Since October, the energy price cap for households using gas and electricity has gone up by around 10%, which makes it the perfect time to look for ways to cut energy use and keep your bills down. Small changes can…

An improved 24-hour payment system is on the way for anyone wishing to pay for key Somerset Council services online or over the phone. From 5 December, residents will be able to pay for the following services over the phone…

3 Somerset charities are celebrating after winning the coveted King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS). Equivalent to an MBE for individuals, is the highest award given annually to voluntary groups in the UK, celebrating outstanding work done by charities. Only…

People living in Somerset are being reminded they have access to a demand responsive transport service known as Slinky. Demand responsive transport is a bookable, flexible service which residents can use if there is no public transport alternative. All users…

Somerset Council Highways is working with Wessex Water and Wales and West Utilities to co-ordinate 2 vital infrastructure schemes in Chard during 2025. Wessex Water is investing more than £1.3 million to help alleviate sewer flooding in the town, while…

Somerset Council is warning of delays to waste collections following a serious incident on the M5. Households in and around: Chard, Ilminster, Donyatt, Broadway, Horton, Churchstanton, Pitminster, Trull, Stoke St Mary, North Curry, Fivehead, Langport, Hatch Beauchamp, Stoke St Gregory…

Somerset Council is reminding farmers and other operators working on the land to make sure they keep roads clear of mud and debris. As rural county where farming is a major activity and where farmers carry out a lot of…

Somerset Council has joined residents and volunteers to celebrate the opening of another 2 new sections of the Strawberry Line, a traffic free greenway through the county. On 8 November, representatives from the Council joined volunteers for a ribbon-cutting ceremony,…

Views are being sought on a new Local Validation Checklist covering the Somerset Council area. Local Validation Checklists (LVCs) help inform applicants and agents about the type of documents and level of information required to be submitted in order for…

Somerset Council and the Quedam Shopping Centre are proud to announce the opening of a new Changing Places facility. Located within the Quedam Shopping Centre in Yeovil, the new Changing Places facility is designed to meet the needs of individuals…

Somerset Council is conducting a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) consultation for the public to share their thoughts and contribute to the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment statutory report produced by the Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board. The PNA is a comprehensive assessment…

A major scheme that will strengthen Chard Reservoir’s barrier and help protect local communities from its potential to flood is due to get underway. The Council is budgeting up to £831,000 for the work with a further £160,000 held for…

Somerset Council’s 2 new gritters have had their names chosen following a competition involving schools and the Somerset public. The gritters, soon to join the Council’s winter fleet are to be named Gritty Gritty Bang Bang and Spready Mercury. Somerset…

Details of candidates in 2 forthcoming Somerset Council elections have been published. By elections are being held on 21 November for one vacancy in the 2-seat Blackmoor Vale division and for 1 vacancy in the 2-seat Rowbarton and Staplegrove division…

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. Nigel, an 88-year-old carer who has been fostering with Somerset Council for 4 years,…

More detail about major roadworks in and around Bridgwater is now available, as huge investment in the town’s infrastructure continues. Three major, time-sensitive projects need access to the town’s road network in the coming months, linked to the Agratas battery…

Somerset Council and its new winter service partner Kier Transportation Ltd are working together to keep roads safe this winter with the gritter fleet ready to head out when freezing temperatures or snow are forecast.   Kier started work operations…

A decision by Government to drop a major scheme to dual one of Somerset’s key transport arteries is a ‘big disappointment’ for the county but ‘not the end of the road’. Somerset Council’s Lead Member for Transport and Digital, Councillor…

Somerset Council recently welcomed three new members to its Natural Environment Team. A grant from the Government Department of Culture’s Levelling Up Programme has allowed the Council to create these new roles to help enhance and manage green spaces in…

The Leader of Somerset Council has cautiously welcomed today’s news of the potential for more funding for local government, but says further action is required to fix a fundamentally broken system. Cllr Bill Revans made the comments following today’s Autumn…