MOTORISTS across Somerset are being urged to take precautions when driving during frosty and icy conditions.

THE family of the "kindest and most caring" father have paid tribute to him after he died in a collision near Hinkley Point earlier this week.

THE country’s £2 million rural crime epidemic and the reduction of police numbers in the countryside topped the agenda when MP Ian Liddell-Grainger met the Police Federation’s Simon Kempton at a federation-sponsored event in Westminster.

STUDENTS at Chilton Trinity starred in their big show of the year Matilda in a wonderful extravaganza of talent and performance.

PEOPLE of Bridgwater can claim a free taco from Taco Bell next week on December 13.

THE percentage of people who smoke cigarettes has shot up in Somerset West and Taunton, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

LAWYERS are investigating after a seven-year-old boy from Somerset fell seriously ill on holiday in Egypt.

KATHERINE O'Shea will see her Glastonbury Festival-inspired picture book, Molly's First Festival, become a reality after a successful Kickstarter campaign.

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.

Supermarkets' own brand and budget prices jumped higher than premium brands during the cost of living crisis, according to Which?

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).

A MAN was cut free from his vehicle yesterday evening (December 5) in the Stogursey area after a traffic collision involving a minibus and a car.

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

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

ELECTRIFIED Automation has received a share of £73 million in government and industry funding that supports clean transport technologies.

SCOTTISH band Anchor Lane will headline The Cobblestones pub in Bridgwater as part of their upcoming UK tour.

A MEMBER of Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce has met with members of On Your Bike, a charity with workshops in Bridgwater and Taunton.

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.