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Swimmers from Burnham-On-Sea’s Academy Swim Team have enjoyed a fantastic start to the new 2020
The third Wedmore 40/30 charity cycle ride will take place on Sunday 5 July 2020 and funds raised through sponsorship will support the work of Weston Hospicecare.
Councillors have this week expressed dismay after proposals for a £50,000 regeneration boost to Highbridge's Market Street were turned down.
A photography pop-up exhibition is to be held at King Alfred School Academy later this week.
A special event to celebrate Pancake Day raised hundreds of pounds for charity in Brent Knoll on Saturday (February 22nd).
Members of Highbridge’s Monarchs Gymnastics Club have been celebrating success by holding their annual club competition.
The Burnham-On-Sea area could see hail, sleet and even light snow today (Tuesday) as the cold winter weather continues.
Music Hall style entertainer Andy Eastwood will be peforming at The Princess Theatre in Burnham-On-Sea on March 21st.
Members of Brean Golf Club have presented a bumper cheque for more than £10,000 to a charity that will help research into skin cancer.
A massive £1m climate change fund has been created by Somerset County Council, which it says is one of the biggest single investments of its kind in the country.
A magical Disney experience took place at Rookery Manor near Burnham-On-Sea on Friday 21st as part of a new family-friendly concert programme.
Wessex Water will be starting work on a new flood alleviation scheme in Highbridge on Monday 24th February.
Burnham-On-Sea fire crews were called to a small house fire in Bridgwater on Sunday evening (February 23rd).
Dozens of volunteers collected sackfuls of plastic litter during two beach cleans in Burnham-On-Sea and at Berrow on Saturday (February 22nd).
A first of a new series of indoor markets got off to a successful start in the village of Mark near Burnham-On-Sea on Saturday (February 22nd).
A new petition has been launched in a bid to save Burnham-On-Sea Hospital’s minor injury unit from possible closure.
Plans for a new Unitary Council for Somerset have taken a step forward this week as a fresh bid to transform local government and save millions of pounds gets underway.
A new removals business and Hermes drop-off and collection point is set to open in Burnham-On-Sea town centre.
Volunteers are being sought to join the Friends of Burnham-On-Sea Beach’s first cleaning event of the year today (Saturday, February 22nd).
Burnham-On-Sea artists, makers, designers and craftspeople are being invited to sign up to join Somerset Open Studios - an annual countywide celebration of the contemporary visual art and crafts - later this year.
A special event to celebrate this month’s Pancake Day is being held in Brent Knoll today (Saturday, February 22nd).
A fresh procurement process to find new contractors to roll-out superfast broadband across Somerset and Devon has started this week.
Dozens of concerned residents have this week attended a drop-in session amid a possible closure threat to Burnham-On-Sea Hospital's minor injury unit.
Burnham-On-Sea's BARB Search & Rescue is one of 50 independent charities across the UK to receive funding boosts for new search and rescue equipment from the Department for Transport this week.
Sedgemoor District Council's element of the council tax in Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge will be increased by 3.08% this year, putting an additional £5 per year on a Band D property.
An entrepreneurial Burnham-On-Sea teenager has launched a new computer repairs business in the town.
Around 17,000 trees will be planted across Somerset as a result of a new 'Baby Trees' proposal approved by Somerset County Councillors this week.
The new owners of an historic hotel on Burnham-On-Sea seafront say they hope to bring back some 'nostalgic charm' to the building.
A petition has been launched in a bid to try and prevent Sedgemoor District Council from selling off one of Highbridge's "last precious pockets of green land" - a piece of open public land that is earmarked for 110 new homes.
Ambitious plans to keep children safe by installing an advisory 20mph zone outside every school in Somerset were announced today.
A group of Burnham-On-Sea fundraisers has raised hundreds of pounds for the Children’s Ward at Musgrove Park Hospital by taking part in a sponsored walk.
Extra funding to tackle rural isolation by improving public transport links across Somerset has been agreed by councillors this week.
A popular Italian restaurant in Burnham-On-Sea has re-opened this week following a major refurbishment costing £100,000.
A paramotor gliding enthusiast has admitted three charges of flying over beaches in Burnham-On-Sea and Brean at less then 500 feet.
New fitness classes have been launched in a bid to help elderly people in Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge get more active.
A baby rabbit has been rescued by Secret World Wildlife Rescue carers from the Burnham-On-Sea area following Storm Dennis.
Burnham and Highbridge Band members have this welcomed the appointment of their new Musical Director, Felicity Day.
A missing person has been found safe and well in Burnham-On-Sea following an overnight search by Police and Coastguards during two call-outs today (Tuesday).
The Friends of Burnham-On-Sea Hospital is urging residents to show their support for the facilities amid concern that the minor injury unit could be closed down and replaced with a smaller number of ‘urgent treatment centres’ across Somerset.
A major £860,000 project to upgrade five kilometres of gas pipes in the Brent Knoll and East Brent area is set to begin this month.
Rotary International’s motto is that ‘Rotary connects the world’ and Lesley Hills put that to the test last month.
One of the most outspoken politicians, Ann Widdecombe, will give a talk at The Princess Theatre in Burnham-On-Sea as part of her first national tour.
A new series of quarterly indoor markets is set to start this weekend in the village of Mark near Burnham-On-Sea.
A stormy week of weather has left a trail of damage along the coastline between Burnham-On-Sea and Brean.
A flood rescue crew from Burnham-On-Sea's BARB Search & Rescue was called to South Wales on Sunday (February 16th) after severe flooding caused by...
A Burnham-On-Sea family raised over £1,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support on Sunday (February 16th) during an emotional fundraising event.
An air ambulance landed in Burnham-On-Sea on Sunday afternoon (February 16th) to help a patient during a medical emergency.
Major work to replace a water mains between Berrow and Brent Knoll has led to the closure of a busy road for seven weeks.
Model railway enthusiasts and train lovers in the Burnham-On-Sea area flocked to a special exhibition in the town over the weekend. The third annual ‘Gauge 0 Model Railway Exhibition’, presented by Sedgemoor Gauge 0 Group.
Brent Knoll’s village shop will close on March 1st, it has been confirmed this week, after the Post Office had already been put into suspension.

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