A new school for children with special needs will soon be opened near a Somerset sports centre. Somerset County Council[1] entered into a partnership in June 2022 with NHS[2] Somerset[3] and Homes2Inspire to deliver ten new children’s homes across the …
The cases were heard at Peterlee[1] Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, November 7.
Bartosz Podstawa, 39, of Barberry Drive, Bridgwater, Somerset, exceeded 70 mph limit in a Kia on a dual A19 southbound April 21. Pleased guilty and fined £100, surcharge £40…
A CCTV appeal has been launched after a pedestrian was injured during a hit-and-run crash in Bridgwater[1]. Avon and Somerset Police has issued an image of a man officers wish to speak to in connection with the crash.
In a statement, the force[2] said …
Extra trains are to be put on for people travelling to Weston-super-Mare Carnival this weekend. Great Western Railway will run an additional four train[1] services on November 10 to cope with the tens of thousands of people coming to the seaside resort…
A man has tragically died in a Somerset house fire, police have confirmed.[1]
Several fire crews, paramedics and police all rushed to the incident in Alhampton, near Castle Cary, yesterday (Monday, November 6). A fire engine became stuck in a ditch on …
The Gravity enterprise zone lies on the former Royal Ordnance factory site between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington, east of the M5 near Bridgwater[1].
Sedgemoor District Council and its successor Somerset Council have been working to deliver t…
Efforts to connect a major Somerset employment site to the national rail network remain in the balance until plans for a new ‘gigafactory’ are signed off. The Gravity enterprise zone lies on the former Royal Ordnance factory site between the villages o…
Mobile speed camera units will be out in force across Somerset this week as part of efforts to clamp down on dangerous driving. Police will be carrying out patrols in all corners of the county as they attempt to improve road safety in the county.
Mobil…
A waste plant in Somerset is to be demolished following a fire which ripped through the site. Around 60 firefighters and seven fire engines were called to the blaze[1] at the material recovery facility (MRF) within the Priorswood household waste recycl…
Announcing the passing of a loved one in local news media is a long-standing tradition and we are proud of the trust placed in us to share these. Every notice published to our newspaper and news site also appears on funeral-notices.co.uk[1] – the UK’s …
[embedded content]
A motorcyclist has been caught by Police speeding at 118mph on the M5 motorway through Somerset this week during the force’s ongoing speed enforcement operation.
Officers from the Roads Policing Team have issued this video of the bik…
A black BMW driver hit speeds of over 100mph on the M5 in Somerset. They were one of more than 100 speeding motorists caught by police on the motorway in the space of an hour yesterday (October 16).
Officers from Avon and Somerset Police’s[1] Road Poli…
A service station on the M5[1] in Somerset has been named the joint second worst in Britain. Bridgwater[2] Services did not fare well in a Transport Focus survey of more than 30,000 visitors to 120 stop-offs on the country’s motorways, with an overall …
All traffic was held on the M5 following a crash in Somerset this afternoon (October 6). There was slow traffic building heading towards Bristol.
Motorway traffic cameras showed a large 999 presence following the crash, which led to fuel and debris bei…