Somerset Council has announced a series of temporary traffic measures and local traffic advice to manage congestion and keep traffic moving during the 210,000‑capacity Glastonbury Festival. The event ...

Street and Glastonbury: spared – but not untouched. Not everywhere was equally affected. In Street, remarkably, no clergy deaths were recorded during the 1348–49 outbreak – an anomaly in the diocesan ...

A resident at a Frome care home spent an afternoon connecting with her favourite animals – pigs! When Eileen Wilkie, aged 104 and resident at Care UK's Rossetti House on Welshmill Lane, shared that ...

The Royal Bath and West Show opened its gates yesterday for the first of three packed days celebrating the best of Somerset's rural life, food, farming and countryside heritage. From 9am on Thursday ...

The upcoming week in Frome promises a mix of weather conditions, with predominantly partly cloudy skies and fluctuating temperatures. Early in the week, dry weather is expected, but as we progress ...

Frome residents will have closer control over their local green spaces from the summer under the latest 'devolution deal' to be struck with Somerset Council. The unitary authority reached out to town ...

A number of bikers have been handed police warnings after riding along the bridal paths in Asham Woods. The rider of a horse was reportedly thrown from their horse which was spooked by the riders over ...

A record-breaking £4.2 billion is set to be invested in Somerset's water infrastructure, as part of a £22.1 billion national programme to tackle pollution, leaks, and environmental damage. Wessex ...

A new project to create an alternative D.I.Y shop, aimed at transforming waste, promoting repairs, and building community connections, is set to start in Frome this February. The pop-up store will ...

In a terrific opening sequence, Eggers and his astonishing cinematographer Jarin Blaschke – (Oscar-Nominated for his chilling use of black and white interiority in the aforementioned The Lighthouse), ...

The number of treasure finds in Somerset increased last year, with detectorists uncovering 42 treasures in 2023, up from 37 the previous year. The rise reflects a broader trend of significant ...

Somerset Council is preparing to launch a Call for Sites in the new year as part of its efforts to create a unified Local Plan for the county. The six-week initiative invites landowners, developers, ...