The painkiller tramadol only has a slight effect on chronic pain and its side-effects may outweigh any benefits, research ...

The A358 at Henlade forms a key bottleneck for traffic on the approach to Taunton and junction 25 of the M5, with the road ...

A crash has left a road blocked with queueing traffic near Glastonbury this morning, according to reports. Traffic monitoring ...

Key UK fish stocks could face “imminent” collapse without action to halt overfishing, conservationists have warned. Oceana UK ...

Researchers have developed the first-ever blood test that can diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic ...

A private boarding school where fees top £64,000 a year has plans to expand, a recent Ofsted report has revealed. Chilton ...

A local shopkeeper in Yeovil has warned that proposals to close up to 600 parking spaces in the centre of town to make way ...

A new Pure Gym is opening in a Somerset town. The gym operator has announced that the new facility will open in Glastonbury ...

A bus company has pledged to make improvements to "late and overcrowded" Somerset buses, an MP says. The changes will be made ...

Building on car parks near Yeovil town centre would be "a terrible blow" to local businesses, a Conservative councillor has claimed. Somerset Council is currently consulting on its Yeovil town centre ...

Nearly one in three workers overall admitted they had called in sick after drinking at work events in the past year, while 43% of 18 to 24-year-olds said they had done so, a survey by the Institute ...

Schools were told to go into a lockdown in Weston-super-Mare today, Tuesday, October 7, after a man with a weapon was ...