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Somerset drug dealer jailed for more than five years

LOUIE Mulholland has been jailed for selling heroin and crack cocaine in Bath. The 32-year-old, of no fixed address, was…

Taunton Specsavers manager Nicole Hawkins and clinical lead optometrist Amy Sampson putting together the winter care packages

Opticians hands over care packages for Taunton homeless

HOMELESS people in Taunton have been receiving winter care packages thanks to a town opticians. The team at Specsavers Taunton…

Somerset Council: Public Notices – February 25, 2026

SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 204, February 25, 2026: Somerset Council Parish of Street Temporary Closure of Somerton Road Somerset…

Changes - including a lower speed limit - are planned for the A361 Frome Bypass. Picture: Google

Lower speed limit and more proposed to improve safety at Frome accident blackspot

A LOWER speed limit is being proposed for an accident blackspot near Frome which has claimed the lives…

The 1961 DB4 is back up and running thanks to experts at Haynes Heritage Engineering. Picture: Haynes Motor Museum

Iconic Aston Martin brought back to life by Somerset car experts

AN ICONIC Aston Martin is back up and running – and on display – thanks to hundreds of hours’…

The free health event will run at the Henhayes Centre, in Crewkerne, on Saturday. Picture: Google

Free health event set to run in Crewkerne this weekend

PEOPLE are being urged to find out more about their own health during an event in Crewkerne on Saturday…

Somerset Council has struggled to balance the books in recent years

Somerset handed £30 million in ‘exceptional’ support in bid to balance the books

THE Government has agreed ‘in principle’ to £30 million of Exceptional Financial Support (EFS) for Somerset as the county…

The Eagles of Death Metal are heading to Frome. Picture: SylviaBoBilvia/CC

Legendary US rockers EODM announce Somerset show

US bluegrass-trad rockers Eagles of Death Metal are heading to the sunny climes of Somerset. The band, famed for seminal…

The former Barclays Bank, in Bridgwater High Street, could soon be converted to include nine flats and apartments. Picture: Google

Former Bridgwater bank could be converted to include nine flats and apartments

A FORMER bank premises in Bridgwater could be converted into nine flats and apartments if plans are approved. Lyndon Brett…

The first Taunton Independent Market of 2026 will take place on March 1, on Castle Green

Taunton Independent Market to run on March 1 – alongside town’s half marathon

TAUNTON Independent Market returns on March 1 – the same day as thousands take to the streets for town’s…