Young adults with learning disabilities not forgotten in Somerset...
AN INNOVATIVE new facility for young adults with learning disabilities is opening in Weare.The Reach centre, which aims to be open and operational by the end of September, will offer a unique approach...
View Article#SomersetProblems every Somerset person can relate to
So....where is Somerset? What games do we play? What holds us up on the road? How easy is it to lose cows? Somerset people know the answers....Here's your latest dose of #SomersetProblems Having to say...
View Article14 stone pig retires from Avon Fire and Rescue Service
It is not often that the retirement of an employee of a fireservice makes the headline - but it is not very often the retiring employee is a 14 stone pig. Dominic, nicknamed Fireman Ham, has officially...
View ArticleBest of this week's #SomersetProblems to make you smile
The best of this week's #SomersetProblems! Run out of the house because you hear the bus. Turns out to be another tractor. #SomersetProblems— Somerset Problems (@SomersetProbz) March 15, 2014 If I get...
View ArticleFeel 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 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 ArticleRunners raise £40,000 in clouds of colour for Weston...
SOME 1,500 walkers and runners swarmed onto Uphill beach on Sunday to take part in the Weston Colour Run, raising £40,000 and securing the future of the event. Dressed in white and accessorised with...
View ArticleFeel Good Friday: Cute baby + cute puppy = cuteness overload
Are you ready for your weekend to begin? Has the four-day week been long enough? Get your feel-good Friday feeling right here with this video of a Pit bull puppy cuddling up to a 10 week old baby All...
View ArticleGroup of the week: Friends of Prickles
Name: Friends of Prickles Anything to do with hedgehogs? Absolutely! Cheddar's home to the UK's third biggest hedgehog rescue centre – covering an area from Bristol down to Devon. It began life nine...
View ArticleCould Britain's Animal Heroes be in Somerset?
RSPCA have launched a nationwide search to find Britain's bravest Animal Hero, Young Animal Enthusiast of the Year, Public Service Animal of the Year and other unsung heroes of the human and animal...
View ArticleFeel-good Friday: Man used forklift to free Twix that got stuck...
We all know the feeling. That moment when you put your money in the vending machine and the chocolate bar comes so far...... and then gets stuck. It is one of the most infuriating things in the world -...
View ArticleYou thought you had problems? Check out these six Somerset...
These floods are making me think Busted were right about the year 3000 #SomersetProblems— Simon Trunks (@simontrunks) February 20, 2014 @SomersetProbz Ride, ride, ride yer bike gentle down the flooded...
View ArticleAxbridge man tackles previously unclimbed mountain in central...
"THIS was probably the most confident I've felt going into a climb," says John Vincent, who is an avid thrill-seeker. "Normally, you err on the side of failure because things might not go to plan so...
View ArticleTony Watts of Cheddar is Star of the Week
NEWSPAPERS can sometimes be accused of only being interested in bad news – but that's certainly not the case here.We love nothing more than proudly celebrating local achievements – be it those of...
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 ArticleIs this Weston-super-Mare's toughest terrier?
They say it's not the size of the dog in the fight that matters but the size of the fight in the dog that counts - and this has never been more true than in the case of tiny terrier, Tara. Owner of the...
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 ArticleCheddar bikers gear up for London to Paris bike ride for Weston...
FOUR cyclists are counting down the days until they set off for their monster charity bike ride. The team, made up of Kim Hunter, Di Campbell and Tim Stisted, of Cheddar, and Nicolette Bracey, of...
View ArticleHeavyweight champion David Haye presents the weather - for dogs
No, you did not read the headline wrong. This is a video of Heavyweight boxing champion David Haye presenting the weather.....for dogs. Chihuahua owner David Haye swaps his gloves for a green-screen as...
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