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  • Location app finds Boris' "oven ready deal" in Somerset

    An innovative app that helps people pinpoint locations across the globe is now helping to locate things other than people in the middle of nowhere. From the emergency services searching for a remote rescue location, to finding that lost friend

  • 'Pingdemic' continues as thousands told to self-isolate

    Hundreds more people were told to self-isolate by Test and Trace in Somerset in the latest week, figures show. Department for Health and Social Care data shows 2,141 people were told to self-isolate after being in contact with someone who tested

  • Sandbags handed out as weather warning issued for Somerset

    A SPECIAL emergency sandbag bank was opened in Chard last night for those fearing a repeat of recent flash flooding during storms. After some downpours started yesterday (Saturday), the town's Guildhall was opened up for people to collect sandbags

  • Latest Somerset Trust covid-19 hospital admissions

    New figures showing the number of Covid patients admitted to Somerset hospitals have been released Somerset Trust was caring for six coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show. NHS England data shows the number of people being

  • Classic bikes sell for more than £350,000 at auction

    A SOMERSET auction of classic and vintage motorcycles saw sales reach more than a staggering £350,000. The Charterhouse specialist auction, at the Haynes International Motor Museum on June 30, was hailed as a huge success, with sales totalling

  • Plan for swimming pool on agricultural land

    BELOW are the planning applications received by South Somerset District Council in the week of July 12, 2021. For more details, and to comment on applications, log on to www.southsomerset.gov.uk/services/planning. LANGPORT 21/02227/NMA: