An innovative new Therapeutic Education provision will be opening in Somerset in September, offering places for children and young people with additional and SEND needs. The Education service in Misterton, owned by the Diocese of Bath and Wells, will be…

Somerset and Exmoor Coast Festival, due to start on September 21, has announced a major partnership which will see organisers working with a project co-founded by TV presenter Julia Bradbury. The Festival has signed up The Outdoor Guide as a…

The next stage of traffic controls to allow works for the planned Agratas battery facility will start in Bridgwater next month. The works, being carried out by Agratas’s contractor, JSM Group Services Ltd, are needed to install underground power cables…

Somerset Council and Taunton Town Council will be showing their support for the Emergency Services by holding a flag-raising ceremony on Friday, 6 September. The ceremony will be hosted at County Hall in Taunton by the Chair of Somerset Council,…

Somerset Council’s Lead members for the environment have written to Ed Miliband asking for a renewed Government commitment to helping local government achieve the nation’s net zero targets. The letter to the new Secretary of State for Energy and Net…

Steps to remove diseased ash trees in part of Somerset Council’s Ham Hill Country Park will start next month. The work is essential on health and safety grounds and will be carried out by a contractor on behalf of the…

Somerset Council has completed the sale of its property at Aztec West, Bristol. The building is one of many commercial assets that the Council is disposing of as part of its property rationalisation programme established in response to the financial…

The biggest resurfacing programme in at least 4 years continues across Somerset over the next 2 weeks. Somerset Council’s road surface treatment specialists Kiely Bros are undertaking work that will see 1,000,000 sqm of road surface dressed, equivalent to 141…

Essential maintenance works with a night time road closure will take place on the A37 in Barwick and Stoford next month. The Council’s highways team will be resurfacing the A37 Keyford roundabout from Monday 2 September to Friday 6 September.…

Somerset Council’s innovative work to provide care in a more efficient way without compromising on quality has been recognised nationally.  The practice, known as Optimal Handed Care, uses equipment and specific techniques to assist care workers when they are providing…

Vital preparation and resurfacing works are being carried out on West Street in Bridgwater. The Council’s highways team is doing the work between the A39 junction with West Gate and Durleigh Road, which includes preparation work, followed by resurfacing. A…

Almost 40 staff from Somerset Council plan to lace up their trainers to help raise awareness of fostering and the urgent need for more foster carers in the county. Most of the council runners entering Bridgwater Half Marathon, 10k and…

Essential maintenance works are being carried out on the A38 in Bridgwater next week. The Council’s highways team will be resurfacing a section of the A38 from Express Park to the Bridgwater Self Serve garage just before the A39 junction…

Somerset Council is empowering businesses to reduce their carbon emissions by registering for the Go Green Scheme. Part of the scheme will enable businesses to take advantage of a free carbon reduction plan, which will improve energy efficiency and is…

Somerset Council is reducing the number of its Lead, Shadow and Associate Member roles, resulting in significant savings for the Local Authority. The Executive will be reduced from eight Lead Members to seven, Associate Lead Members will be reduced from…

Wellington Library will be heading back to its permanent location in Fore Street next month after being refurbished. The move means the library will have to close at its temporary home in North Street from 1pm on Saturday 7 September…

Residents and visitors to Brean Leisure and Brean beach can now have access to a Changes Place Toilet, thanks to Somerset Council working with strategic partners Brean Leisure and Muscular Dystrophy UK, using grant funds from the former Department for…

Heritage Open Days is England’s largest community led festival taking place every year in September, celebrating history and culture, involving thousands of local volunteers and organisations. Somerset Council and SUEZ recycling and recovery UK will be providing another peek behind…

Somerset Council’s road treatment team is surface dressing the Obridge Viaduct and part of Priorswood Road in Taunton this week. Road surface specialist operator Kiely Bros will be doing the work during the during the evening of Thursday 22 August…

A new initiative between Somerset Council, SUEZ and On Your Bike, means that bikes collected via the council’s bulky collection service will now be donated to On Your Bike, and head back onto the road. Recycling is great but buying…