10+ hour, 4+ min ago   (148+ words) Police are asking for the public's help to find a “vulnerable” 17-year-old who’s missing from Taunton. Khalid was last seen on Thursday August 6 and has links to Taunton and Manchester. He is also known to travel to London. Avon and…...

21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (809+ words) A community orchard and play areas are also planned there More affordable homes than expected could be delivered in a small Somerset village under a new deal with the prospective developer. Gleeson Strategic Land Ltd. secured outline planning permission in…...

18+ hour, 25+ min ago   (570+ words) When it comes to houseplants, I am the Grim Reaper. It feels like I can kill anything with just a mere glance. So the greenery in my house needs all the help it can get. This is where Plant With…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (407+ words) Building a new recycling centre in Weston-super-Mare across the road from the current one is set to cost more than the multi-million-pound restoration of Birnbeck Pier. North Somerset Council voted on August 8 to begin work on plans for a new…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (632+ words) Anthony Lovell (centre) with sons Neil and Mark.(Image: Irwin Mitchell) A grieving family in Weston-super-Mare is searching for answers after their father died from a disease likely caused by breathing in asbestos. Anthony Lovell died from incurable scarring of…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (170+ words) Three men have appeared in court charged with burglary and theft in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge. Christopher Rost-Aldridge, aged 36, of Farm Street, Highbridge, Andrei McLanaghan, aged 32, of Church Street, Highbridge, and Callum Moxey aged 36, of no fixed abode, were charged and…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (428+ words) The insects are invasive and units are sent out to destroy their nests when they are spotted People in Somerset have been issued with a red alert over Asian hornets after a discovery in the county. The first ever Asian…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (597+ words) The Firepool Boulevard in Taunton(Image: Daniel Mumby) A Taunton resident has slammed Somerset Council for its slow progress in tidying up the Firepool regeneration site. Work was recently completed on the boulevard running through the Firepool site (funded by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (957+ words) The Cross junction in Cross, looking east from Old Coach Road(Image: Google Maps) Somerset Council has confirmed when work will begin to remodel a busy junction on the edge of the Mendip Hills. The Cross junction connects the A38 Bridgwater…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (118+ words) A361 East Compton Road(Image: Google ) A car crashed off the road and into a ditch, before it was set alight in a suspected arson attack. Around 10.30am on Tuesday, August 18, a silver Hyundai Accent crashed off the A361 East Compton Road in…...