The Latest Breaking News from Somerset

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 · Aug 3, 2022

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 · Aug 3, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

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 · Jul 30, 2022

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 · Jul 30, 2022

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 · Jul 29, 2022

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

Newborn was initially taken to hospital but died a week later

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022

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

Bristol Post · Jul 23, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2022