Heather Shearer has this week been named the Liberal Democrats' candidate for Avon & Somerset's Police & Crime Commissioner in the election taking place on 6th May 2021.
There have been just under 50 new Covid-19 cases in all four Somerset Districts in the past 24-hours.
Burnham-On-Sea seafront residents have raised new safety concerns due to part of the town's Esplanade being unlit at night because of non-working street lights.
A long-running Burnham-On-Sea angling shop in the town centre is set to move into new premises to help it to grow.
New plans have been unveiled this week to build a pedestrian crossing along a busy road running through a Highbridge business park.
The RNLI is looking for lifeguards to spend a season working on Berrow and Burnham-On-Sea beaches, as applications open for this year.
A business park near Burnham-On-Sea is showing its green credentials by planting thousands of new trees with support from National Grid.
Highbridge's King Alfred School Academy has hosted a call from a global expert to mark International Darwin Day.
Tourist accommodation providers in the Burnham-On-Sea area have seen a surge of bookings following Boris Johnson's announcement about the lockdown easing.
A new group of travellers has pitched up in Burnham-On-Sea's seafront car park with legal action set to begin to move them on.
Two thousand new wearable tech wristbands have been made available by Avon and Somerset Police to help safeguard people living with dementia across the area.
A new group of travellers has pitched up in Burnham-On-Sea's seafront car park with legal action set to begin to move them on.
Somerset’s district councils have welcomed the launch of a public consultation on the Stronger Somerset plan to deliver better jobs, affordable homes, stronger communities and a carbon zero county. Â
Burnham-On-Sea preschool children at Footprints Nursery enjoyed a special visit by local Police on Tuesday (February 23rd).
Strong onshore winds created these wonderful scenes in Burnham-On-Sea on Tuesday (February 23rd).
Burnham-On-Sea history teacher Nigel Smith has been been named the winner of 'The Masked Teacher' competition in which King Alfred School Academy recreated the hit TV show ‘The Masked Singer’.
A fundraising campaign has been launched to help two fire-hit residents who lost their homes and belongings in a huge farm blaze near Burnham-On-Sea at the weekend.
Somerset's Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have spoken out against the Government's decision this week to cancel May's planned County Council Elections in Somerset.
A carpet and flooring shop in Burnham-On-Sea is set to move to Highbridge as it expands.
Sedgemoor District Councillors have this week approved a 3.02% increase in council tax charges from the start of the new financial year.
Brent Knoll's 'Emergency Shop' - which was opened in response to the first lockdown - now faces the challenge of their shop being put up for sale.
A new group of travellers has pitched up in Burnham-On-Sea's seafront car park with legal action set to begin to move them on.
Somerset County Council has appealed to residents and businesses to get behind its controversial plans for a new model of local government which it claims would offer improved public services for all.Â
Boris Johnson has today set out his four-step plan to release England from lockdown, which will start with schools returning in March.
Police say a huge farm in Stretcholt near Burnham-On-Sea early on Sunday morning (February 21st) is not being treated as arson.
St Peter and All Hallows Church in West Huntspill has this week received a £15,000 boost from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund to help fund urgent roof repairs during the coronavirus pandemic.
Community-spirited members of Burnham In Bloom have this month delivered almost £2,000 of new tablet computers to local schools to help local children with their home schooling.
A new group of travellers has pitched up in Burnham-On-Sea's seafront car park with legal action set to begin to move them on.
Burnham-On-Sea and Bridgwater fire crews have tacked a 'deliberate' barn fire in Cossington this evening (Sunday).
Burnham-On-Sea firefighters were among 12 crews battling a fierce overnight blaze at a farm in Stretcholt which started early today (Sunday).
A fresh warning about dog security has been issued by a local resident who says she was approached by a 'suspicious' man on Saturday evening (February 20th).
Motorists have been warned that Burnham-On-Sea's M5 motorway junction will be temporarily shut this week for roadworks.
A fundraising campaign has been launched to fund a piece of artwork in memory of a popular Burnham-On-Sea resident who died at the end of last year.
New official figures show there have been 83 positive Covid-19 tests across Somerset during the latest 24 hour period.
A ground-breaking initiative to place social workers in schools to help keep children safe from exploitation has started in Somerset.
Two motorists escaped 'shaken but otherwise unhurt' after a dramatic collision near Burnham-On-Sea on Friday afternoon (February 19th).
New figures show that nearly all residents aged over 70 in Somerset have received their first dose of the Covid vaccine.
A Highbridge cafe has launched a new evening food delivery service this week.
Members of the military have been formally thanked for their support during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic by Somerset’s two NHS trusts.
Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge residents will be able to put their questions on local policing to Avon and Somerset Police during an online discussion.
Families who have memorials at Sedgemoor Crematorium near Burnham-On-Sea are being offered an extra year free of charge, courtesy of its parent organisation, Westerleigh Group.
Motorcycle training workshops at Bridgwater College have been 'completely destroyed' by a fire overnight.
A disabled resident has spoken out after finding disabled access routes onto Burnham-On-Sea beach are regularly blocked.
A Burnham-On-Sea boy has been given the support of a Manchester City star in his bid to raise money for a children's mental health charity by completing a 100-mile challenge this month.
A Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge councillor has spoken of his shock at the news that a deliberate fire has destroyed the motorsports base at Bridgwater College where he was previously a student.
Somerset County Council has joined up with Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership (SASP) to organise a programme for the forthcoming Easter Holidays aimed at countering the triple inequalities facing Somerset’s most disadvantaged young people – holiday hunger, physical inactivity, and social isolation.
Somerset Liberal Democrats say they are celebrating a win for local residents in need of help after the County Council agreed a grant of £400,000 to fund Citizens’ Advice freephone ‘Somerset Advice Line’.
A Brean guesthouse has new owners, bringing the property back into the family name after nearly nine years.
The sister of a Berrow man who was stabbed to death at his home in the village last weekend has paid tribute to him as a 'gentleman and a lovely man'.
A Burnham-On-Sea cafe is to get a new look and new name as part of a big refurbishment.
