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209 new homes 'like a car park in Sheffield' coming to Taunton
'I have to say it looks really unpleasant from this angle'
Beloved mum, grandmother and wife, 66, among latest Somerset funeral notices
Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one
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23 new council houses coming to growing Somerset village near Quantock Hills
The homes will be offered to locals at a social rent
120 homes in scenic Somerset village won’t have ‘significant effect’ on environment
36 homes would be 'affordable'
Popular Bath coffee shop defends one-star hygiene rating
The coffee shop are frustrated by the handling of the case
Why we should put the clocks forward at 4pm on a Friday instead
The clocks go forward at 1am on Sunday March 29 — but should they?
Somerset MPs urge government to “secure long-term future” of carnivals
Somerset MPs have urged the government to "secure the long-term future" of the county's carnivals in the face of rising costs.
New classroom at popular Frome school to cost nearly £911,000
The funding will come from local developments
Midsomer Norton car park where free parking axed only making 'paltry' profit
It makes more money from fines than from people actually paying the parking charges
40 new homes planned as ‘logical extension’ to Curry Rivel in Somerset
The developer says it's a 'logical extension'
Somerset rape investigation - police appeal to 'woman seen with small child'
People are urged to contact police "no matter how small or trivial" their information might seem
Organised criminal kept notes so detailed it brought down his crime syndicate
Charlie Savage was arrested with £65,000 in cash inside his backpack
Mayor of Bath suspended and told to undertake training after Jewish ambulances tweets
He has apologised after retweeting a post on X calling the arson attack in Golders Green an Israeli false flag operation, which he said was a mistake
Weston-super-Mare's indoor market to shut its doors next month
Business and locals expressed their sadness over losing the historic market
Teen raped in 1am attack in rural Somerset
She was helped by a member of the public after fleeing
Fire near Hinkley Point C sends up huge black smoke plume
Crews from three fire stations rushed to the scene
Boy accused of murdering Aria Thorpe, 9, enters plea
The little girl's death sent shockwaves through Weston-super-Mare
Car crashes into building at Puriton
Firefighters had to rescue the driver
Flapjackery opens Bath shop on Pulteney Bridge
'Many are new to flapjacks, so we take the time to introduce them properly'