Councillors voted on September 8 to approve plans for 750 new homes near the M5 in Bridgwater - but the fight may be far from ...

HMRC says 827,000 matured Child Trust Funds remain unclaimed, with young adults urged to check if they have an average £2,310 waiting.

Clinton Rogers explores why fuel prices vary so widely across Somerset and questions soaring costs at motorway services.

The family of a mother and three children killed in a house fire have said they were “loved beyond measure”. Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children Leo Brabin, 16, Ellis Brabin, eight, and seven-year-old ...

The Government previously announced proposals to give regional leaders across large parts of England the power to introduce ...

Other evidence suggests even when patients have high blood pressure in an NHS Health Check in their GP surgery, they are not ...

The Kremlin has been accused of waging a covert campaign against countries supportive of Kyiv, fuelling escalation fears.

Andy Burnham will deliver his first Labour conference leader’s speech next week as delegates gather in Liverpool.

The failure to intercept two migrant boats in two days before they reached the Kent coast was “not acceptable”, Shabana Mahmood has said. The Home Secretary, who has ordered an urgent review by the ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham received tickets worth £677 for the directors’ lounge at Everton football club, according to the latest MPs’ register of interests.

Italy’s most visited monument, the Colosseum in Rome, was closed to the public suddenly on Wednesday to mourn a worker who fell to his death overnight while helping install a new illumination project.

An incident on the A39 at Broadway is causing disruption for motorists. Bridgwater traffic is heavily congested. There are huge delays for motorists in both directions on the A38 at Taunton Road.