THE funeral of popular former Burnham and Highbridge town councillor Katie Lawson will take place this week. Katie Lawson passed away peacefully in the presence of her family at Weston Hospice on Wednesday (July 17) aged 50. READ MORE: Tributes
A MAN has been arrested and released under investigation after a car crashed into a front garden in Brean. Emergency services were called to reports of a car fire at Coast Road in Brean on June 21. Firefighters from Burnham-on-Sea and police
Monmouth Scientific Somerset League Division 2 Taunton 2nds 254-3 beat Burnham-on-Sea 119 by 135 runs BURNHAM-ON-SEA remain rooted to the bottom of the Division 2 standings, after a heavy defeat away to fifth-placed Taunton 2nd XI on Saturday
A FORMER bank manager has been jailed for 40 months after stealing more than £100,000 from his employers. Benjamin Thornton, 32, of Elgar Close in Clevedon, was jailed for three years and four months at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday (July 23).
SURPLUS food from Aldi supermarkets in Somerset is being donated to help vulnerable people, it has been announced. Aldi stores in the county, including in Taunton, Bridgwater, Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet, are providing goods to the YMCA groups
SOMERSET could be hit by thunderstorms this evening and into tomorrow, according to the Met Office. As the county endures sweltering temperatures, the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for storms which runs from 6pm this evening (July
BRITAIN will learn who its next prime minister will be today, as the result of a Tory leadership contest is announced. Boris Johnson is clear favourite to take the crown over his run-off rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. It is understood
PLANS to transform dilapidated tennis courts into a new recreational activity area have won the backing of the town council. At a meeting of Burnham and Highbridge Town Council on July 15 Cllr Mike Murphy put forward plans to redevelop the Crosses
