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The Digital Spaces initiative is coming to Somerset libraries this summer. Picture: Somerset Council

You can go on a VR adventure with Wallace & Gromit at Somerset libraries this summer!

GOING on an adventure with Wallace and Gromit, playing with an orchestra, or taking a trip in a World…

Jo Berry, of Frome, and Julie Matthews, of Chard, were in the King's Birthday Honours list

Efforts in health, finance, peace and education among Somerset honours

EFFORTS in the Somerset community – and across the globe – were recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list. From…

A Frome Welcome Hub trip to Wells. Picture: Frome Town Council

Boost for initiative welcoming and supporting displaced people in Somerset

REFUGEES, asylum seekers and other displaced people are welcome in Somerset. That is the message being sent by a…

Police have issued an e-fit in a bid to identify the body found on Lilstock Beach. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police/Google

E-fit issued as police try to identify body found on Somerset beach

POLICE have issued an e-fit as they continue efforts to identify a body found in Somerset last year. The…

Much of Somerset could see heavy rainfall, strong winds, and thunderstorms. Picture: Met Office

Met Office issues thunderstorm warning for much of Somerset: Here’s where

THE recent humid spell in Somerset is set to break tomorrow – with a weather warning issued for thunderstorms…

NatWest branches in Bridgwater, left, and Midsomer Norton, and set to shut. Pictures: Google

MP says plan to close Somerset NatWest is ‘not acceptable’: Full list

TWO more Somerset banks are to close, it has been announced. In the latest round of closures announced by high…

From cycle routes to roads, people are being urged to have their say

Somerset part of nationwide roads and transport survey

FROM potholes and paths to cycle routes and roundabouts – the people of Somerset are being urged to have…

The branch will close on October 27 Picture: Google

Bridgwater NatWest branch to close

NATWEST has confirmed that its Bridgwater branch will close its doors later this year. The bank has announced a string…

The facade at Eastover/St John Street in Bridgwater is set to be transformed. Picture: Google

Brick Project will see 1,800 works of art transform ‘dull’ walls in Bridgwater town centre

A COLOURFUL community project to create a mural on a prominent wall in Bridgwater is set to go ahead…

Dean Lawrence ended up fleeing after his vehicle stopped on a verge in Bridgwater. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

Banned drug-driver led police on high-speed chase through Bridgwater

A HIGH-SPEED pursuit through a residential area in Bridgwater – including the offender running red lights – ended with…