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Hal Hooberman is standing for Labour in Glastonbury & Somerton

Bruton-born Hal Hooberman running for Labour in Glastonbury & Somerton

A BRUTON-born candidate will be hoping to win a Somerset seat for Labour at the next general election. Hal Hooberman…

Kier and Somerset Council officials at the launch of the new contract. Picture: Somerset Council

Kier starts new contract looking after Somerset roads in £225 million deal

A NEW company will now be carrying out highways work in Somerset as part of a £225 million deal. Somerset…

Palestine Action claims it was behind the protest at County Hall in Taunton. Picture: Palestine Action

Pro-Palestine group daubs County Hall in Taunton in red paint over council links to Israeli firm

A PRO-Palestinian group said it daubed County Hall in Taunton in red paint in protest over a council investment. Palestine…

New Somerset Councillor Stephen Page with MP Sarah Dyke after his win in Somerton

Lib Dems win Somerton by-election after sad passing of Dean Ruddle

THE Liberal Democrats have continued an impressive run of election victories in Somerset – with a win in a…

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…

Picture: Somerset Council.

Somerset by-election expected after Lib Dem councillor resigns

A LIB Dem councillor has resigned from Somerset Council. Alex Wiltshire, who represented Mendip South alongside Cllr Claire Sully, has…

Somerset councillor quits Tories for Reform in general election bid

A SOMERSET councillor has defected to Reform UK in hopes of representing the party in the next general election. Steve…

Conservative Wells MP James Heappey will not stand at the next general election

Wells MP James Heappey will NOT stand at next general election

WELLS MP James Heappey will not stand at the next general election to “prioritise (his) family and pursue a…

ANALYSIS: How paying less at the pump has cost us all dear…

IN June 2012, headlines screamed of George Osborne’s “biggest U-turn yet”. The newspaper sensationalism was in response to a reversal…

How Somerset politicians are shaping what you see on Facebook – and why…

“LOVE football? Win £50 million! Predict the European Championships 2016 Results…