Bridgwater - BBC News

Skip to content

A green, single-decker bus is parked up at a depot. It reads 'the buses of Somerset on the side. In the background are two double-decker buses and another single-decker bus. They are all green.

Council plans £6m spend to improve bus services

Bus routes in Taunton, Yeovil and Bridgwater will benefit from £6m in central government funding.

The image is an artist's impression of the main service station building. It has Welcome Break written across the entrance, and shows parking spaces for cars and coaches.

New plans revealed for M5 Bridgwater services

The proposals for the service station off junction 24 have been submitted to Somerset Council.

The M5 near Bridgwater. The road is quiet and the sun is shining.

Woman dies in collision with lorry on M5

The woman, aged in her 70s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

An old building with a sign saying Public Library at the top. It is a listed building with red bricks and an automatic door in front. It is on the edge of a pavement with traffic queueing on the road

Library to get £1.5m funding to fix leaky roof

Staff at Bridgwater library have been using buckets to stop water damaging the books.

A woman with red hair in a leather jacket

The towns where you pay £300 more in council tax

On the outskirts of some Somerset towns, residents pay more council tax than their near neighbours.

Friends Nicole Tucker and Ryley Burke, who both have cerebral palsy, pictured sitting in their wheelchairs at BBC Radio Somerset's Studios.

'Our aim is to tackle stigma and have fun'

Two friends with cerebral palsy set up a group to "tackle the stigma", give advice and have fun.

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.

Tidal barrier construction aided by barge arrival

An "exciting milestone" was reached in the construction with the arrival of a new working platform.

Picture shows fenced land with green scenery in the background and from within the fences there are road signs, a storage unit and a digger.

New primary school to be built in Bridgwater

The new school in Bridgwater will have space for 210 pupils and is set to open by September 2027.

A police custody image of Lauren Thomas. She has long bleach-blonde hair which is tied back in a ponytail. She is wearing a black tank top and has black hoop earrings.

Prolific shoplifter jailed after spree of thefts

Lauren Thomas is sentenced to eight weeks in prison after admitting 14 shoplifting offences.