West Somerset Post

THE work of West Somerset Council’s controversial temporary chief officer Dr Jack Neal has been recognised with a national award from the So...

UNDERSTANDING West Somerset employers’ skills and employment needs and providing good training opportunities to ensure competitive futures f...

PLANS for Minehead EYE - a place young people in West Somerset can call their own - could take a step forward next week. West Somerset Counc...

A NEW tourism industry partnership to promote West Somerset and Greater Exmoor is to be considered by West Somerset Council cabinet members ...

WINNERS of Westlabb’s West Somerset Amateur Digital Photographer of the Year 2008 have received their prizes at a presentation ceremony held...

A CHANGE in the law affecting homes and businesses with plans to have gas appliances serviced, upgraded, or installed, is being highlighted ...

RESIDENTS on Exmoor who remained cut off by heavy snow after almost a week were hoping to be rescued this evening. The village of Upton (pic...

POLICE in Devon today arrested an Exmoor man on charges of ‘bilking’ - which is when a customer leaves without paying for goods or services....

PUPILS from schools across West Somerset have formed their own Youth Parliament to encourage the district council to be more involved in the...

RESIDENTS of West Somerset feeling the chill in the New Year are being urged to take advantage of a newly-launched scheme to help them with ...

FLOODING was the new hazard for West Somerset today, as a result of melting snow combining with heavy overnight rain. One victim of the chan...

AN urgent income tax cut to help pensioners has been called for by West Somerset Parliamentary candidate Theo Butt Philip (pictured). The Li...

TWO award-winning community initiatives in Minehead will take centre stage at a pioneering Somerset County Council and Avon and Somerset Pol...

ELECTRICITY supplies were restored to more than 1,000 homes and businesses in the Wiveliscombe area last night. Many of the properties had b...

UP to 1,000 homes and businesses in the Wiveliscombe area were without electricity today because power cables had been brought down by the s...

PENSIONERS and others in West Somerset who had managed to put away money in savings would have to suffer a loss of income for the greater go...

HEAVY overnight snowfalls brought more chaos to West Somerset today as schools closed, people were unable to travel to work, and many homes ...

ANOTHER weather warning for West Somerset has been issued by the Met Office as two-and-a-half inches of snow was expected to fall on Exmoor ...

SOMERSET has more ‘Vicky Pollard’ (pictured) young people than almost anywhere else in the country, it has been revealed. The ‘Little Britai...

HIGH-spending Somerset County Council was today criticised for locking itself into uncompetitive borrowing rates for years to come - just as...