Up to 25 new homes will be built in a growing town on the edge of Exmoor after plans were approved by local councillors.

Somerset Council to enforce a temporary 30mph speed limit on A39 Minehead–Williton Road and A396 Dunster Steep from March–April 2026 ...

A man in his sixties from Watchet has been arrested following a series of suspected thefts from charity boxes and church collection boxes in Dunster.

A man in his sixties from Watchet has been arrested following a series of suspected thefts from charity boxes and church collection boxes in Dunster.

As the UK experiences high levels of rain, Somerset Levels in the south-west of England is trying to cope with extreme ...

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Interesting independents line the High Street. The Deli is the place to pick up pies, cheeses, chutneys and local tipples.

A series of thefts in West Somerset has led to police launching an appeal to help with their enquiries.

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Half a dozen beavers have been legally released at two sites in Somerset in a bid to restore a river and wetland. The releases, one involving a mother and her three children and another involving a ...

Farmland and communities across the Somerset Levels are under threat of serious flooding again after Storm Chandra brought heavy rainfall to already saturated ground, prompting Somerset Council to ...

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