7+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1574+ words) Up to 750 new homes, a primary school and a community hub will be built near the M5 in Bridgwater after councillors approved "woefully inadequate" plans. Edward Ware (Bridgwater) Ltd. put forward plans in early-2023 to deliver the major development between Bower…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (129+ words) Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the Bridgwater area. A new vehicle operating centre is being proposed at a landfill site near Bridgwater. MH Engineering Services Limited wants to use Valencia Waste Management at Walpole Landfill…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (536+ words) A London-based developer is having a second stab at creating an electric vehicle charging hub near the M5 in Bridgwater. Ionity GmbH put forward proposals in late-February for a charging hub at the Dunball services, located north of the Dunball roundabout…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (236+ words) Two white-tailed eagle chicks have successfully fledged after rangers closed a nearby car park and path to avoid disturbing them during the breeding season. A pair of white-tailed eagles settled at the nest near Loch Sunart in the Highlands earlier…...

1+ week, 42+ min ago   (925+ words) Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the Bridgwater area. A travellers' site near Somerset's new 'gigafactory' may have to be torn down following a failed appeal. Charlie Barney and J. Birch applied in December 2025 for retrospective planning…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (105+ words) Members of Somerset Camera Club have been busy taking pictures of all creatures great and small in the region. The club was set a theme of all creatures great and small for this week's collection of pictures and members delivered....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (232+ words) A Somerset MP has criticised Royal Mail over delivery failures. Sir Ashley Fox, the Conservative MP for Bridgwater, raised the issue in the House of Commons after residents reported going three weeks or more without receiving post over the summer....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (517+ words) "When we recruited new broadcast staff, especially if they came from outside the area, a lot of time was spent making sure they knew that Frome was pronounced as in broom, not home" (Image: BBC) I was intrigued to hear…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (944+ words) Medieval Bridgwater was a walled town with four gates, writes Cllr Brian Smedley. The South Gate (by Blake chip shop) was the main gate. The North Gate (end of Angel Crescent) was the tradesman’s entrance. The East Gate (by Cobblestones)…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (970+ words) Summer 2026 was the warmest in the UK since records began in 1884, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. The average temperature across June, July and August was 16.5C, beating the previous high of 16.1C set only last year. It means the…...