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A weather warning covering Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset is in place on Thursday. Picture: Met Office

Easter weekend weather: Warnings ahead of bank holiday weekend

PLANNING for the Easter weekend is underway – but beware the weather this bank holiday. The Met Office has issued…

The cannabis plants were discovered at a property in The Barrows, Weston, police said. Picture: Google

Artur Balliu, 42, charged after cannabis plants found at Weston property

ARTUR Balliu has been charged after a “significant amount” of cannabis plants were found at a Weston property. Avon &…

Woolaway homes in Rochester Road, Taunton. Picture: Google

Contractor appointed to build new homes in Taunton Woolaway replacement project

A CONTRACTOR has been appointed to build more than 50 sustainable homes to replace aging council houses in Taunton. The…

Annie Maw, patron of Festival Medical Services, is set to climb the Glastonbury Tor for the first time

How a Glastonbury Festival presentation led to a Tor challenge for Annie Maw…

ANNIE Maw – the long-serving former Lord Lieutenant of Somerset – is preparing to scale the Glastonbury Tor for…

Changes to bin and recycling collections in Somerset over Easter – and what you CAN recycle

HOUSEHOLDS in Somerset are being given notice of changes to bin and recycling collections over Easter. Collections that would usually…

Lee Slavin has been jailed for 26 months. Picture: Wiltshire Police

Burglar jailed for 26 months after stealing cash from property in village near Bath

BURGLAR Lee Slavin has been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds in cash from a property in a village…

James O'Connor admitted stabbing Fred Burge to death at his Glastonbury home. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

Man handed indefinite hospital order over Fred Burge killing in Glastonbury

JAMES O’Connor has been sentenced to an indefinite period in hospital after he admitted killing Glastonbury pensioner, Frederick Burge. O’Connor…

Improvements will be made at leisure centres in, clockwise from top left; Wells, Chard, Yeovil and Frome

£300,000 boost for Somerset leisure centres – in Frome, Wells, Yeovil and Chard

SOMERSET leisure centres will be improved after more than £300,000 of new funding was secured. The cash, totalling £316,700, has…

Lloyds Bank, in Silver Street, Ilminster, is set to close in August. Picture: Google

Ilminster told it has too few people for a banking hub as Lloyds set to close

BANK customers in Ilminster will NOT get a new hub to carry out their face-to-face transactions, it is understood. The…

The Polden Hills in Somerset is bidding to combat climate change. Picture: Barbara Cook

How a remote corner of Somerset is uniting to fight climate change…

A REMOTE corner of Somerset made up of mudstones formed in the late Triassic/early Jurassic period may feel a…