A Covid-19 memorial has been formally unveiled at Sedgemoor Crematorium near Burnham-On-Sea this week, which is now available for the public to visit.
Work has started this week on £155,000 of urgent roof repairs to East Brent’s St Mary’s Church.
The team who run Sedgemoor District Council's Lifeline support service for elderly and vulnerable residents say they are concerned to hear that two elderly customers have been targeted in a scam.
Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge community groups, organisations and charities are being invited to apply for grant funding by the Town Council.
EDF has this week rejected concerns about radioactivity from its dredging in the Bristol Channel around Hinkley Point power station near Burnham-On-Sea.
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) has announced today (Thursday) that it is suspending garden waste collections for six weeks from Monday 2nd August.
Burnham-On-Sea farmers market has been cancelled due to the Met Office's weather warning for stormy weather conditions this morning (Friday).
A runner who frequently takes part in Burnham-On-Sea’s Parkruns has been selected by Team GB to compete in this year’s Paralympics.
Burnham-On-Sea fire crews battled a shed blaze to prevent it spreading to a nearby home last night (Wednesday, July 28th).
The Burnham-On-Sea area could see heavy rain and high winds later today (Thursday), the Met Office has warned.
A Burnham-On-Sea resident is to set to hold a five-mile sponsored walk this Saturday, 31st July, to raise awareness of breast cancer and to raise money for the charity Breast Cancer Now.
Burnham-On-Sea's Brickworks Studio in the town centre is set to hold an art exhibition called 'Foundation' this weekend.
Residents are being encouraged to help build a new council for Somerset after the Government has decided that all five existing councils in Somerset will be replaced by a new single unitary authority by April 2023.
Burnham-On-Sea’s chances of achieving success in the Britain In Bloom competition were given a boost this week.
Brent Knoll’s community shop is now owned by local shareholders after attracting more than 130 local residents to buy shares at £25 each.
Hundreds of pounds were raised for Burnham-On-Sea music and performing arts festival BOSfest at a fundraising event at the weekend.
Burnham-On-Sea runner Jason Vickers has this week completed his 1,200th mile of running this year as he keeps trains for a series of charity events over the coming months.
A road in the village of Mark near Highbridge was temporarily closed this morning (Tuesday) after Police were called to reports of a possible 'unexploded device'.
District councils who are unable to approve new homes developments in Somerset have appealed to the Government for help.
Work to install new gates, fencing and bollards has this week been completed on land next to Highbridge’s Apex Park and at the entry to the Burnham Road Playing Fields to prevent unauthorised traveller encampments.
A group dog walk is set to be held at Highbridge's Apex Park on Wednesday 28th July to mark the nationwide Love Parks Week.
Award winning special constables and volunteers from Avon and Somerset Police have been formally recognised for their contributions to policing, after securing three accolades at the Citizen in Policing Regional Awards.
A tribute to one of the country’s most popular girl bands will be performed at Burnham-On-Sea's theatre in August.
Residents from the Burnham-On-Sea area joined a demonstration against fire and rehire practices at Clarks outside the shoemakers’ headquarters in Street on Monday (26th July).
As the number of patients waiting for surgery continues to grow, Healthwatch Somerset is asking people about their experiences of being referred for surgery in Somerset and how they have been affected by waiting times.
Burnham-On-Sea Railway Heritage Group is opening the town's replica railway signal box for visitors today (Tuesday, July 27th).
Covid safety signs recommending people to stay socially distanced will remain in place in Burnham-On-Sea, Brean and Berrow for the summer season despite the Government removing restrictions on July 19th.
Residents in the Burnham-On-Sea area have this week been warned that the national driver shortage and rising Covid self-isolation may disrupt local recycling collections through August.
Filming has started on a new series of ITV costume drama Sanditon, with several scenes set to be filmed at Brean over the coming months.
An air ambulance landed in Burnham-On-Sea on Sunday afternoon (July 25th) to help a patient during a medical emergency.
Burnham-On-Sea Coastguards, RNLI lifeboats, two BARB hovercrafts and the Coastguard helicopter were called out late last night following a 999 call reporting someone was drowning in the sea.
Almost 300 runners took part in Burnham and Highbridge's first Park Run for 16 months at the town’s Apex Park on Saturday (July 24th).
Police have appealed for witnesses after seven vehicles had their tyres slashed in Burnham-On-Sea town centre early on Saturday (July 24th).
Burnham-On-Sea & Highbridge's Mayor has said the Town Council is considering what direction it might take with regards to the potential re-organisation of local services and assets following the news that a unitary council for Somerset has been approved by the Government. Â
A steady flow of visitors flocked to a summer fair outside a church in East Huntspill on Saturday (July 24th) when one of the first local community events was held since the Government's removal of Covid restrictions.
A Coastguard helicopter and two Burnham-On-Sea RNLI lifeboats carried out a search of the sea off Brean last night (Friday) after an inflatable kayak was spotted without its occupants.
Over £5,000 was raised for charity when famous sporting names gathered in Brean this week to take part in the 30th anniversary staging of Brean’s Sport Celebrity Am Golf tournament.
A volunteer at the St Margaret’s Hospice Care in Burnham-On-Sea is shaving her head to raise funds for the hospice in memory of her daughter.
Burnham-On-Sea and Berrow residents were woken at 4.30am by the sound of a Police helicopter hovering low over the area on Friday morning (July 23rd) following a crash.
Members of Moose International's Burnham-On-Sea Lodge 123 held their first meeting at Berrow Village this week after 16 months of being effectively mothballed due to the Covid pandemic.
Burnham-On-Sea Police have asked for the public's help in identifying the owner of a kayak that was seen in the sea off Brean this afternoon (Friday).
Tributes have this week been paid to Burnham-On-Sea's oldest resident who has passed away at the grand age of 111.
The Met Office has warned that the Burnham-On-Sea area is set to see thunderstorms this evening (Friday) and through the weekend as the heatwave comes to an end.
Beach users in Burnham-On-Sea, Berrow and Brean have this week been warned to watch out for jellyfish along local tide lines.
A group of travellers has left the seafront lawns on Burnham-On-Sea's South Esplanade after a 48-hour stay.
Burnham-On-Sea residents who gazed up into the sky overnight will have spotted the so-called Buck Moon.
The New Jersey Boys are set to return to Burnham-On-Sea's Princess Theatre on Saturday, 31st July with their superb tribute to the heydays of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.Â
People in the Burnham-On-Sea area are being asked to only choose hospital emergency departments (A&E) for serious and life-threatening illnesses or injuries.
One Stop has this revealed it will be opening a new convenience store on the ground floor of Burnham-On-Sea’s former job centre.
Burnham-On-Sea's MP James Heappey has this week welcomed news that a single unitary council is to be formed in Somerset in place of the district councils.
