Feel Good Friday: Best of this week's Somerset problems
Anyone else feel this week has dragged on a bit? Join the club! So we have decided to bring #Somersetproblem tweets forward to give you a #FeelGoodFriday - We are just too good to you. I can only...
View ArticleEU forces Cheddar Valley Gazette to print on 'cheese paper'
EU laws protecting the status of cheddar cheese means the Cheddar Valley Gazette newspaper will have to be made from the dairy product. Protected Designation of Origin legislation around the word...
View ArticleWhich Somerset town has been voted the 10th most unfaithful place...
Married dating site IllicitEncounters.com has revealed the most unfaithful towns and cities in the UK and the results may shock you. Maidenhead has claimed the title of the most illicit town in Britain...
View ArticleWeston-super-Mare's toilets to have underfloor heating and cost...
Public toilets in Weston-super-Mare are about to become posher than ones in most households in a £165,000 refurbishment. The town are refurbishing run-down toilets to a potentially award-winning...
View ArticlePolice called to Wedmore as resident and dog walker have dog mess...
IT seems that dog mess is a serious business - especially when police get called to the scene. An angry Wedmore resident who grew tired of dog mess outside his house allegedly took the law into his own...
View ArticleFeel Good Friday: Six #SomersetProblems to read while drinking...
This week's Feel Good Friday is being mashed up with this week's #SomersetProblems - why? Because we can! Here are some of the best tweets of the week from #SomersetProblems: Forget speed bumps.......
View ArticleWebbington, Axbridge man has cross dressing stalking charges...
A WEBBINGTON man, who appeared in court suspected of harassing two girls while he was dressed in women's clothing, has had one set of charges against him dropped. Philip Anthony Smith, of Kennel Lane,...
View ArticleWorld Cup Drinking Game for the World Cup Widows
The world up comes around once every four years and brings with it an excited nation. But for world cup widows (WCWs), it's often a boring occasion. For the significant other (SO) it's the best time of...
View ArticleUKIP: Black and white dog sought for poster theft
A black and white dog and three people are sought in connection with the theft of a UKIP election sign. A police spokesman said: "We asking for help to identify three people with a black and white dog...
View Article#SomersetProblems - Cows, cows, cows...Sheep!
You think you have problems? You ain't seen nuffin! Ahem...introducing this weeks best #SomersetProblems My tweet about having no signal was sent to drafts because I had no signal #paradox...
View ArticleParachutist lands on pedestrian at Weston Air Show
TWO people were taken to hospital at Weston Air Show today after a parachutist fell onto a pensioner. The accident happened at 1.20pm when a parachutist from the RAF Falcon display team struck an...
View ArticleSomerset man swallowed by deck chair, freed by firefighters
A Somerset man had to be freed by firefighters - after becoming stuck in a deck chair. Firefighters from Devon and Somerset were called to the incident at 3.17pm this afternoon. A fire engine from...
View ArticleAxbridge tree faces axe for being 'too big'
A TREE could be taken down or chopped back in an area of outstanding natural beauty – because it is too big.Last Monday, a resident of Axbridge approached the town council asking for support for an...
View ArticleNew Cheddar Gorge craze? Video of daredevils 'drifting' down...
With boy racers becoming the focus of disruption and danger within Cheddar Gorge, a new set of 'daredevils' have been videoed. Within the 30 second video, two people can be seen travelling at high...
View ArticleWeston-super-Mare's posh toilets used as a bed by the homeless
Underfloor heating, new furnishings and fittings....could these be the poshest toilets in North Somerset? More than just a place to spend a penny, Weston-super-Mare's plush new public toilets seem to...
View ArticleKitten video to make you smile
You may wonder why we are posting this on our website... It's Wednesday. The middle of the week. Too far from the beginning of the week to feel refreshed from your weekend. Not close enough to the...
View Article7 #SomersetProblems to make you laugh
From fitness classes with cattle to driver lessons plagued by tractors....The best of this week's #SomersetProblems You'll have to get used to them.... First driving lesson done, of course I met a few...
View ArticleTrespassing cows fall through staircase into basement
SQUATTERS are a rare sight in the Cheddar Valley. Squatting cows, even rarer.But that's what firefighters found in the basement of a derelict building at Max Lane on Tuesday lunchtime - two cows who...
View ArticleGazette's Top Pet: Lucky the Shetland Pony and his crazy running
This week's Gazette's Top Pet is seven-year-old Lucky, the Shetland Pony, from Wedmore. If you are wondering why little Lucky was rated so highly for star potential.....This is why Do you think your...
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