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A man wearing glasses, a navy blue coat and a pullover sitting on a yellow and blue patterned sofa.

Call to boycott self-checkouts to protect jobs

Shoppers say they want to keep human interaction and avoid shopping being a "soulless" experience.

Bridgwater town centre with shops either side of the street

Roadworks moved so businesses 'feel the benefit'

The scheme aims to make the route between the train station and the docks pedestrian-only.

Linda Snelling from Yeovil's bus users group. The photo shows Linda at a previous demonstration to save Yeovil bus station. Linda is holding up a green and white protest banner and is standing in front of a group of people.

Campaigners back bus service improvement plans

A county council says it wants to spend new government funding on a package of improvements.

A large group of people wearing high-vis gear and hard hats pose outside of Hinkley Point C. More than a dozen cranes can be seen in the background as well as the top of the nuclear reactor, which is a dome structure.

Hinkley Point C construction creates 3,000 new jobs

About 15,000 people are expected to work on Hinkley Point C during the peak of its construction.

A computer-generated image of the flood barrier, over the river. It is a large structure made out of two main barriers above the water, with a bridge running along the width of it. The river level is low in the picture, and reinforced metal barriers are seen running along the side of the green river bank.

One of UK's biggest flood defences gets £43m boost

The new barrier is due to be operational in two years.

A police officer wearing a black T-shirt and hi-vis vest, pictured from behind. The word police is written in capital letters on the vest. You can only see their torso.

Man dies in collision between pedestrians and car

Another person was taken to hospital with injuries believed to be life-threatening.

A group of 20 people, including a mayor, hospital staff and volunteers - many of whom are older people - stand on the patio of a balcony garden at a hospital. They are all smiling.

Hospital patients can garden in new outdoor space

The new garden at Bridgwater Community Hospital marks its 10th anniversary.

Actor David Cardy shines a torch inside a small office room during the play Ghost Stories. He is wearing a high-vis jacket and looks nervous

Somerset in Pictures: Blue skies and ghost stories

Our weekly image round-up from across the county includes NHS heroes, a spooky play and flooding.

Fences block the road, with signs saying 'road closed' and 'sorry for any inconvenience - businesses open as usual' either side. There are traffic cones at the front of the fence, and the road is flanked by properties.

Roadworks 'mean businesses struggling to pay rent'

Different projects around the town are having a "cumulative" impact on revenue says the local MP.