IT has been a big year for Somerset - from breaking crime news to a general election - and thousands of you logged on in 2017 to get the latest from the County Gazette.
Here are the top three most-read stories from each month of last year...
January
- Fire destorys the Farmers Arms pub in Combe Florey
- Taunton gets the go-ahead as a 'garden town'
- Person killed in crash on A358 between Taunton and Ilminster
February
- Police investigation underway at Canal Road, Taunton
- Taunton Burgerfest restaurant closes down
- Glen Squire, of Taunton, charged with kidnap and wounding
March
- Victim in tragic crash named as Carol Broxholme
- Crash on M5 between Taunton and Wellington
- Letters warn of body in Taunton gardens
April
- Judge tells teen he is 'one of the most dangerous' he has seen
- Taunton Flower Show set to leave Vivary Park
- Popular village pub closes down
May
- Six arrested after attack in Taunton
- Somerset County Council election results
- Armed police officers deployed in Taunton
June
- Changes planned at M5, junction 25
- Framing Factory and Gallery shop front in Minehead destroyed
- Tributes paid to popular businessman Derek Mead
July
- Tributes to former Heathfield headteacher Elliott Furneaux
- Asylum seeker killed under coach carrying Somerset students
- Two killed in crash on A38
August
- Sudden death at Musgrove Park Hospital referred to coroner
- Traffic chaos and person in hospital after alleged assault
- Anger as charity charged for roundabout signs
September
- Two big changes coming to Taunton this autumn...
- Hospital staff suspended after serious allegations
- Car ends up in hedge in Wellington Road, Taunton
October
- Sun turns red as remnants of Hurricane Ophelia hit
- Joshua Harriss found alive and well after appeal
- Shock death of Castle School student
November
- Police investigation after incident in Upper High Street
- Family's tribute to tragic Seb Morris
- Plan for Rose and Crown at Stoke St Gregory
December
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