Somerset News

Two Moors Way celebrates 50th anniversary

Waste crime 'damages quality of life', Crimestoppers reveals

Third arrest after serious assault in Burnham-on-Sea

Report reveals rural crime cost the South West more than £6m in 2025

'Proud and emotional': Second Air Ambulance helicopter finally arrives

Your guide to the Royal Bath & West Show 2026 and what’s happening

Two people arrested after serious assault in Burnham-on-Sea

Ambulance service in South West faces record demand amid heatwave

100-year-old Somerset oak tree saved from axe despite damage to nearby home

Merger of Somerset town with nearby village paused by legal challenge

Two Somerset bus routes denied share of £13.1m for Saturday services

Police appeal after Taunton collision

Public consultation to take place on new Yeovil base for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

Thunderstorm warning issued across South West

New report looks at impact Hinkley Point C has had on South West

Man charged with burglaries in Taunton and Bridgwater

Somerset Council unites to demand urgent action on SEND assessment delays

Ferne Animal Sanctuary to host family-friendly Wildlife Day in Somerset

Major Somerset regeneration site could be purchased by local residents

Somerset tackles pothole surge after record wet winter

Council accused of ‘undermining’ new bus link to busy Somerset station

Yellow heat health alert in place across the south west

Weston-super-Mare's marine lake reopens

Romance fraud leaves victims £2.25m out of pocket in Avon and Somerset

Farm ordered to pay nearly £20,000 after slurry pollution incidents in Devon and Somerset

Coroner says Taunton teen's rail crossing death was accidental

NHS trust sacks staff for accessing health records of Nottingham attack victims

Crisis house in Yeovil helps hundreds with mental health support without hospital stay

Revd Jo Stobart returns to Somerset as next Archdeacon of Wells

New talking bins will 'say thank you' on A303, as part of anti-littering initiative

Taunton man charged with sexual offences

Somerset buses could get one-ticket travel system under national Project Coral rollout

Fire crews tackle large blaze at industrial unit in Highbridge

19-year-old found guilty of causing death of teenager in crash near Weston-super-Mare

Marine Lake set to re-open ready for summer season

Somerset Council partners with British Heart Foundation to give bulky waste a second life