A WELLBEING project providing support to people not in work has helped more than 400 people across three Somerset towns.

A UNION leader has accused a bus boss of "mistruths and fictional figures" the day before drivers and other staff walk out for a third time.

PLANS to plant thousands of new trees in Somerset have received a £300,000 funding boost.

Offsite Solutions, a Highbridge-based company, will manufacture 425 steel-framed bathroom pods for a Willmott Dixon project in Peterborough in a £2.3 million contract.

SEDGEMOOR District Council has confirmed the winter opening times for their beaches.

Glastonbury coach and ticket packages went on sale tonight and within less than half an hour, they sold out.

All the tips you need to try to secure Glastonbury 2023 tickets as tickets with coach travel go on sale on November 3 and general tickets go on sale November 6.

BURNHAM & Berrow Medical Centre has been placed under special measures following a CQC inspection in the summer that rated it ‘inadequate’.

BUS bosses in Somerset are blaming union leaders for a third strike day taking place on Friday (November 4).

House Fox Estate Agents in Somerset has been named the best estate agents in the county for the third straight year at the annual ESTAS Awards.

BURNHAM'S Esplanade will host a grand fireworks display on Sunday, November 6 as part of the town's carnival weekend. 

HIGHBRIDGE & Burnham-On-Sea Carnival will take place on Monday, November 7 and a full list of road closures has now been revealed.

A new Mediterranean restaurant could soon open in a Somerset coastal town if a new licence is granted.

A FESTIVE shopping event that raises money for Breast Cancer Now will return to Berrow, Somerset, later this month.

TRAIN passengers are set for more misery with another set of rail strikes this weekend and into next week.

Impartial, responsible journalism is a cornerstone for a healthy, secure democracy. It must be protected.

Somerset doctors’ surgeries should make their websites simpler to navigate in order to ensure patients get access to the services they need.

BURNHAM & Highbridge's MP has retained his role as the Armed Forces Minister after the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, completed his first reshuffle.

A MAJOR incident was declared in Somerset on Friday night after the emergency services received reports of explosions at a pyrotechnics factory.

AN off-duty Avon and Somerset police officer accessed a confidential call record with no policing purpose, it is alleged.

FRESH off the back of a sold-out run and the highest of critical acclaim at this year’s Fringe, the political godfather of UK comedy, Mark Thomas, is back to what he does best; taking down politicians, mucking about, new ideas, and finding hope.

A LETTER from Bridgwater and West Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger to the Prime Minister contains a number of "inaccurate comments", according to Wessex Water.

During another tumultuous year, the role of journalism in our society has become more important than ever before.

Journalism matters. That is not just a slogan, it is a fundamental feature of our democracy. Without publications like the one you are reading right now, we would not be able to hold the people in power to account - including, of course, politicians ...

 

THE Burnham on Sea Cricket Club met on Friday night at the Burnham and Berrow Golf Club to celebrate 161 years of cricket and to present the annual trophies.

IF you were thinking of speeding in Somerset this week, DON'T.

HERE'S a map showing where roadworks are being carried out in Somerset this week starting from today (Monday, October 31).

THE eagerly awaited biannual sporting sale at Greenslade Taylor Hunt exceeded expectations.

With paddock and stable yard, this beautiful, detached period cottage is a set in a secluded location and offers not only versatile accommodation, but equestrian facilities also.

HERE'S a look at the stunning Camera Club pictures featured in the County Gazette, Bridgwater Mercury, Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News and Chard and Ilminster News newspapers this week.

THE RSPCA is appealing for information after the body of a dead puppy was discovered in a layby.

KING Charles III will have a new representative in Somerset from tomorrow (Saturday, October 29).

RECORD numbers of people visited The King Alfred School Academy (TKASA) Sixth Form at its open morning.

In just under a month thousands of music fans will be battleling out as they try to get tickets to one of the biggest and most iconic music festivals of all time, Glastonbury.

SCORES of motorists in Avon and Somerset who mistakenly believed an urban myth are to face their day in court.

THE route of Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea Carnival has been revealed today (October 27).

Five swimming pools in Somerset will need significant maintenance in the coming years in order to keep them open to the public.

A SECTION of the Wells Road, near Wookey, closed for sewer repairs has reopened more than three days earlier than planned.

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance in Cleeve.

Somerset-based couple builds their dream home by transforming a derelict cowshed on this week's Grand Designs.

A camp-site near Weston-super-Mare could soon expand to meet demand for seaside breaks on the Somerset coast.

A RECORD entry of 558 head helped ensure Sedgemoor Auction Centre, Junction 24, North Petherton, enjoyed its best ever collective sale.

THREE local charities have been given the chance to win a share of an amazing £128,000 cash giveaway by our newspaper group.

THE county's wide range of businesses was highlighted when Somerset Chamber of Commerce hosted two high profile business leaders – Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, and Lord Mark Price, former Government Minist...

A FARM that donates Christmas trees to three local towns is now looking to spread even more festive cheer by giving away a further 100 to charities.

Police could be at risk of “corruption and financial control and coercion by criminal gangs” because they are paid so poorly.

SOMERSET NHS Foundation Trust (FT), which runs Musgrove Park Hospital, community and mental health services, is celebrating 20 years of supporting unpaid mental health carers.

Burnham craft fair words

Hundreds of people flocked to Burnham-on-Sea over the weekend for the 20th incarnation of a popular food festival.