Nature lovers are invited to submit their best photographs in Somerset Wildlife Trust’s 60th anniversary photography competition.

Technology is a wonderful thing – when it’s on your side.  But when it’s turned against you, boy can it cause pain!

A flower and vegetable show braved wet weather to raise approximately £1880 of funds for St Peter’s and St Michael’s Churches.

Walking and cycling right across the Somerset Levels could soon get a whole lot easier, thanks to the hard work and enthusiasm of local parish councils.

Middlezoy-based festival Dizfest is back for its fifth year on Saturday, July 27

Transport campaigners are calling for improvements to be made to Bridgwater’s railway station under the Celebration Mile scheme.

Sunbeams Nursery in Bridgwater has been rated 'Good' by Ofsted for the fourth consecutive time.

A teaching assistant at a school in Bridgwater has retired after 37 years.

The 2024 GP Patient Survey has revealed where patients are most satisfied across Bridgwater.

After reports that 1p and 2p coins could be scrapped, the Treasury has revealed that will not be the case.

DWP Universal Credit, PIP, and other benefit claimants may find their payments affected by the August bank holiday

The MP for Bridgwater, Ashley Fox, delivered his first speech in the House of Commons yesterday.

A man who robbed a woman of her cash and bank cards after watching her buy groceries in Puriton on New Year's Eve has been jailed for three years.

Key assets could be sold by Somerset Council in a bid to balance the books

A charity match organised by CL Drylining owner Chris Loynes will raise funds for Williton Hospital Meadow Ward

New findings have ranked the most expensive and cheapest roads to live on in Bridgwater.

Bridgwater Carnival is set to host an open day drop-in session for local charities and organisations.

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Bridgwater's first ever Super Saturday event has been hailed a success.

Bridgwater Carnival's Dave Stokes has spoken on how advancements in technology have helped the carnival to reach more people in his latest Mercury column.

Bridgwater Community Hospital will host a charity fire-walk to raise money for local NHS services.

Wilmot’s Pool car park on Quantock Hills is benefitting from major renovation thanks to the Friends of the Quantocks.

The Royal Family's income is set to receive a big boost of £45m with a 53% jump making their income more than £130m.

The aurora borealis is linked to Earth's magnetic field

Bridgwater Town Council is hosting an event at Blake Gardens featuring live music from the Congresbury Brass Band.

Somerset Council have called for reform in council tax

The Willow Man has seen better days in years gone by. In 2024, the sculpture is like a shadow of its former self.

Bridgwater has begun its new town centre anti-social behaviour initiative following a meeting with local business owners.

A new report says Avon and Somerset Police sometimes left drunk people naked in their cells

As the school summer holidays begin, July and August can be particularly hard for those forced to balance the competing pressures of work and childcare.

Police are investigating an act of 'outraging public decency' which took place in Bridgwater earlier this month.

Somerset Council has provisionally agreed to provide extra money to contractor Suez

A Somerset councillor says urgent action is needed to resolve the frequent 'unauthorised encampments' set up by travellers in the Bridgwater and Burnham-on-Sea areas.

Dovecote School, a SEN school in Bridgwater, has been given Thrive's School of Excellence award.

North Petherton Town Council is now accepting grant applications from voluntary, non-profit making groups and organisations for 2024-25

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be told it must become a “department for work”, rather than a “department for welfare”, by Labour today.

Rightmove has revealed that UK rents are at a record high with 17 inquiries per property and the average tenant paying £1,314 a month.

Cllr Brian Smedley has spoken on creating a more positive outlook on the town in his latest Mercury column.

A man's death in Bridgwater town centre is being treated as unexplained by police.

New 'Friends of Bridgwater Arts Centre' group set to be launched this week.

Somerset Councillor Alan Bradford says M5 closures near Bridgwater must stop.

A new walled sculpture garden is set to open at the Bridgy Gallery in Bridgwater this weekend.

A significant step forward in the delivery of the UK's largest battery factory has been taken by Agratas.

A debate on whether all smart devices should be banned from schools was discussed on ITV's Good Morning Britain

The latest NHS figures have found that dementia diagnoses in England are now at a record high.

Find out what snakes might be in your garden and whether they are dangerous from Grass snakes to adders.

What are the rules for Blue Badges? Your rights and responsibilities and what the badge can do.

We are continuing to ask the public to call us with any information relating to wanted Joseph Bushnell.

This handsome, late Victorian home occupies a tucked away position in the sought-after village of Combwich and is close to the River Parrett estuary and Steart Marshes.

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner MP has given assurances that Somerset will not be subject to “development at all cost”.