Minister raises hopes of an A303 improvement scheme
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has confirmed that widening the notorious second main road between the South West and London is among the country's top priority highway building schemes vying...
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Strike up the band to welcome the Sunrise Festival
The first major music festival in the West this summer began last night on the Wiltshire-Somerset border – and as May ended and took with it the coldest spring for generations, a flaming June was...
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Historic but low-key day for the Queen on anniversary of the coronation
The Queen reaches an historic anniversary tomorrow. It will be exactly 60 years since she made her way, as a young 27-year-old, to Westminster Abbey to be crowned. Last year's Diamond Jubilee was a...
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Jemima's life celebrated in her diaries
The parents of a 13-year-old schoolgirl who died from a brain aneurism have published her private diaries. Jemima Layzell collapsed suddenly at home in Horton, in Somerset, and later died in hospital...
View ArticleRolling Stones could limit BBC coverage of Glastonbury Festival set
Viewers tuning in to watch this year's Glastonbury festival coverage on the BBC could be left disappointed after it emerged The Rolling Stones don't want their eagerly awaited set to be broadcast. The...
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Somerset can gain from the bore draw
Marcus Trescothick called it "a boring draw" – and in the end, it was. But Somerset had mixed emotions about the way in which their LV= County Championship match against Yorkshire fizzled out....
View ArticleSteve Cotton: Nick Compton is a victim of his own success
Nick Compton, who averages close to 32 in Test matches and scored back-to-back centuries for England in New Zealand in March, has taken an awful lot of flak this week. The Somerset man, who scored...
View ArticleRoyal Bath and West Show: Bid to set roast dinner record
Is it possible to serve a roast dinner to 2,000 people and have at least five minutes when they are all eating? That is what the South West-based marketing group Ladies in Beef aim to do in an attempt...
View ArticleSunshine will banish gloom of chilly spring
Summer has arrived in the West Country as an extended period of dry and warm weather brings to an end months of miserable conditions. The region is poised to enjoy the hottest spell so far this year,...
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Royal Bath and West Show: At last, prize breeder had long coveted
Ladies' Day brought out the sunshine and the crowds at the Royal Bath and West Show. And more good weather is predicted for today, the last action-packed episode of the historic 150th show. Horses will...
View ArticleBath and West Show: West Country heaven . . . cider in your sausages
Question: What looks like a sausage but tastes like cider? Answer: A new product unveiled for the first time at the Bath & West Show yesterday. The Thatchers sausage is the result of a first-time...
View ArticleRoyal Bath and West Show: All hail the world cider champions
It's already the world's biggest cider competition, this year attracting 503 entries. But the cider classes at the Bath & West Show could reappear as the World Cider Championships next year –...
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Fears over superfast rail link for region
Hopes that the impending project to bring electric superfast trains to the West's main railway line will also be extended into the rest of the region, look likely to be dashed next week. Campaigners...
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Alert raised over pension saving deficit
More and more workers face a pensions timebomb, with a fifth of people saving nothing for retirement – and those that do save facing life after work on less than half what they believe they will need....
View ArticleRadstock regeneration receives £1 million funding boost
Government funding for a road upgrade in Radstock to support new homes and jobs in the town has been secured following a successful bid by Bath & North East Somerset Council.Over £1 million was...
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Grandfather, 77, falls foul of shop's booze rules
A 77-year-old shopper was left humiliated when a supermarket cashier refused to sell him beer because he was with his teenage grandson. Edward Lamb went to the Co-Op to buy a case of lager with his...
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We have moved! Check out our Somerset newspaper websites
Eight new websites have been launched to provide all the latest news, sport and entertainment in Somerset. For several years, This is Somerset has been the home of all news and sport from the Western...
View ArticleMinehead determined to seal Toolstation Western League spot
Minehead say they are even more determined to get into the Toolstation League following the disappointment of their failed application. The Seasiders finished second in the Premier Division of the...
View ArticleCheltenham Town pre-season friendly will start Bridgwater Town's preparation
Bridgwater Town will begin their build-up to the new season with a home game against Cheltenham Town on Wednesday, July 24 (7.30). Bridgwater are now managed by Richard Fey who joined the Evo-Stik club...
View ArticleWildlife trusts unite to bid for training funds
Four of the West's wildlife trusts – Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Devon – have joined forces to apply for almost a million pounds of lottery funding to pay for a programme called Skills for the...
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