THERE will be no bin collections on this upcoming Bank Holiday in Somerset. Somerset Council has announced there will be no recycling or rubbish collections taking place on Bank Holiday Monday, August ...

A new watchdog for public appointments in Northern Ireland has been announced following a four-year vacancy. First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly said Claire ...

Health officials said at least 60 people were killed in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war to 62,004.

Monzo is considering offering its own mobile contract in a move which could see the digital bank take on the UK’s biggest phone networks. The 10-year-old lender confirmed it was in the “early stages” ...

THE parents of a girl from Bridgwater have expressed how proud they are at their daughter’s participation in the King’s Guard of Honour. Maya Portas, who recently passed out with her basic training ...

Six-time Wimbledon doubles champion Gordon Reid says wheelchair tennis must keep proving its value to tournaments to help close the prize-money gap. Reid and his partner Alfie Hewett are preparing for ...

The Government is working “at pace” to bring sick and injured children from Gaza to the UK for urgent medical treatment, Downing Street has said. Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesperson said a ...

A lioness rescued from Ukraine is “thriving” a year after she was welcomed to her UK home. Three-year-old Yuna was rescued after living in a three by four-metre enclosure with a bare concrete floor.

The duke asked a friend to place a poppy wreath and a letter which honoured the ‘Forgotten Army’ who served in the Far East on the ...

Mr Liddell-Grainger, who was MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset until last year’s General Election, was chairing a public meeting in St Petersburg at the time. As president of the International ...

The Prime Minister is in Washington DC to lend support when Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House.

Dylan Green, 20, was detained for eight years and three months in a young offenders institution for causing death by dangerous driving.