Somerset News

Council leaders call for Wessex devolution deal ahead of financial settlement

Appeal for information after man seriously injured in Bridgwater pub

Child poverty action plan launches in the West of England

Plans for 35 retirement flats & new Co-op store in Minehead town centre refused

Blue plaque unveiled in Weston-super-Mare for Jill Dando

Teenager appears in court charged with murder of 9-year-old girl in Weston-super-Mare

Boy charged with murder of 9-year-old in Weston-super-Mare

Air ambulance sharing patient stories to inspire donations

Murder investigation launched after death of 9-year-old girl in Weston-super-Mare

More than 100 arrested in two weeks during Avon and Somerset drink driving campaign

Over half of South West teachers report working with homeless children

£11m enforcement package for Wessex Water confirmed by Ofwat

£1.5m upgrade to A39 Somerset cycle route scrapped

Jury in Bristol finds defendants guilty of aiding murderers of Max Dixon and Mason Rist

CCTV footage released to trace blue car after motorcyclist is injured near Bristol Airport

Charity welcomes ambitious plans to tackle rough sleeper crisis

Carer criticised for conduct prior to death of autistic man

Train services resume between Taunton and Castle Cary after drainage upgrades

Spending on empty Circus mansion

Hundreds sign up to dementia safeguarding scheme in Avon and Somerset

Somerset’s ‘tremendous’ Slinky service to benefit from six new minibuses

Man in his early fifties suffers fractured skull after car park collision in Nailsea

Ed Davey sends Somerset Christmas wreath to Chancellor to demand action

Mike Bell cabinet exceptional council tax

Nearly 750 people homeless in Somerset as government launches new strategy

RNLI volunteers in the South West ready to leave Christmas celebrations to save lives

Closure order secured against Taunton shop linked to crime and disorder

Frome Town Council removes exclusive lease rights for Badgers Hill

Backwell ‘loaf’ housing allocation protest

Family of mum who died after eating Pret sandwich in Bath awarded compensation

Police launch CCTV appeal after girl sexually assaulted in Weston-super-Mare

'Extraordinary' meeting to be held over Badgers Hill football pitch

Jailed Somerset councillor may not have to stand down as appeal planned

A39 in Somerset closed after two people trapped in collision

Travel warning issued as Storm Bram brings chaos across the West of England

South West and Midlands battered as Storm Bram sweeps the region