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The Latest Breaking News from Somerset

What is your water company doing to cope with the dry weather?

Four companies have announced hosepipe bans so far, but more are expected.

The Independent UK

Woman in fierce row with neighbour over 50ft hedge admits defeat... 20 years later

Bath and North East Somerset Council have ruled that she cannot order the hedgerow to be cut short, because the trees don't block access to her property and her home still gets enough light

Daily Mirror

Met Office weather forecast as temperatures soar towards 30C across South West

Between Monday and Wednesday (August 8-10) temperatures will be between 27 and 29C in Bristol, Bath and Gloucestershire, while in Somerset temperatures are forecast to not reach above 25C

Bristol Post

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Missing Somerset teenager Jayden has been found and is "safe and well"

Jayden is now safe and well

Bristol Post

Teenage boy fatally stabbed in Somerset named

Sixteen-year-old Charley Bates died following disorder among a group of people in a car park in Radstock on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Police want to speak with organisers of this week's Kill the Bill protest

Avon and Somerset Police have told Bristol Live they aim to facilitate a 'peaceful protest'

Bristol Post

Teenager charged with murder of 16-year-old in Somerset

An 18-year-old has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy in Radstcock, Somerset.

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Mum-of-five dies from allergic reaction after eating vegan Pret wrap that contained milk

Celia Marsh, 42, died after eating a Pret super-veg rainbow flatbread in Bath, Somerset, which was supposedly dairy-free but in fact contained traces of milk protein

Daily Mirror

The Queen appoints new Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset

Mohammed Saddiq is the executive director of operations at Wessex Water

Birmingham Post

Renter spends £4.5K on Airbnb in two months after landlords refuse to house her dog

Now living with her mother in Somerset, when Kirsty Hunt, 36, faced redundancy and losing her flat, she could not find anywhere to rent with her pet dog

The Independent UK

12 places you won’t believe are in England

Provence or Gloucestershire? Cornwall or the Med? Here are England’s most beautiful backdrops

The Independent UK

Australian man finds his childhood Matchbox car – five decades after it went missing in England

From a strawberry patch in Somerset to a post office in New South Wales, an ecstatic Tim Goodwin is reunited with his customised Matchbox Ford Capri

The Guardian - AU

I tried the TikTok-famous Golden Retriever Experience in a quaint Somerset village

I never thought I'd say the best hug I've ever had has been from a dog

Bristol Post

Somerset's British Solar Renewables acquired by ICG debut infrastructure fund

The firm was one of the first developers of solar panels in the UK

Birmingham Post

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The Independent UK

Man and woman arrested after four-week-old baby dies in Somerset

Newborn was initially taken to hospital but died a week later

Daily Mirror

Dad travels 300 miles in frantic bid to save holiday due to daughter's missing passport

Ian Williams, from Taunton in Somerset, went on a special seven-hour mission mission to Durham to get his hand's on his daughter's passport after it failed to turn up

Bristol Post

Cases of kidnap in Avon and Somerset at highest point for decade

Home Office figures show there were 147 crimes of kidnapping recorded by Avon and Somerset Police in 2021

The Guardian - UK

A kitchen in a quarry: why Charlie Bigham’s food campus was named a Riba building of the year

The award-winning Somerset kitchen – built for the king of home meals – is designed with people, local wildlife and sustainability in mind. Rosie Mullender finds out how it was done

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The Guardian - UK

Holidaymakers face delays as fuel price protesters block M5

Slow-driving convoy caused long delays to those heading to Devon and Cornwall on the first day of the school holidays

Daily Record

Ayr United striker Fraser Bryden tips Somerset strikers to hit goal trail

The teen hitman bagged Ayr's first goal of the season on Tuesday night and is now hungry for more.

Daily Mirror

Joe Biden appears to say he has 'cancer' in puzzling gaffe during climate change speech

US President Joe Biden was speaking at the site of a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts when he made the comment despite previous White House reports that he did not have cancer

Wales Online

UK's smallest Co-op has opened in a Welsh village

The supermarket pop-up has overtaken the previous record-holding store in Pilton, Somerset

Birmingham Post

Plans for 260 Somerset homes approved for site in Bridgwater

Developer Countryside Properties said the decision was an "exciting step forward" as it looks to expand its South West footprint

The Independent UK

12 places you won’t believe are in England

Provence or Gloucestershire? Cornwall or the Med? Here are England’s most beautiful backdrops

Daily Mirror

Mum says hubby's feet are so smelly they killed a frog as one found dead in shoe

When Gemma Tyson moved Ben Tyson's Nike Air Max shoes on Saturday morning in Cheddar, Somerset, she realised it was a deathbed for the three-inch long creature

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