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From left: Tim Farron MP, Tony Page, Adam Dance MP, James MacCleary MP and Ian Roome MP, at Downing Street. Picture: Livvi Grant

Yeovil MP hands in NHS dentistry petition to Downing Street

YEOVIL MP Adam Dance joined colleagues and campaigners to hand in a petition to Downing Street calling for action…

Taunton & Wellington MP Gideon Amos says Post Office facilities could be provided at banking hubs

MP launches petition to return Post Office facilities to Wellington

A SOMERSET MP has launched a petition calling for the return of a ‘full-blown’ Post Office in Wellington. Gideon Amos…

The new health and wellbeing centre is set to be created at St Dunstan's House. Picture: Glastonbury Town Council

St Dunstan’s House project in Glastonbury secures £550,000 funding

THE development of a community health and wellbeing centre in the heart of Glastonbury has taken a huge step…

Campaigners have long called for the reinstatement of the Wellington to Wiveliscombe bus route

Decade-long battle to restore Somerset bus route still being fought…

A DECADE-LONG battle to restore a bus service linking two Somerset towns is still being fought – and the…

Council leaders Bill Revans (Somerset), Richard Clewer (Wiltshire) and Nick Ireland (Dorset) have expressed an interest in devolution in a joint statement

Somerset welcomes plans for new Heart of Wessex region – and mayor

PLANS to introduce a mayor for a new ‘Heart of Wessex’ region in a bid to boost investment and…

Have your say on where thousands of new North Somerset homes should be built

POTENTIAL sites for more than 23,000 new homes in North Somerset are being identified – and the public is…

Frome Town Councillors have backed the devolution plan. Picture: FTC

Plan for Frome to take back assets and services approved

FROME leaders could take control of a number of town assets from Somerset Council. Members of Frome Town Council (FTC)…

Sarah Dyke MP has launched a new survey for small businesses in Somerset

Somerset MP launches new survey for businesses to have their say

SMALL businesses in Somerset are being urged to put their views to a county MP. As part of initiatives around…

Petitions calling for a general election - from 2022, left, and this year

OPINION: Petitions, petitions, and why snowflakes need to get over it…

PROTEST has once again commandeered the pages of our beloved national newspapers this week. However, rather than the genuine concerns…

From left: Mayor Martyn Plant, Anna Sabine MP, and BANES leader Kevin Guy at the Midsomer Norton lights switch-on

MP Anna Sabine switches on the Christmas lights in Midsomer Norton

MP ANNA Sabine (Lib Dem, Frome & East Somerset) traded the halls of Parliament for the chilly streets of…