The body of a wanted sex offender, who has been missing for months, has been found in a caravan, police have confirmed. Avon and Somerset Police were called to the scene in Watchet, Somerset, at about ...

Works to build a new coastal steam path in Somerset are confirmed to go ahead, allowing people to get close to passing steam trains.

A woman has been left traumatized after finding the decaying body of a sex offender wanted for murder – hiding in her caravan. Nicky Kieley-Shier, 66, said she has had “daily flashbacks” since ...

A couple who opened a 90-seat theatre in November say they have been "overwhelmed with happiness" at its popularity. Neil Wilson and Cath Cooper said, so far, every show put on at Backyard Theatre in ...

A traumatised woman who found a sex offender and suspected murderer dead and decomposing in her caravan says she has been suffering from daily flashbacks since. Nicky Kieley-Shier, 66, was horrified ...

Relatives of a murder victim have slammed police after the man wanted over her death was found dead in a caravan last week - six months later. Detectives had been hunting 70-year-old Richard Scatchard ...

A public consultation has been launched into plans to construct an £11bn tidal lagoon between Minehead and Watchet, which ...

An MP is asking for a meeting with the prime minister about plans to build an "iconic" tidal lagoon in the Bristol Channel. The proposed West Somerset Lagoon, which would cost £10bn to build, would ...

A community housing company is hoping to transform the site of a former paper mill into affordable rental homes. Base for Life wants to build community-owned properties at Wansborough paper mill in ...