Somerset News

Somerset hospice launches appeal to remember loved ones with Light up a Life campaign

Somerset Council contractor lorry sinks into road during repairs

West Country cider makers work with academics to unearth new 'climate change resistant' apples

Weekend of weather warnings as storms set to bring major disruption

Ferne Animal Sanctuary seeking support for veterinary costs to save abandoned pets

Man charged over fatal A361 crash in Frome in 2024

South West households urged to prepare for power cuts

Potholes being tackled in South West

Somerset Railway line faces challenges from infrastructure hurdles

Prime Minister backs Mayoral Strategic Authority for Wessex

£500,000 community share offer opens for Ashton Court Mansion

Saltmoor pump deployment exercise road closure

Somerset Prepared event to celebrate youth in emergency resilience planning

South West Water urges checks for leaking toilets amid critical drought

70 new homes approved near Somerset car boot site despite councillor concerns

Appeal ruling may not hinder delivery of 2,000 homes near Burnham-on-Sea

Yellow wind warning issued for South West England and Wales this Friday

Teen arrested after fatal collision in Taunton involving electric motorbike

CCTV image released after assault at Glastonbury pub

North Somerset man jailed for breaching Sexual Harm Prevention Order

Somerset campsite hits by 2,700% business rate increase

Exmoor Day 2026 invites all to celebrate nature and history

More NHS staff sacked for accessing records of Nottingham stabbing victims

45 flats to be built on derelict Weston-super-Mare site empty for a decade

Taunton Town Council leader named Somerset Young Councillor of the Year

Minehead £3.3m social care academy faces uncertain future, Somerset Council admits

Minehead's £3.3m social care academy could be shut down

More than £9m to create over 100 new special needs places in Somerset schools

South West surf therapy programme supports young people affected by cancer

Exmoor’s tenth Dark Skies Festival set to illuminate Somerset with its biggest programme yet

Severe drought declared in parts of South of England

Work to start on walking and cycling route to Somerset's £4bn 'gigafactory'

People in Bridgwater vow to keep fighting plans for 750 homes near M5

Frome's river is being recognised as a living system

Avon and Wiltshire mental health services for children upgraded to Good

Man dies after two-vehicle crash on M5 near Taunton