Almost 40 staff from Somerset Council plan to lace up their trainers to help raise awareness of fostering and the urgent need for more foster carers in the county. Most of the council runners entering Bridgwater Half Marathon, 10k and…

Essential maintenance works are being carried out on the A38 in Bridgwater next week. The Council’s highways team will be resurfacing a section of the A38 from Express Park to the Bridgwater Self Serve garage just before the A39 junction…

Somerset Council is empowering businesses to reduce their carbon emissions by registering for the Go Green Scheme. Part of the scheme will enable businesses to take advantage of a free carbon reduction plan, which will improve energy efficiency and is…

Somerset Council is reducing the number of its Lead, Shadow and Associate Member roles, resulting in significant savings for the Local Authority. The Executive will be reduced from eight Lead Members to seven, Associate Lead Members will be reduced from…

Wellington Library will be heading back to its permanent location in Fore Street next month after being refurbished. The move means the library will have to close at its temporary home in North Street from 1pm on Saturday 7 September…

Residents and visitors to Brean Leisure and Brean beach can now have access to a Changes Place Toilet, thanks to Somerset Council working with strategic partners Brean Leisure and Muscular Dystrophy UK, using grant funds from the former Department for…

Heritage Open Days is England’s largest community led festival taking place every year in September, celebrating history and culture, involving thousands of local volunteers and organisations. Somerset Council and SUEZ recycling and recovery UK will be providing another peek behind…

Somerset Council’s road treatment team is surface dressing the Obridge Viaduct and part of Priorswood Road in Taunton this week. Road surface specialist operator Kiely Bros will be doing the work during the during the evening of Thursday 22 August…

A new initiative between Somerset Council, SUEZ and On Your Bike, means that bikes collected via the council’s bulky collection service will now be donated to On Your Bike, and head back onto the road. Recycling is great but buying…

Work on the ground kicks off in earnest on Bridgwater’s landmark Celebration Mile next week. The flagship pedestrian and cycle friendly route will connect the railway station and the Northgate Docks which are also in line for regeneration. Both are…

Somerset Council’s ‘Walk for a Life’ event, aimed at raising awareness of suicide prevention, returns for a third year on Saturday 7 September. The walk starts at 10:30am at the Quaker Meeting House in Taunton and will pass through Taunton…

Somerset Council’s Lead Member for Children, Families and Education has applauded the hard work of Somerset’s students as they collect their A-level results today (15 August) and GCSE results next week (22 August). Councillor Heather Shearer said: “Well done to…

Businesses are being warned that they are putting their livelihoods at risk by not asking for identification when selling age-restricted goods such as vapes, tobacco and alcohol. It follows the prosecution of a shopkeeper from Bridgwater who has been ordered…

Message from Avon & Somerset Police, Somerset Council, the NHS in Somerset, Spark Somerset, and partner community and faith groups in Somerset. In recent days we have all seen the shameful acts of disorder that have happened in towns and…

The Somerset Council Engagement and Participation Annual Report for 2023-2024 has been published, detailing the work that has taken place over the last 12 months to listen to and engage with the children and young people of Somerset.   This year’s…

Somerset Council and the volunteer organisers regret to announce that the Ham Hill Dog Show, originally scheduled for this Sunday 11 August, has been postponed due to the forecast of extremely hot weather. The welfare of our beloved dogs is…

Somerset Council’s new partner Kiely Bros launched the next phase of its surface treatment schedule on roads across the county this week. This year’s programme is the biggest in at least four years and will see 1,000,000 sqm of road…

Fiveways School, Yeovil, has been awarded Centre of Excellence status for their MOVE (Movement Opportunities via Education) programme. The MOVE programme supports disabled children and young people to move on their own. It helps children with complex disabilities, such as…

Residents in a block of flats in Wells can now easily recycle their electricals with the launch of a pilot project. Thanks to funding from Material Focus, the not-for-profit leading the UK-wide  ‘Recycle your Electricals’ campaign, the two month trial…

On behalf of all the people of Somerset, we are compelled to speak out publicly to condemn the recent unrest and disorder which we have sadly seen elsewhere in the country. Any act of violence or racism is deplorable, and…