to be our next Prime Minister were in Somerset this week looking to drum up support for their campaigns.

A YOUNG man supplied drugs from a Somerset home he took over while the tenant real was in hospital has been jailed.

ST John Ambulance is aiming to recruit hundreds of volunteer vaccinators in Somerset and the West Country to boost the population's Covid and flu immunity.

A “MAGICAL” theatre show for families will visit several Somerset towns on its summer tour, which starts today.

RURAL crime in Somerset cost an estimated £930,000 in 2021, according to insurer NFU Mutual's 2022 Rural Crime Report.

AN 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a teenager in Somerset.

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a teenager in Somerset have made a third arrest.

THE Queen's newly appointed representative in Somerset is "looking forward to giving something back to the country which has given me so much".

Beach-goers are being urged to keep an eye out for the venomous weever fish.

PEOPLE are being advised not to swim in Burnham-on-Sea's Apex Park lake.

THE RSCPA North Somerset branch in Brent Knoll hosted a pop-up shop at the weekend to raise money to help it look after the animals in its care.

A MURDER investigation has been launched following the death of a teenager in Somerset.

BERROW Road in Burnham-on-Sea is closed following a crash near the Low Lighthouse.

AFTER more than 46 years generating home grown zero-carbon electricity, Hinkley Point B has today (Monday, August 1) switched off its second reactor.

RAPID reform is urgently needed to tackle the staff shortages which are crippling businesses across the UK.

THESE are the locations across Somerset where police say they are siting mobile speed cameras at various times this week.

JUSTIN Lowe, auctioneer and partner at Greenslade Taylor Hunt, reports another busy auction held at the Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster.

THERE'S going to be traffic disruption in parts of Somerset as a number of major roadworks get underway today (Monday, August 1).

Ten famous faces you might not realise all went to school in Somerset.

POLICE are investigating a fatal collision in a Somerset town this morning (Sunday, July 31).

HERE'S a look at the stunning Camera Club pictures featured this week.

THERE are no plans for a hosepipe ban in Somerset despite the above average dry spell.

HERE is an exceptional and exciting opportunity to purchase a five bedroom detached home backing onto Burnham Beach.

A VICTORIAN mobile photographer’s studio, which has spent most of its life on the Dorset coast at Swanage, is looking for a new home when it goes under the Charterhouse Auction gavel on Friday, August 5.

TWO Somerset betters hit debut County Championship tons in the drawn run-fest at Essex that ended yesterday (Thursday, July 28).

TWO lanes have closed on the M5 heading southbound near Burnham-on-Sea following a traffic collision.

A SACKED Somerset officer has been barred from ever working for the police after it emerged he acted "inappropriately" with at least four female colleagues.

THE behaviour of some Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service staff gives "cause for concern", according to inspectors.

A FOLK singer from Brent Knoll has shown a glimpse of his upcoming ‘Songs of Somerset’ show in an exclusive performance for the Weekly News.

SOMERSET County Council will “look closely” at a Government scheme designed to help communities that suffered repeated flooding.

SIX sea cadets from Burnham and Highbridge have excelled at a regional competition held in south Wales. 

TWO local parks have received the Green Flag Award, an initiative that “rewards well-managed parks and green spaces”.

CRYSTAL meditation classes are set to launch at Berrow Village Hall on Tuesday, September 6 to boost participants' physical and mental health.

The Money Saving Expert founder shared the message ahead of a further increase in energy bills expected this winter.

PLANNING on watching the Lionesses' semi final match against Sweden down the pub this evening (Tuesday, July 26)?

NATWEST, the UK’s biggest bank for business with 40,000 agriculture customers, has today confirmed an additional £1.25billion lending package to the UK farming community.

THE Zone after-school club at Burnham Area Youth Centre is looking for new committee members. The club provides lots of different activities and gives its members the opportunity to socialise.