We've made it, bruised, bloodied and possibly a little hungover, to the end of another year in Somerset - and what a year it's been in local politics ...

Drummers pounded in the new year and a stampede of computer-generated horses was shown over a section of the Great Wall as China joined the rest of the world in marking the start of 2026. Temple bells ...

Bosses at Edinburgh Zoo have postponed the Wee Waddle, an event where penguins parade along a walkway next to their enclosure, amid fears bird flu is on the rise in the UK. The event generally takes ...

Bridgwater has seen many businesses come and go in 2025 over a multitude of reasons - here are seven that closed in the year.

A man has been charged with murder after a car hit pedestrians in north-west London. Shakaine Dwyer, 29, has been charged with killing Ruben Nunes, 34, from Peterborough, the Metropolitan Police said ...

Trade unions and MPs are among those to have raised concerns about operational problems at Jhoots and allegations of unpaid staff wages.

The Queen recalled in a radio broadcast being ‘so angry and furious’ when she was attacked on a train as a teenager.

The European Court of Human Rights has demanded answers in relation to state responsibilities for victims of trafficking.

Snow is expected across much of the UK in a chilly start to the new year, forecasters have said. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice across large parts of England and Wales ...

July 12 was the year’s hottest day in Scotland – 32.2C in Aviemore – and Wales, where the temperature reached 33.1C in Bute Park, Cardiff. A week later the UK’s hottest day of the year was recorded at ...

Councillor Jane Meagher, leader of the City of Edinburgh Council, said she would be “surprised” if the so-called tourist tax, which will add 5% to accommodation bills in the city from July, was not ...

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said it has “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan. The high-powered manoeuvres were aimed at asserting its sovereignty ...