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Members of the Project Orchard team have celebrated reaching the planting phase at Dunster Castle

Apple juice and scones to celebrate creation of new community orchard in West Somerset

APPLE juice and scones were the order of the day to celebrate a project to reinvigorate a Somerset orchard. Project…

Sarah Dyke MP and Street Mayor Cllr Bryan Knickerbocker, inset, at the opening of St Dunstan's House in Glastonbury as a health and wellbeing hub. Pictures: Sarah Dyke/Leveller

Health & Wellbeing Hub opens at St Dunstan’s House in Glastonbury – and will host women’s event

ST DUNSTAN’S House in Glastonbury has re-opened as a health and wellbeing hub after a months-long transformation project -…

Alliance Homes chief operating officer, Iain Lock, cuts the ribbon at the Coronation Community Hub in Weston with resident, Jayne Williams

PICTURES: Weston community hub re-opens after £50,000 makeover

A COMMUNITY hub in Weston-Super-Mare has re-opened following a £50,000 makeover. The Coronation Community Hub, one of four owned by…

Yeovil MP Adam Dance at a recent demonstration against the closure of maternity services at the town hospital

Yeovil maternity: Services to re-open – but not until next year

MATERNITY services at Yeovil District Hospital are set to re-open in April 2026. Adam Dance (Lib Dem, Yeovil) revealed the…

12A is to the side and rear of a current school building. Picture: Google

SEND school in Street wants to expand to support more pupils

A SOMERSET school for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has applied for permission to expand. The Inaura…

Appointments are available at the screening session at The Victoria Club, in Street. Picture: Google

Free prostate sceening event in Street next month: Here’s how to book

THE Victoria Club in Street will host a free prostate screening event next month. Men over 40 can book an…

Former Bath and England star, Lewis Moody. Picture: Lewis Moody Foundation

Former Bath and England rugby star Lewis Moody reveals MND diagnosis

SOMERSET-based rugby legend Lewis Moody has revealed a motor neurone disease (MND) diagnosis. The world cup winner, who lives just…

A bleed kit tampered with in Bridgwater. Picture: Bridgwater Town Council

‘Lifesaving’ bleed kits vandalised in Bridgwater

TWO bleed kits – designed to help provide first aid after an emergency – have been vandalised in Bridgwater. The…

In Charley's Memory founder Dawn Carey outside the charity's Highbridge base

Somerset suicide prevention charity ‘facing closure’ after eviction notice

AN award-winning Somerset suicide prevention charity that supports children and young adults is facing closure after being served with…

Hattie and dad, David, have urged people to agree to become donors

‘My transplant gave my life colour’: Somerset woman urges people to sign donor register

“MY transplant gave me back more than just a kidney; it gave me back a full spectrum of colour…