Efforts to improve Somerset’s rail services have hit a snag after the government refused to fund better connections to the ...

The West Somerset Railway, or WSR, runs between Bishop’s Lydeard — just outside Taunton — and the seaside town of Minehead. The route winds through west Somerset’s villages and coast ...

The telephone kiosks that used to block the map from the sight of passengers The Historic England Archive, Hi But now Govia Thameslink Railway has overseen their restoration with funding from ...

Eugene Brangman’s prominent home on West Side Road, at the junction with Somerset Road, became a landmark in his community. The 74-year-old former schoolteacher, who passed this week ...

Here are some images showing life across Somerset this week. Image source, PA Media Good start: Bath scored the opening try of the big West Country derby with Bristol in Cardiff on Saturday ...

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Hopes of reinstating part of an Exmoor railway line have been dashed after the park’s planning committee voted overwhelmingly to refuse the scheme. The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust had ...

A Met Office weather map shows how “intense” rain will move across the West Midlands today (May 12). A yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued by the forecaster, covering Shropshire ...

director of housing at Somerset Council. They were joined by Stonewater representatives; Jonathan Layzell, chief officer for Growth and Development; David Ripley, chief operating officer; Matthew ...

Property developers and architects StudioHIVE have moved into a Grade II listed former pub in North Somerset following ... involved in several of the South West’s most high-profile projects ...

Police in the Western Cape are in hot pursuit of a group of robbers who stormed a shopping complex in Somerset West on Tuesday, May 6. The armed robbery took place at about 6.25am. The provincial ...

Sunny with a high of 73 °F (22.8 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 7 mph (3.2 to 11.3 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 48 °F (8.9 °C ...