Unpaid carers in Somerset are invited to join Somerset Council, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Community Council for Somerset (CCS) for a series of drop-in sessions throughout 2025.
On Saturday, 7th June 2025, participants of all ages will once again sleep under the stars to raise crucial funds for Arc (formerly Taunton Association for the Homeless).
Somerset Council is undertaking a formal review into the local government and electoral arrangements for Langport and Huish Episcopi.
More than 50 tonnes of plastic bags and wrapping has so far been recycled in Somerset Council’s trial collections.
All 16 of Somerset Council’s recycling sites will soon revert to their spring/summer opening schedule.
The NHS national booking service has opened today (Tuesday 25 March) for eligible people to book their COVID-19 spring vaccinations.
Somerset Council is introducing wide-ranging support and improvements to bus services across the county following confirmation of a new £6 million tranche of Government funding for 2025/26
A groundbreaking new way of monitoring a patient’s pacemaker is being trialled at Musgrove Park Hospital, thanks to the research of a cardiology doctor at the hospital.
A total of just under £200,000 has been contributed to important renovation and maintenance work on the West Somerset Railway during the winter months by two of its support groups.
Taunton’s main library in Paul Street will be closed for two days next month while Somerset Council carries out important upgrades.
Queen’s College, Taunton, has proudly launched its new state-of-the-art Teaching Kitchen. The grand opening event welcomed over 20 renowned chefs, including Dame Pru Leith & Michael Caines MBE
VISITORS to a multi-award-winning farm shop in Somerset can now donate unwanted clothing and shoes to help fundraise for a lifesaving charity and to stop items from going to landfill
Somerset Council is introducing an innovative new system in Taunton to give buses priority at traffic lights and encourage more people to bus it to town.
Somerset Council will be resurfacing one of the county’s key roads next week.
Work on the B3224 Church Hill in Exford will be done across 5 days from Monday 24 March to Friday 28 March inclusive.
Colleagues at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust who are involved in the care of people with diabetes have recently been praised as part of a national
Pupils at Brymore Academy were thrilled to welcome their winning named gritter, ‘Gritty Gritty Bang Bang’.
Taunton School has unveiled two new full-size AstroTurf pitches as part of its wider campus development plan.
A top-level meeting – arranged by Taunton’s MP Gideon Amos – was held in the House of Commons with the owners of the former Debenhams store in North Street with the aim of bringing the site back into use.
Somerset County has published major new plans for safe cycling and walking routes in the county’s towns to help create greener, healthier and more active streets.
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has joined forces with the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) – the national charity that supports people who are deaf, have hearing loss, or tinnitus – to provide a hearing aid support service for residents, their families, friends and colleagues in care homes across Somerset.
Somerset Council is excited to announce a special event to address the growing need for Retrofit Coordinators and installers in the Southwest.
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