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Tourism brings in £850 million to the Somerset economy – and now industry leaders are gearing up to generate even more.

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Military charity Afghan Heroes has welcomed the first former soldier to its unique post-services home-from-home in the...

Street photography – the French are rather good at this observation of everyday life, and so is freelance photographer Ian Sumner, whose...

karting

Glastonbury karters Lando and Oli Norris took all the plaudits during the opening round of the Rotax Max Euro Challenge in Belgium.

A popular event in Glastonbury had been uninsured for the past two years, it has been revealed. Confusion over whether the Somerset town's Frost...

Thieves stole £60,000 of antiques from a van parked at the Glastonbury Travelodge. The victim, who had been exhibiting at an antiques fair...

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The technical difficulties encountered in extracting shale gas – so-called fracking– mean new wells need to be...

MOTOCROSS

Tiverton's Alex Snow got off to a good start in the new West Country Premiership Series by winning two of the three races on the...

The undistinguished railway town of Eastleigh in Hampshire was likened to the Glastonbury Festival this week – a place swamped with a sudden...

The Environment Agency's strategy for flood defence on the Somerset Levels will be condemned in Parliament today.

Bridgwater and West...