THE Women’s Softball Festival took place in Chard last weekend.

A Somerset school which was closed as part of controversial school reforms will be reopened to give vulnerable children and young people the support they need.

A TEACHER who drove towards a pedestrian in Chard leaving her so afraid she scooped up her dog fearing they would be struck, has been given a suspended prison sentence.

A CHARD man who was more than three and a half times the drink-drive limit when he was stopped by police was also found with a claw hammer in his car.

A CAMPAIGN to encourage more people to hop on buses has been launched as households face mounting financial pressures.

A new car park will be delivered in a Somerset market town without the need for new housing following a decision by district councillors.

COOMBE Farm Organic scooped three Great Taste Awards, including the elite 3-star award for their slow-grown Organic Whole Goose.

A new Somerset ‘parkway’ railway station could be delivered in the coming years with new businesses and transport links to local villages.

JUST in time for the Platinum Jubilee year, Greenfylde First School in Ilminster won a Platinum Award in the Woodland Trust Green Tree Schools programme.

YEAR 4 pupils at Greenfylde First School in Ilminster, worked really hard over the final weeks of the term learning lines and songs for their end-of-year play 'Jack and Jill and the Beanstalk.’

FASHIONS may come and go, but the draw of well made and designed items never lose their appeal.

A GROUP of medals won by war hero Sir Thomas 'Archie' Lamb are included in the Charterhouse September auction of medals, militaria, coins and stamps.

HERE'S a list of sites across Somerset where police will be operating mobile speed cameras during the week starting today (Monday, August 8).

TREES affected by ash dieback and traffic light refurbishment works are among the major roadworks being undertaken in Somerset this week.

Tools are being stolen every 45 minutes across the UK and Avon & Somerset is among the top 10 tool theft hotspots, according to police data.

HOLYROOD Academy pupils have added their signatures to the new Holyrood Academy expansion project this week.

THIS is a spacious character house and separate detached Annex, built of natural stone and situated on the edge of this favoured South Somerset village.

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

Here's a selection of the items you'll find in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl from Sunday, August 7.

SITUATED in a tucked away position, this superb detached property offers the best of both worlds.

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.

During August and September wasps turn their attentions to sweet food making them much more of a nuisance.

POLICE are asking people in four locations in Somerset to look out for a missing man.

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

THOUSANDS of people have signed a petition launched to get “the council to rethink the construction” of a relief road near Chard Reservoir.

Reports suggest Brits entering Spain may have to follow new entry requirements and prove that they can afford their stay.

Extra funding has been committed for the second time in six months to ensure a Somerset crematorium will remain fit for purpose in the coming decades.

Improvements to Yeovil town centre could be scaled back even further to ensure central government funding doesn’t have to be returned.

LADIES were challenged to walk two and a half miles each to raise funds for the Stroke Association or local stroke group but the Inner Wheel Club of Chard helped sponsor Desi Fradgley to walk a total of 60 miles.

TWO campervans were completely destroyed and a barn was damaged by a fire that broke out in Sea, near Ilminster.

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 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.

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.

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

POLICE are appealing for the public's help to track down a wanted Somerset man.

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.

EIGHT lock-up garages and an additional parking space in Yeovil have been snapped up at auction for £58,500.

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

A CHARD pub will be closed all day tomorrow (Wednesday, August 3) as family and friends hold a wake in honour of the former landlord.

An ancient Somerset oak tree has been felled to make way for a new slip road despite the best efforts of protesters over the past two weeks.

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

A CANCER support charity has been presented with a cheque for £2,200 after a successful Ilminster garden party.

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

THE Body Coach, aka Joe Wicks, is taking ‘P.E with Joe’ on the road with MINI for the second year running to bring people together for wellness wins – staged as the ultimate event to get families feeling energised, mentally and physically.

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

BRITAIN’S Disabled Strongman competition took place in Chard last weekend.