Lilias Ahmeira said "raging" river water up to 4ft (1.2m) high entered her house near Chard in Somerset. Outside her home the road has been torn up, with tarmac and rubble piled high. Devon and ...

Emergency services were called to the A30 near Chard in Somerset at around 17:05 GMT on Sunday. Avon and Somerset Police said the male riders of the motorcycles, which had been travelling in ...

Chard police station's refurbishment has been approved by Somerset Council, despite the town council's objections. The planning and highways committee recommended the plans be refused due to "the ...

A major A-road in Somerset remains closed because of flooding after heavy rainfall overnight. The A358, which is the main road between Ilminster and Chard, is closed at Donyatt Hill. Four flood ...

Somerset Council will receive £7 million boost to funding from the government as part of a “once-in-a-generation reform” aimed at ...

The Assisted Dying Bill, sponsored by Kim Leadbeater, MP, is a plan to allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards, to be assisted in ending their own life.

It is the second instalment of ringfenced money from Sport England and ... measure in four Somerset leisure centres. Frome and Wells leisure centres will get new swimming pool covers and photovoltaic ...