Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Somerset

Meet Sean Symington, the Cotswolds-based interior designer we're swiftly adding to our roster of tastemakers

We met with the acclaimed interior designer Sean Symington to ask him about his passion for design and get a glimpse into his life in England between bucolic Somerset and the rambling Cotswolds

Homes & Gardens

Boy, 14, fighting for his life after being electrocuted by high voltage cable at £58k-a-year school

Chase Allen, 14, was seriously injured along with two others by the high voltage cable at Millfield School in Street, Somerset

Evening Standard

Revealed: England’s worst beaches for water quality

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

British musician's £1.9m country home may be sitting on medieval 'human remains'

An archaeological report submitted to Somerset Council has raised concerns that any construction could unearth human remains

Evening Standard

Somerset v Essex, Middlesex v Kent, and more: county cricket day one – as it happened

Joe Root got in a tangle against Warwickshire, while Lancashire’s Marcus Harris dug in at Old Trafford

The Guardian - UK

Three in hospital as house destroyed in suspected gas explosion in Bristol

Videos and pictures of the fire shows thick black smoke and flames coming from the property in Yate

The Independent UK

Minibuses used by disabled people and school children destroyed in fire

Police and fire crews were called to the incident at Silk Mills Park and Ride in Taunton, Somerset, shortly after 7.50pm on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Fire destroys seven minibuses used by disabled people and school children

Police and fire crews were called to the incident at Silk Mills Park and Ride in Taunton, Somerset, shortly after 7.50pm on Saturday.

Evening Standard

County cricket day one: Cameron Green makes debut ton before cramp strikes – as it happened

Rain was a factor but Gloucestershire made hay against Kent and a Yorkshire trio made half-centuries at Durham

The Guardian - UK

Pontins owner charged with corporate manslaughter over death of grandmother

Wendy Jones among 18 people injured at resort in Somerset when live damaged electrics exposed as ceiling fell

The Independent UK

DIY SOS star shares 'vulnerable' struggle and huge scar after open heart surgery

The TV builder, 55, had a heart attack while cold water swimming off of Clevedon’s coast in north Somerset late last year

Evening Standard

Detective accused of weighing down laptop keys to pretend to work at home

DC Philippa Baskwill of Avon and Somerset police faces hearing over alleged gross misconduct

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘right’ to suspend MP arrested on suspicion of rape, says minister

The party confirmed on Saturday night that it had suspended the 65-year-old MP for North East Somerset and Hanham.

Evening Standard

County cricket day three: Worcestershire clinging on after battering from Banton – as it happened

Somerset’s Tom Banton registered the fifth highest score in history when dismissed for 371 against Worcestershire

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re everywhere’: workers warn of rat infestation at Somerset nuclear plant

Unions urge energy giant EDF to take action as concerns mount over health of construction staff

Evening Standard

Labour suspends MP after arrest on suspicion of rape

Dan Norris, the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, has also lost the party whip in the House of Commons.

Woman & Home

Prince George’s hilarious warning for TV star passed on by Prince William ahead of series cameo

The Prince of Wales has passed on a cheeky message from Prince George to the star of one of his new favourite shows

The Independent UK

Prince William makes playful dig at Clarkson’s Farm star’s clothes

Prince William made a playful dig at Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper’s clothing as he joined him for a visit to young farmers in Somerset on Wednesday, 26 March.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

William meets young farmers as he becomes patron of mental health charity

The prince spent time at Folly Farm in Pensford in the Chew Valley area of Somerset on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Ill-fated Monmouth rebellion remembered 340 years on in Somerset

Exhibition opens this week in Taunton Castle, where mass death sentences were infamously issued during Bloody Assizes

The Independent UK

Inside the fragile harmony between one Somerset town’s locals and the ‘down from Londons’

IN FOCUS: Two years ago, as property prices in Frome soared amid an influx of people moving from London, Frome Town Council declared a housing crisis. Today, Alex Ross speaks to a community determined to overcome the problem while becoming increasingly aware of a widening gap in wealth

The Conversation

Glastonbury is as popular as ever, but complaints about the lineup reveal its generational challenge

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock since 1970 you will be aware of the five-day Glastonbury festival held every June (apart from “fallow” years to rest the land and the organisers), near Pilton in Somerset. Glastonbury is as much a pillar of the English summer as tennis at Wimbledon…

The Independent UK

Private island and fairytale Highlands castle rank among UK’s best holiday homes

The UK’s seven most remarkable rentals, from Scotland to Somerset

The Guardian - UK

‘FA Cup of darts’ keeps grassroots flame alive as big-money era shapes to snuff it out

The intimate setting of the UK Open in Somerset pits amateurs against pros in a way that’s becoming increasingly rare

The Independent UK

Man who died on M4 had been arrested after ‘online paedophile sting’

Avon and Somerset Police arrested the man, who was aged in his 40s, on Friday evening

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

The Prince and Princess of Wales

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Environment Agency

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.