POLICE have so far made 110 arrests as part of a winter crackdown on drink and drug drivers across the Avon and Somerset force area.

Officials said they can “fully understand” that parents are concerned about rising cases.

RMT union have shared new train strike dates to take place during the Christmas period.

SOMERSET Community Foundation (SCF) has raised an incredible £500,000 for vital local charities supporting communities affected by the cost-of-living crisis.

A CAR driver died in a road traffic collision near Hinkley Point C yesterday (Monday, December 5).

LOOK out those woolly jumpers - it's going to get pretty cold out there across Somerset over the next few days.

What is the Winter Solstice as the shortest day approaches?

Antibiotics could be given to all children in a year group who had been affected by Strep A, even if they did not have any symptoms

RNLI crew from Burnham-on-Sea attended the town's Christmas lights switch-on at the end of November to raise money to continue their vital work.  

A DISGRACED Avon and Somerset detective has been banned from ever again serving as a police officer.

 CIRCUS Funtasia will bring its Great Christmas Circus to Sanders Garden Centre near Highbridge between December 8 and January 8.

Burnham beaten by top of the table Cinderford away from home.

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.

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

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

BURNHAM-on-Sea RNLI volunteers and fundraisers super raffle raises over £400.

A SPACIOUS family home in a Burnham-on-Sea cul-de-sac has entered the property market for £275,000

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

The new bridge would link the existing foot-ways leading to the station and the B3139 Market Street to a riverside park being delivered as part of the Brue Farm development.

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

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.

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

Virgin, BT and Sky Broadband customers have been warned against turning off their internet routers at night amid soaring energy prices.

Check when you can expect post this week as thousands of Royal Mail staff strike.

Check when you can expect post this week as thousands of Royal Mail staff strike.

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.

A MAN from Highbridge said he is living in a “completely soaked” and “rotten” house with a leaking ceiling while awaiting repair works to be carried out.

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

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

 THE RSPCA North Somerset Branch's Christmas fayre took place at Berrow Village Hall on Saturday, 26th November.

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

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a property in Puriton after a neighbour reported a “small explosion within a wood burner”.

TRUSTED local news media titles such as the Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News sit right at the heart of local life.

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).

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.

A BURNHAM-ON-SEA church will host a Christmas concert on Saturday, December 17 to help locals get into the festive spirit. 

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

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

BURNHAM-ON-SEA's Christmas lights were switched on last night after a Winter Warmer organised by Burnham Retail and the chamber of commerce.  

BURNHAM United rallied in the second half to draw level but a late winner saw Uphill Castle take the points at the weekend.

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.

AN 89-year-old caravan affectionately known as Lady Eccles is looking for a new owner in the next three-day Charterhouse auction.