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Somerset Council could be cut by 14 members: Have your say

NUMBERS on Somerset Council could be cut by 14, if new proposals are approved. A public consultation has been launched…

Parking charges could be introduced in areas like Elton Road, in Clevedon. Picture: Google

Parking charges set to come to Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead amid funding crisis

PARKING charges look set to be introduced at sites in Nailsea, Clevedon and Portishead in a bid to tackle…

Cllr Mike Best, left, hands a Somerset Council Chair Award to representatives from Chatty Hour Tuesdays, from Lympsham

Community heroes honoured with Somerset Council awards: Full list of winners

DOZENS of community heroes from across Somerset have been recognised for their unstinting service. A special event at Taunton Rugby…

Adam Dance, right, with Leonardo UK chief, Adam Clarke, in Yeovil

Yeovil-based Leonardo in pole position for military helicopter contract, says MP

YEOVIL-based helicopter maker Leonardo UK is the only firm moving forward in a government tender to produce new military…

Adam Dance during his visit

Yeovil MP swaps tales from the campaign trail during school visit

A SOMERSET MP swapped stories from the campaign trail during a visit to a school in his constituency. Adam Dance…

Baby boomers had an easier time buying property than the generations who followed...

OPINION: ‘Please, boomer, stop telling us how hard you had it – because relatively, you didn’t…’

MY Facebook feed is a contradictory place sometimes; a source of interesting news items from unlikely sources; a nostalgic…

Somerset Council, Taunton Town Council and Brewhouse Taunton are discussing future funding plans. Picture: Google

Taunton Brewhouse bosses move to reassure theatregoers over finances

THE Brewhouse theatre in Taunton will “continue to serve the community for many years to come”, it is hoped,…

Gideon Amos remembered Mike Godleman in Parliament

Somerset MP highlights death of constituent who had received ‘no fault’ eviction notice

THE death of a Somerset man – who had been served with a Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notice…

Somerset MPs Sarah Dyke, left, and Adam Dance, have called for a ban on bonuses at Wessex Water

MPs call for ban on water company bonuses as Wessex Water told to pay customers back

THREE Somerset MPs have called for a ban on bonuses for bosses at a water firm ordered to repay…

Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch, Liz Truss (she's not in it), and James Cleverly...

OPINION: Why Liz Truss would be the perfect next Tory leader…

AND then there were three… Finally, after what feels like an eternity – certainly long enough for the new government…