THE ongoing turmoil in the political and financial world has undoubtedly impacted on the residential markets.

THIS property is a whimsical family home in a beautiful spot in the village of Barrington.

AGE UK Somerset is one of three charities in our county nominated for this year's Newsquest Cash for Charities campaign, backed by the Gannett Foundation.

FIVE councils across Somerset are working together to create a Somerset Cultural Strategy to help raise the county's profile as a cultural destination and embed arts and culture within the. council’s services.

THE head of a primary school in Chard has shared a message to reflect on her nine weeks of headship.

THE last antiques, collectors and vintage fair of 2022 at Newmarket Racecourse is taking place this weekend.

THIS is a unique Grade II Listed character home in the heart of this award-winning village, with massive potential for further conversion.

 Escape Support Group, a Taunton charity that supports families raising children with disabilities or additional needs, will win a share of a £16k cash giveaway.

SOME tough decision will have to be made as the new Somerset unitary authority faces a massive budget gap in its first year.

Iceland's Christmas dinner costs just £4.35 per person and it is air fryer friendly!

The BBC plans would create 11 investigative reporting teams across the country while increasing its daily online news provision in 43 areas

NOW is the time that all councils are setting their budget for next year, which in turn will decide the amount of Council Tax that everyone in towns and villages in Somerset will pay.

ILMINSTER town centre will mark the start of the festive season with its Christmas Lights switch-on event.

A DENTAL practice is rebuilding and adding considerable relaxation into its core to make it one of the most unique practices in the county.

THE board of directors at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have approved the business case to support the planned merger between the two trusts.

THE most deprived areas of South Somerset have been revealed in the latest 2021 census results.

FIREFIGHTERS in Devon and Somerset saw a significant rise in the number of wildfires they tackled this summer, an FOI request has revealed.

HUNDREDS of people in Taunton Deane and West Somerset are likely to find themselves voting in a different Parliamentary constituency at the next General Election.

POLICE have moved to assure people they are taking seriously an alleged assault of a woman in a Somerset village.

BIDDING is now live for Somerset Wildlife Trust's virtual auction with unforgettable experiences and prizes supplied by local businesses and artists from across the county.

FERNE Animal Sanctuary is set to receive a share of £16,000 from the Gannett Foundation's Cash for Charities giveaway - but it needs your help.

Greggs has launched their Christmas menu for 2022.

This week sees a re-visit that has taken more than two decades, after the project first began in 1999.

JUDGES and sponsors are preparing for a late flurry of entries with two weeks left to enter the Somerset Business Awards 2023.

A STRETCH of the A303 in Somerset will be fully closed this weekend during work to remove a temporary bridge.

TOWNS, parishes, and community groups across South Somerset topped the leader board with a host of prestigious awards after a successful In Bloom competition.

POLICE have issued this picture showing the state of a wheel on a car caught being driven on the M5.

AN Avon and Somerset police constable has been sacked for misusing force computers.

SOMERSET Community Foundation (SCF) has launched this year’s Surviving Winter appeal, encouraging people who can afford it to donate some or all of their Winter Fuel Payment to help vulnerable older people unable to afford to heat their homes.

Delays due to accident on A358 Axminster Road both ways from Pop Lane to Brockhole Lane.

THIS gallery shows images from the wedding fayre in Hornsbury, near Chard.

ILMINSTER Cricket Club held their annual season awards evening over the weekend.

A CRAFT fair in South Petherton has raised £313 for the village hall.

A TEMPORARY closure will affect a road in Ilton for 12 days.

Almost 750,000 people in the south west have no savings, according to a survey carried out in September 2022 by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a tractor fire in the Blackdown Hills this morning (Monday, November 7) - with a bucket of water.

A RAIN and wind weather warning has been issued for Somerset.

ILMINSTER Arts Centre has appointed a new manager.

THE next Bishop of Bath and Wells will use various forms of transport to attend the service installing him in the role.

EVERYONE is acutely aware of the cost of living crisis and the need to make savings on outgoings.

ONE of the main routes into Chard has completely reopened after a £100,000 scheme to renovate sewers in the north of the town was completed ahead of schedule.

PETER Knight is uprooting hundreds of miles to take over as managing director of Stagecoach operations in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

HILLSIDE is an impressive detached cottage which has been superbly extended and refurbished by the current owners.

HAVING been kept in the same family for many years, this much extended and improved property is now offered for sale in one of our most favoured areas right on the very edge of the town.

I HOPE all of you had a fantastic October. This week, I want to draw attention to two key areas: local business and our environment.

THE Charterhouse two-day collectors auction includes some stunning militaria from three soldiering generations of a family.

A SOMERSET-based law firm has expanded by merging with two other practices.

HOPEFULLY readers would agree that your Chard and Ilminster newspaper is good value at 75p.

RAIL unions have called off plans for its member to strike this weekend and next week.

ARTS organisations in Somerset have received a multi-million pound boost from Arts Council England today (Friday, November 4).