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Lights on the A39 - outside Clarks Village - are set to be replaced. Picture: Google

Five months of work to replace traffic lights outside Clarks Village in Street

HALF a dozen sets of traffic lights outside Clarks Village in Street are set to be replaced – with…

Hundreds turned out for the parade and switch-on in Frome. Picture: Sarah Swales

Frome filled with festive fun during Lantern Parade and Christmas Light Switch-On

THE streets of Frome were filled with festive light during the annual Christmas Light Switch-On and Lantern Parade. Residents lined…

Vandals have targeted posters advertising The Absolutely Dragulous show in Wells next month

‘It’s pathetic’: Vandals cut out faces on banners advertising Absolutely Dragulous Wells show

VANDALS have targeted banners promoting a Somerset drag show – cutting out the faces of the stars. The attacks have…

MP Anna Sabine, US President Donald Trump, and historian Rutger Bregman. Pictures: UK Parliament/US Government/Maartje ter Horst/Alexander Svensson

Somerset MP calls on BBC to air anti-Trump line edited out of lecture

CONCERNS a long-running annual BBC lecture was edited to appease US President Donald Trump – after he threatened to…

The lights on the A39 at Dunster will be replaced during four months of roadworks. Picture: Google

Four-months of traffic lights work on A39 to start new year in West Somerset

FOUR months of roadworks are planned on a busy West Somerset route – to replace 30-year-old traffic lights. The signals…

The incident unfolded at a property in Glenmore Road, Minehead. Picture: Google

Woman in her 70s disturbed burglars during raid at Minehead property

A “SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT” of cash and two bank cards were stolen from the bedroom of a woman in her…

THenew recycling hub has been officially opened in Weston-super-Mare

How a Somerset charity scheme is recycling plastic waste from the sea

A HUB dedicated to recycling plastic waste from the sea has been officially opened in Somerset. The facility has been…

Somerset Council: Public Notices – November 26, 2025

SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 190, November 19, 2025: HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 The Somerset Council (Footpaths WS18/24 (part) and WS18/22…

Leonardo workers on the picket line in Yeovil. Picture: Unite

Leonardo workers in Yeovil agree pay deal and end industrial action

HUNDREDS of workers at Leonardo in Yeovil have ceased industrial action after agreeing a pay deal. Staff at five UK…

‘Essential’ roadworks to close busy South Somerset route next week

“ESSENTIAL” roadworks will see night-time road closures and temporary traffic lights installed in Crewkerne next week. Wessex Water is set…