AMBULANCE crews have taken a woman to hospital following a traffic accident in Bridgwater yesterday evening (Thursday, November 27). The collision involving two cars occured on Wembdon Road at around 4.50pm. Fire crews from Bridgwater and
STAFF at Bridgwater Community Hospital joined a nationwide strike on Monday morning over a pay dispute. The protest is over the decision not to implement a 1% pay increase. The Department for Health says it cannot afford the rise without risking
BD Jazz Club welcomes the Jeremy Huggett Harlem 5 jazz band at Laburnum House Lodge Hotel in West Huntspill on tonight (Friday, November 28). Admission costs £7.50 and the music starts at 8pm – call Diane on 01278- 788070 for further information
THE Burnham & Highbridge Choral Society's popular annual Christmas Concert in on Thursday, December 11 at 7.30pm. The event, taking place in St John's Church, Highbridge, will include a selection of traditional Christmas songs and carols from a number
TRADITIONAL arts centre, Halsway Manor, is to host Murder at the Manor, a 1920s themed murder mystery dinner on Thursday, December 11 at 7pm. Lord Henry Aberthwaite, one of the wealthiest peers in England, has recently passed away. Amid rumours that
SHOPPERS will be able to sample a range of Christmas treats from UK food suppliers at Sanders Garden World in Brent Knoll this weekend. From award-winning butchers to expert sommeliers, master chocolatiers to condiment gurus, there will be all
MR TURNER (12A) ON his deathbed, celebrated landscape painter and watercolourist Joseph Mallord William Turner, a divisive figure in the 19th Century art world, reportedly lamented: “So I am to become a non-entity”. Director Mike Leigh’s impeccably-crafted
TOP comic performer Katherine Ryan, right, brings her second UK stand-up tour to Bridgwater Arts Centre on Thursday, December 4, at 7.30pm. This fresh, often dangerously fierce pop-culture-obsessed Canadian is fast becoming a recognisable face on British
BOOGIE Avenue will be the guests at the Friends of Berrow Village Hall Dance on Saturday (November 29, 2014).
A FREE workshop teaching people Facebook and Twitter tips and tricks will be held in Burnham next week. Somerset County Council, as part of the EU Interreg COOL Tourism Project, is inviting tourism businesses to find out how they can stand out
THE final running race in the Somerset Series will be held this weekend with the Brent Knoll Race. The route starts at the BASC sports ground, taking in footpaths, bridleways and country roads to the summit of Brent Knoll and back again. Last
THE sensational six-piece live band The Supersonic 70s are heading to the Bridgwater Arts Centre on Thursday, December 11, at 8pm. Their theatre show, started in 2011, has been touring throughout the UK and they have whipped up a Seventies sea of nostalgia
GEOGRAPHY students from King Alfred School in Highbridge are taking part in a unique project with homeless children in one of the biggest slums in Uganda. They are developing conversations and relationships with homeless children in the capital
SEDGEMOOR District Council’s Community Safety Team has launched a short film to promote responsible drinking among young people. The short video, produced by students of the Media Academy at Bridgwater College and funded by EDF Energy, aims to
THE North Somerset RSPCA branch is staging a quiz night at Berrow village hall on Saturday, December 6. Teams with a maximum of six members will compete for the £5 first prize, sponsored by Bridge Veterinary Practice, and a bar and food will be
A GROUP of Burnham brownies will be seen clearly this winter thanks to a donation by Specsavers. The optician in High Street has donated 30 high-vis vests to the Fourth Burnham-on-Sea (St Andrews) Brownies to make sure the girls are seen when out
A LORRY driver had a lucky escape after the vehicle he was driving veered off the M5 last week. He escaped unhurt after the lorry left the northbound carriageway and ended up in a roadside ditch.
AN £8,000 scheme to cut fuel bills at Highbridge Community Hall may be falling foul of new EU laws, meaning a funding bid for the project could be turned down. To keep hire charges down, the group which runs the hall in Market Street wants to cut
KNIVES, pistols, revolvers and a large amount of ammunition from across Avon and Somerset have been handed in to the police in the first week of a fortnight-long weapons surrender. The police say they have received more than 30 firearms since the
BURNHAM United Reserves slumped to a 7-1 defeat at Combe St Nicholas on Saturday. Harry Wedgewood-Potts scored United’s only goal of the game, but Combe goals from Christopher Atyeo, Matthew Brown, Joshua Chadwick, Luke Finn, Ryan Parris and two
