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Two local teenagers from the Burnham-On-Sea area have given speeches on positivity and ambition in Westminster in front of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and MPs as part of their school’s Jill Dando News project.

Children and young people across Somerset have been asked to have their say on a new plan to support people under the age of 25

Labour has won the police and crime commissioner election in Avon and Somerset, taking the post from the Conservatives.

Labours Clare Moody has been elected as Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner — narrowly defeating incumbent Conservative Mark Shelford.

Labours Clare Moody is “delighted” to have become Avon and Somersets new police and crime commissioner.

Police have arrested a motorist after a late night crash on Burnham-On-Sea seafront this week.

Burnham-On-Sea residents are being invited to the town's St Andrew’s Church  today (Thursday, May 2nd) when it takes part in Dementia UK’s biggest fundraising event of the year.

Final tickets are on sale for Burnham and Highbridge Choral Society's annual Spring Concert this Saturday (May 4th).

Somerset Council says it will be ‘leaving it longer’ when it comes to grass cutting in a bid to help boost the county’s biodiversity this summer.

The Chicago Bears' proposal to fund a new lakefront stadium remains a “non-starter," Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office said after top aides met with team officials on Wednesday. The Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion plan calling for public funding last week for an enclosed facility to be built next to their longtime home at Soldier Field. “As the Governor has said, the current proposal is a non-starter for the state," press secretary Alex Gough said in a statement.