In the run up to Earth Day, a care home in Frome has participated in a newly launched environmental initiative, bringing together local schoolchildren and residents for a day of litter picking. Care ...

A Georgian stately home where the 'Great British Bake Off' was filmed is on the market for £7M. The massive grounds of Harptree Court in Somerset previously hosted the famous Bake Off tent. It ...

Residents of a small Somerset village have cause for celebration after a developer lodged three separate legal challenges against new homes. Lochailort Investments Ltd. has been seeking to deliver ...

An RAF Veteran in his 80s is now helping vulnerable young people to spread their wings and achieve their true potential as a Somerset foster carer. "I'm probably one of the oldest, single foster ...

Following its 50 th year commemorations in the summer, Hayesdown First School has a further reason to celebrate with a successful OFSTED inspection. Praised for its "clear vision for what all pupils ...

Parents are slamming new colourful school road markings which they say are dangerous - and look like a playground or 'Twister'. The new markings made of shapes including triangles, circles and ...

Frome Town Council is recruiting new members for its volunteer ranger team, helping the town rangers tackle a variety of tasks in the town's open spaces. Volunteer rangers meet every other Wednesday: ...

This is a big boost for the school and a huge turnaround from its previous life as a Steiner Academy. Inspectors praised the leaders at the school and for the curriculum being "rich" and say the ...

Responding to the Government's rollout of free childcare hours, Liberal Democrat MP for Somerton and Frome Sarah Dyke said: "I visited Acorn Day Nursery in Somerton recently to talk to parents and ...

It was a game of two halves, on a March day when the weather, as Charles Dickens wrote, was all heat in the sun and then bitterly cold in the shadows. So the first half and that was definitely in the ...

New figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that Wessex Water, which covers Somerset, discharged sewage a staggering 41,453 times last year, an 89% rise compared to 2022. Somerset's ...

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