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A four-storey mixed-use property in the centre of Burnham-On-Sea has sold at the top of its freehold guide price during an auction this week.

Burnham-On-Sea Freemasons have this week donated £1,000 of food supplies to the town's Foodbank amid continuing high demand for the service.

Residents in the Burnham-On-Sea are are being asked to do their bit to help the NHS as services across Somerset are under 'significant pressure'.

Festive cheer was in the air at Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge Choral Society’s annual Christmas concert on Thursday night (12th December).

Burnham and Highbridge Gateway Club has this week received a donation of £500 from Burnham Lions Club as part of its closing down activities.

A craft market featuring local craft makers is set to return to Burnham-On-Sea this Saturday 14th December.

Plans for a new development of six new homes in West Huntspill have been turned down by Somerset Council.

A new hobby supplies and modelling shop has opened in Burnham-On-Sea town centre this month.

Burnham-On-Sea's MP, Ashley Fox, has raised concerns in Parliament about the impact of proposed government regulations on small businesses, particularly in the hospitality and tourism sector, in the new Employment Rights Bill.

A community Christmas lunch has been held in Burnham-On-Sea for 80 local people by a group of volunteers.

A holiday park near Burnham-On-Sea has been presented with a top tourism food award TV presenter and broadcaster Dermot O'Leary.

A drama show described as a "feverishly funny feast of fun" will be coming to Burnham-On-Sea in April 2025.

Burnham-On-Sea's Monday Club is celebrating after receiving a 5 star food hygiene rating.

Businesses and charities in the Burnham-On-Sea area have made the shortlist for the Somerset Business Awards 2025, which have been announced this week. 

Brean Down Fort is closed to the public for two weeks this month while filming of a new production takes place.

A Burnham-On-Sea hotel is encouraging visitors to attach colourful baubles to its special Christmas tree as seasonal tributes to loved ones while raising funds for a local good cause.

Staff and children at Burnham-On-Sea's Octopus Children’s Daycare are celebrating a glowing Ofsted inspection report. 

Somerset Council will be launching a call for potential development sites in the Burnham area in the new year as it prepares to develop its first Local Plan.

A new young enterprise group has been formed in Burnham and Highbridge producing a range of eco-friendly products.

Father Christmas will be making a very special visit to Burnham-On-Sea’s seafront hovercraft station this weekend as he sets up a unique grotto.

Hundreds of people living at a park home site near Burnham-On-Sea have finally been reconnected with power, two days after Storm Darragh tore through the area.

Burnham-On-Sea's Rectory Road remains closed after a tree was uprooted and fell across it at the weekend. 

The family of Alan Newman, a local man with a life-long love of blues music, have donated his entire collection of over 500 blues CDs, books, DVDs and magazines to St John’s church in Highbridge.

A Christmas circus is set to open in Brent Knoll today (Tuesday) after a delayed start when the big top was damaged by high winds over the weekend.

Over £660 has been raised for Burnham-On-Sea RNLI during a fundraising evening organised by town Mayor Cllr Sharon Perry.

Burnham and Weston Energy CIC, a local community energy enterprise, has launched a pilot project offering free professional retrofit assessments to ten homes in Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge.

Burnham-On-Sea Police are investigating a spate of break-ins at shops and businesses in the town centre over the weekend.

Hundreds of homes in the Burnham-On-Sea have been left without power since the early hours of Saturday morning (December 7th) when Storm Darragh first starting hitting the area.

One of the three cinema screens at Burnham-On-Sea's Ritz Cinema is closed until Thursday for repairs after its roof was damaged over the weekend by Storm Darragh.

Brent Knoll's new community shop is opening to the public today (Monday December 9th).

Somerset Council is encouraging residents in the Burnham-On-Sea area to 'think outside the box' this Christmas and put a dent in the county’s annual cardboard  waste mountain.

Four flats were evacuated after a huge tree came crashing down onto part of the building during Storm Darragh on Saturday (December 7th).

Many solar panels were damaged when they were blown off the roof of Burnham-On-Sea's Ritz Social Club during Storm Darragh on Saturday (December 7th).

Local tourism businesses from the Burnham-On-Sea area are among the winners of the 2024 Bristol Bath and Somerset tourism awards, announced at a gala dinner at Batch Country House at Lympsham.

The Burnham-On-Sea area is experiencing high winds from Storm Darragh this morning (Saturday) as it sweeps through the area with a rare Red Weather Warning in force from the Met Office.

A fundraising Santa run that was due to be held in Burnham-On-Sea on Sunday (December 8th) for a charity in memory of a local boy who died of cancer has been postponed until December 29th.

Brent Knoll Primary School has recently set up a new 'Friends of Brent Knoll Primary School' group which is like a PTA group run by a group of parents.

A badger trapped in a 4ft deep coal store has been rescued by local Burnham-On-Sea volunteers from Secret World Wildlife Rescue.

Politician and TV personality Ann Widdecombe was in Burnham-On-Sea this week when she addressed a regional Reform UK gathering in the town.

A special Christmas Concert will take place on Friday 13th December at Saint Bridget’s Church in Brean.

The Burnham-On-Sea area will see some of the strongest winds from Storm Darragh when it sweeps through the area this weekend, says the Met Office.

Over 25 people attended a public meeting in Burnham-On-Sea on Wednesday evening (December 4th) to hear about plans to safeguard the former adult learning centre opposite the town’s Princess Theatre for community use.

Brent Knoll's new community shop will be opening to the public on Monday December 9th.

A road through part of Highbridge was closed on Thursday afternoon (December 5th) folllowing an incident.

Brent Knoll Christmas Tree Festival is set to return this month with over 40 creatively decorated trees on display.

East Huntspill Church and Church Hall will be holding its annual Christmas Bazaar this Saturday (December 7th).

Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge's Foodbank area has thanked local people for donating thousands of food items during its annual winter food collection in the town last week. 

Local businesses in Burnham-On-Sea need the support of their customers more than ever following the introduction of Labour’s National Insurance Jobs Tax, the town's MP has warned.

A local drama group which was due to perform its Christmas show this week has had to postpone the performance until next year.

The work of talented young Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge photographers and artists has been praised during judging of a local competition.