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The Latest Breaking News from Somerset

Police taser use doubles in four years in Bristol area as more officers allowed to carry devices

There are concerns that expanded use could be a 'worrying erosion of safeguards'

Bristol Post

Country diary: If you want to feel giddy and small, look up at the sky

M5, Somerset: Clouds only last for minutes, constantly dissolving and reforming. But what grandeur in that short life

The Guardian - UK

Somerset firms launch bid to protect environment around Taunton

Accountancy business Albert Goodman and law firm Clarke Willmott have launched the green initiative

Birmingham Post

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EFL welcomes sanctions imposed by Avon and Somerset Police over fan misconduct

The teenager was also cautioned.

The Independent UK

Dramatic moment hot air balloon lands with BUMP in car park after nearly hitting houses

Residents in Taunton, Somerset were left baffled and alarmed after a hot air balloon landed in the middle of a locked car park after an "erratic flight" that saw it nearly hit some houses

Daily Mirror

This ‘super reserve’ is not just for the birds. It could change the landscape of Britain

A wildlife-watcher’s paradise, the Somerset site will also serve as a blueprint for sustainable countryside management

The Guardian - UK

Mum of missing Nasim, 14, makes emotional appeal for help to find him

"I love him and I miss him. I want him to know that he is also being missed"

Bristol Post

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Hinkley Point C delayed by one year as costs rise by £3bn

French energy giant EDF outlined the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the nuclear plant project in Somerset

Birmingham Post

Somerset ‘super nature reserve’ will benefit UK’s rarest wildlife

Environmental organisations partner to create 15,000 acre protected wetland 70 years after creation of England’s first nature reserves

The Guardian - UK

New Somerset director for Thomas Westcott accountants

Tara Bell, who will be based at the Bridgwater office, has more than 19 years’ experience

Birmingham Post

Avon & Somerset Police chief urged to tackle low prosecution rates for rapes

The police chief said increasingly more women were reporting being victims of rapes and sexual offences

Bristol Post

Acorn Property secures £10m for Somerset eco housing scheme

All the houses in the development are designed to be sustainable

Birmingham Post

Former Somerset office block could become flats as firm seeks £5m

A property firm has secured planning permission for the proposed homes at 1 Tangier Central in Taunton

Birmingham Post

People in Wales spot bright green 'spectacular' fireball meteor

The UKFA is asking for images and any video footage to be reported to them

Wales Online

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The Independent UK

Father whose incurable condition causes tumours on his nerves reveals warning sign everyone should know

Somerset account manager Mike Bird, 37, was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) as a baby after a seizure alerted doctors

Bristol Post

Jeremy Clarkson tells Avon and Somerset police catching dog walker who hit farmer with rock is 'number one priority'

"The rock struck the tractor driver on the head resulting in an injury which required hospital treatment"

Daily Mirror

CCTV of last known sighting of missing girl, 15, who vanished two weeks ago

Avon and Somerset Police have released the CCTV footage of the teen, known as Madison or Maddie, who has been missing since April 26 - she is described as white, about 5ft tall and of an average build with shoulder-length brown hair

The Guardian - UK

Dentist shortage in south-west England leaves patients doing DIY treatments

Children and adults forced to live in agony because they are unable to register for NHS care in Somerset, charity says

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Birmingham Post

Engineering services firm Obelisk bought by multi-national group

The Irish company’s UK office is based in Wellington, Somerset

Bristol Post

More than 3,000 stalking offences recorded across Avon and Somerset last year

In Bristol, 1,049 stalking offences were recorded last year

The Independent UK

Dentistry crisis: Whole county shuts down to new NHS patients, group claims

Healthwatch England said there are no NHS appointments for new patients in Somerset

The Independent UK

Bronze hare statue worth £19,000 stolen from Badminton Horse Trials

Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for information on the crime.

Wales Online

Family of missing man whose remains were found on riverbank make heartbreaking anniversary appeal

Huw Williams disappeared from Nottingham one year ago today. Family seek information from people in south Wales, Avon and Somerset and Gloucestershire

Daily Mirror

Fiancée of cameraman found dead in UK shares heartbreaking tribute to 'gentle' partner

Avon and Somerset Police issued a statement on Tuesday saying they had located and recovered a body from Bristol’s Avon Gorge in the early hours of that morning

Daily Mirror

Police share hilarious image of 'Britain's worst parked car' straddling two kerbs

The picture was snapped in Bristol by Avon and Somerset police and it left officers scratching their heads at the "unorthodox parking methods" that had the curb straddling two curbs at once

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