The number of reported sexual offences in the region has doubled in the past eight years.

They're trying to keep motorists safe over the coldest months.

Highways England's decision to financially support work to restore the Wellington Monument is "incomprehensible" says the MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset.

There's calls for South Western Railway to have its franchise removed by Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable.

We've been given special, behind the scenes access to one of the South West's biggest employers. All week, we've been giving you an insight into various departments from across the Airbus site in Filton. For the fifth and final part of our series, we're hearing from the future of the company - their apprentices and graduates.

Plans for the A358 are expected in the Spring according to Highways England.

We've been given special, behind the scenes access to one of the South West's biggest employers. We will be giving you an insight into various departments from across the Airbus site in Filton. Part Four of our series takes a look at the A400M department.

We've been given special, behind the scenes access to one of the South West's biggest employers. We will be giving you an insight into various departments from across the Airbus site in Filton. Part Three of our series involves the Fuel Testing Facility.

The winner of this year's spoof Westcountry 'Turnip prize' has been unveiled - which pokes fun at the Turner prize.

A traveller group have been praised for donating trolleys of goods to the food bank in Frome.

Free Christmas parking starts today, on a Monday, in council-run car parks across Sherborne.

Around £6,500 has been awarded to Beaminster to help market the town and support tonight's Christmas lights switch on and festive activities.

Police in Sherborne have released an image of a sculpture which was taken from a gallery.

The Lithuanian Air Force will make its UK flying display debut with an L-39C Albatros jet trainer at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton on Saturday 13 July 2019.

The owner of a Sherborne-based company has been ordered to pay almost £800 for failing to dispose of waste.

A new report has found that over 10,500 people in the South West are currently homeless.

A Somerset company has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 in fines and costs for turning the River Yeo purple.

The Chief Constable of Dorset Police has shared his concerns about the force's financial situation.

There's an exhibition in Glastonbury's library between 10am and 6pm to look at proposed changes within Somerset's children and families services.

A haulage firm from near Chard has been ordered to pay £10,476 after illegally dumping thousands of tonnes of waste on agricultural land near Exeter.

A wood will today be dedicated to the 11,281 Somerset servicemen and women who died in the first world war.

Planned changes to the opening times of Somerset's recycling centres have been announced.

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A Somerset charity which supports parents who've lost their children prematurely is looking to expand both its team and the area it covers.

Residents in Dorset are being urged to give items to charity that would otherwise end up in landfill.

We've been speaking to some of the female soldiers who'll become among the first in the country to enter any role in the military.

Three people have been prosecuted by Dorset's Waste Partnership for fly tipping.

A man will face no further action from Police in connection with the death of a man at Hanford Farm in Blandford at the end of September.

A Somerset MP has backed plans to look at the support farmers get from Government after Brexit.

Potential plans to reduce one of Taunton's worst traffic hotspots go on show later at the Hankridge Arms.

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Fire crews in Frome say there's now been 50 incidents of fires being started deliberately so far this year.

Additional stroke beds are being opened at Williton and South Petherton Community Hospitals.

Sherborne House has been bought by a charitable trust specifically set up to protect the future of the Grade One Palladian building.

There's just under a week to go for residents in Sherborne to have their say on long-term proposals for the town.

A murder investigation is underway in Blandford following the death of a man aged 25 after an incident at Hanford Farm on Friday.

Toll charges on the Severn Crossing and The Prince of Wales Bridge are being scrapped earlier than originally announced.

Residents in Sherborne and surrounding villages now have access to a new trial bus service on a Monday.

There's been criticism of the group running Somerset's NHS non-emergency 111 phone line.

More than 200 miles of surface dressing has been completed across Somerset's roads.

As the cold weather starts to set in, officials in Dorset are running a competition to name their gritting vehicles.

Shoppers and businesses will be consulted before cars are banned from parts of Yeovil town centre say South Somerset District Council.