LAST Friday morning, the Fairfax Park turnstiles opened before sunrise, welcoming members of The United Club Business whom have expressed an interest to support both Club & Trust.

Enmore Park Golf Club held their Champions Dinner and Presentation Evening last weekend an event that gave a chance to reflect and celebrate the successes of 2022.

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

AN investigation is being carried out today (Monday, December 5) into a sink hole in a Taunton street.

A number of schoolchildren have died this week amid a deadly Strep A outbreak.

A separate case has been reported in Wales, taking the known UK total to six.

AS Christmas draws closer, many motorists are getting into the festive spirit.

IT has emerged that Virgin Media Ltd has been hit with a court bill north of £62,000 for flouting safety rules in Bridgwater.

THE final Bridgwater Independent Market of 2022 is taking place in the town centre tomorrow (Sunday, December 4).

AN Avon and Somerset Police detective admitted 'sexual communication with a child under the age of 16', a disciplinary hearing will be told.

Somerset County Council has revealed plans to subsidise evening services connecting Taunton with the towns of Minehead, Bridgwater, Wellington and Chard after 8pm and running to at least 10.30pm.

VIRGIN Media Ltd has been hit with a massive court bill for twice flouting safety rules during work in a street in Bridgwater.

MORE than four in ten people in Sedgemoor say they have no religion, according to the results of last year's census.

A NEW McDonald's store in Bridgwater has opened its doors to customers.

THE A38 Taunton Road in Bridgwater has been cleared following earlier reports of an accident.

The future of the UK’s oldest carnival is looking bright.

Bridgwater’s historic docks will be given a new lease of life as part of a multi-million-pound regeneration programme for the town.

Sir Elton John is to headline Glastonbury 2023 to mark his last-ever UK tour date.

BRIDGWATER United Women will return to action this weekend with an away trip to face Gillingham in the The FA Women's National League.

Group A streptococcus (or Strep A) is known to cause scarlet fever, throat infections and, in very rare cases, invasive disease.

A YELLOW weather warning has been issued by the Met Office, with dense fog set to bring “difficult travel conditions” this evening and tomorrow morning.

AROUND 50 people helped commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year by planting saplings in an area of woodland in Nether Stowey.

A FUSE box has been “completely destroyed” after it caught fire, which also caused smoke damage to the property in Bridgwater.

A new free digital Carbon Planner tool from NatWest helps all businesses reduce their carbon emissions

Revised plans have been put forward to build more than 50 new homes near a Somerset doctors’ surgery.

THE British Red Cross is calling for people in Somerset to help their communities by signing up as transport support volunteers.

The future of four Somerset carnivals is hanging in the balance once more as the local authority prepares to debate plans for a new storage facility for a second time.

BRIDGWATER Arts Centre will host a Gala for Ukraine on Friday featuring professional and amateur singers, dancers and musicians.

ALDI is trialling clear caps on milk bottles in its Somerset stores to improve its products' recyclability.

IAN Liddell-Grainger MP has told Bridgwater and West Somerset poultry keepers to observe new controls aimed at combatting bird flu.

BRIDGWATER Pantomime Society has announced it will return in January with a production of Puss in Boots at the town hall.

SOMERSET residents have been asked to consider using recycling centres and only cooking what they need so festive bin collections go off smoothly.

FANCY having a say in how much our councillors are paid?

FIREFIGHTERS from Burnham and Bridgwater were called to the after a neighbour reported a “small explosion within a wood burner”.

A ROW has broken out in Somerset over the role the county council should play in how schoolchildren are taught about religion, writes Daniel Mumby.

EMERGENCY services were called out after a bus overturned on a road in Somerset this afternoon (Monday, November 28).

TRUSTED local news media titles such as the County Gazette sit right at the heart of local life.

WORK on a tidal barrier to protect homes and businesses could be delayed by up to six months after asbestos was discovered near the access to the site.

BISHOP Michael, the recently installed 80th Bishop of Bath and Wells, is to become a patron of Somerset Day.

WELLINGTON School has hosted the 27th Maths Challenge.

A NEWLY refurbished Somerset veterinary practice is offering pet owners the chance to go behind the scenes and have a unique glimpse at its upgraded facilities.

LITTLE Adventures Nursery Group, won the high growth and ambition awards in the 2022 Business Live Business Awards.

A Christmas Fayre in Nether Stowey that featured local traders has raised over £300 for the Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance Charity.

THE Sedgemoor Business Excellence Awards were held at the Canalside in Bridgwater on Friday night.

BRIDGWATER United were without a game at the weekend due to a waterlogged pitch however that gave the squad added rest ahead of their big fixture this Friday.

POLICE have published details of locations where they will be managing mobile speed cameras across Somerset this week starting today (Monday, November 28).

THERE have been 26 incidents of windows or doors being damaged at retail premises in Bridgwater town centre in five months, making a "small increase".

BRIDGWATER'S Christmas lights were switched on yesterday evening after a packed day of activities in the town centre.

WITH winter upon us, Somerset residents are being reminded to protect their health and the health of people around them by getting their flu and Covid-19 vaccinations.

PEOPLE in Devon and Somerset can now see the latest statistics and details of fire and rescue incidents in their area thanks to a new website feature being tested by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, writes Molly Clapham.