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If you're nursing the post‑Glastonbury blues and wondering how to fill the void, you're not alone. After five days of music, mud and mayhem at Worthy Farm, it's tempting to hibernate until next summer ...
Somerset's high streets have been hit hard by a wave of shoplifting, with new figures showing the scale of the crisis across Street, Glastonbury, Shepton Mallet, Frome and Wells. Last year, Avon and ...
Somerset Council has announced a series of temporary traffic measures and local traffic advice to manage congestion and keep traffic moving during the 210,000‑capacity Glastonbury Festival. The event ...
When the plague swept through Glastonbury, Wells, Shepton Mallet, Frome and Street, it didn't just kill – it reshaped everything It started with a cough. Somewhere in Central Asia in the early 1340s, ...
A secret rave in a Somerset quarry ended with multiple arrests, seizures and an all-night police operation to bring the event under control. Police were first alerted at around 1.20am on Sunday 8 June ...
Bath's Sulis Hospital is expanding its regional reach with a new satellite outpatient clinic at Frome Medical Practice, with the first clinic on 23 June 2025. This development will bring expert-led ...
A Somerset councillor has called on the government to protect the future of the Somerset Levels by designating it as the UK's newest national landscape. National landscapes were previously known as ...
Staff from Frome Medical Practice have recently worked alongside colleagues at Frome Town Council to offer workplace NHS Health Checks, as part of a drive to increase the number of people taking up ...
The line-up for Glastonbury Festival 2025 has finally been revealed, with The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo, and Neil Young confirmed as this year's Pyramid Stage headliners. After months of speculation, ...
A number of bikers have been handed police warnings after riding along the bridal paths in Asham Woods. The rider of a horse was reportedly thrown from their horse which was spooked by the riders over ...
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Frome this week as strong winds are predicted. The warning - which covers the whole of England - is in place from 9am on Wednesday 1 January ...
An RAF Veteran in his 80s is now helping vulnerable young people to spread their wings and achieve their true potential as a Somerset foster carer. "I'm probably one of the oldest, single foster ...