Burnham-On-Sea town centre will be ready to safely re-open for shoppers when the Government's Covid restrictions are lifted this Spring, the Town Council has said this week.
Pontins has agreed to change its working practices after disclosure it had a list of Irish surnames it used to screen out bookings for its holiday parks from Gypsies and Travellers.
Burnham-On-Sea's Ritz Social Club has this week announced the date that it is set to re-open.
A series of warrants have been carried out in Bridgwater and London this week relating to a joint investigation into county lines activity and the supply of controlled drugs into Somerset.
Ninety local people have so far signed up to take part in a fundraising beach walk between Burnham-On-Sea and Brean to support Burnham's War Memorial Hospital.
Official new figures out this week show more than 200,000 vaccinations have been offered in Somerset so far, as local people aged 60 and over are the next priority group.
Burnham and Highbridge Town Council is set to go paperless after councillors last night (Monday) voted in favour of moving into the digital age.
Two Burnham-On-Sea fundraisers from a town centre pub are cycling the distance of Land's End to John O'Groats to help a cancer support charity.
Burnham-On-Sea's MP James Heappey says he is "delighted and proud" of the "extraordinary" speed of the Covid vaccine roll-out across our area.
Signs of Spring are bursting into bloom across the Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge area.
Briarwood Supplies Builders Merchants, a subsidiary of the well-established roofing supplier Briarwood Products, opens its doors at its new site in Highbridge this week.
New figures shows there were just 36 new positive Coronavirus cases in Somerset during the latest 24-hour period.
Beach walkers have been urged to take extra care if walking near the cliffs around Brean Down following a small land slip over the past week.
More than 295,000 people in Somerset have received a coronavirus vaccine so far which equates to 30.5% of the county’s population.
The Burnham-On-Sea area looks set to benefit from a bid to develop a new 'Great Western Freeport' business zone that could generate thousands of new jobs.
A record number of young people in Somerset are waking up today (Monday, March 1st) to discover which secondary school they’ll attend from this September - with 98 per cent offered a place at one of their top three choices.
A clean-up operation is set to begin in a Burnham-On-Sea car park after a group of travellers left on Saturday (February 27th).
Beaches in Burnham-On-Sea and Brean have been busy this weekend as dry weather encouraged people out for socially-distanced walks amid the ongoing lockdown.
A Burnham-On-Sea couple hope to raise thousands of pounds for a charity close to their hearts by taking on a running challenge in March.
A fraudster who groomed women on dating sites to scam thousands of pounds from them has been sentenced at Bristol Crown Court today (Friday, 26th February).
A £200,000 project to upgrade Burnham and Berrow Golf Course is on track to finish later this year and in turn deliver a big boost to the local economy.
Police were called to a sudden death in Highbridge on Thursday evening (February 25th).
The second full moon of 2021 rose over clear UK skies on Friday, offering a great opportunity for sky-gazers in Burnham-On-Sea to witness the final full moon of the winter.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has warned farmers to be vigilant following a series of fires at farms across Somerset over the last fortnight.
Somerset’s Director of Public Health has urged people to be ‘cautious and sensible’ after the government’s roadmap out of lockdown has been revealed.
Work has been underway this week to remove debris and rocks from a former boating lake that emerged in the sand on Burnham-On-Sea beach.
A BBC TV crew will be filming a natural history programme on Berrow beach during the coming days.
A community-spirited Burnham-On-Sea pensioner has sadly passed away at the grand age of 95.
A three-month closure order has been granted against a property in Puriton as a way of preventing crime and antisocial behaviour.
The organisers of Burnham-On-Sea's monthly farmers market say it will be going ahead in the High Street this Friday (February 26th).
Heather Shearer has this week been named the Liberal Democrats' candidate for Avon & Somerset's Police & Crime Commissioner in the election taking place on 6th May 2021.
There have been just under 50 new Covid-19 cases in all four Somerset Districts in the past 24-hours.
Burnham-On-Sea seafront residents have raised new safety concerns due to part of the town's Esplanade being unlit at night because of non-working street lights.
A long-running Burnham-On-Sea angling shop in the town centre is set to move into new premises to help it to grow.
New plans have been unveiled this week to build a pedestrian crossing along a busy road running through a Highbridge business park.
The RNLI is looking for lifeguards to spend a season working on Berrow and Burnham-On-Sea beaches, as applications open for this year.
A business park near Burnham-On-Sea is showing its green credentials by planting thousands of new trees with support from National Grid.
Highbridge's King Alfred School Academy has hosted a call from a global expert to mark International Darwin Day.
Tourist accommodation providers in the Burnham-On-Sea area have seen a surge of bookings following Boris Johnson's announcement about the lockdown easing.
A new group of travellers has pitched up in Burnham-On-Sea's seafront car park with legal action set to begin to move them on.
Two thousand new wearable tech wristbands have been made available by Avon and Somerset Police to help safeguard people living with dementia across the area.
A new group of travellers has pitched up in Burnham-On-Sea's seafront car park with legal action set to begin to move them on.
Somerset’s district councils have welcomed the launch of a public consultation on the Stronger Somerset plan to deliver better jobs, affordable homes, stronger communities and a carbon zero county. Â
Burnham-On-Sea preschool children at Footprints Nursery enjoyed a special visit by local Police on Tuesday (February 23rd).
Strong onshore winds created these wonderful scenes in Burnham-On-Sea on Tuesday (February 23rd).
Burnham-On-Sea history teacher Nigel Smith has been been named the winner of 'The Masked Teacher' competition in which King Alfred School Academy recreated the hit TV show ‘The Masked Singer’.
A fundraising campaign has been launched to help two fire-hit residents who lost their homes and belongings in a huge farm blaze near Burnham-On-Sea at the weekend.
Somerset's Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have spoken out against the Government's decision this week to cancel May's planned County Council Elections in Somerset.
A carpet and flooring shop in Burnham-On-Sea is set to move to Highbridge as it expands.
Sedgemoor District Councillors have this week approved a 3.02% increase in council tax charges from the start of the new financial year.
