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Green Focus: Could we be seeing the dawn of the Electricity Age?
Solar installations by Glastonbury company more than triple
25 new homes planned near historic pub in small Somerset village
Underpants and games console among bizarre finds in Halloween beach clean
High-performing Somerset school opens new state-of-the-art facilities
Former care home to be turned into 28 houses despite traffic fears
Taunton man left waiting months for multiple repairs to council flat
Somerset rail service branded 'a disgrace' by transport campaigner
Wellington retains gold in South West in Bloom competition
New £10,000 grants available for Somerset nature recovery projects
Popular Strawberry Line extension takes major step forward in Somerset
Revised plans for 77 new homes near Mendip Hills in Wells
50 homes with "scratty little gardens" coming to Wells as plans approved
Climate change forces Dunster Castle gardeners to rethink historic landscapes
Councillors to lose say on new Taunton park after last-minute objections
Taylor Wimpey lobbied Somerset Council for three years over M5 'garden village'
Elderly Somerset woman can't sell house due to proximity of 160 new homes
Refusal of new Lidl supermarket in Cheddar could be overturned
Six challenges in the way of the Somerset Levels becoming a national park
Somerset Council contractor's lorry sinks into peat during road repairs
Green Focus: Local communities' vital role in protecting the environment
Work to begin on new bungalows in small Somerset village near A303
Small Somerset villages urged to "amass evidence" to stop inappropriate housing
Rain and new Devon passing loop needed to revive Somerset railway line
Autumn planting tips to prepare Somerset gardens for spring colour
Work to build 48 flats on key Yeovil regeneration site to begin in 2027
Regeneration of former Taunton Poundstretcher site back on the table
'Perverse' plans for 70 homes near popular Somerset car boot site approved
Plans for new Lidl supermarket in Somerset village refused
Beloved Somerset rugby club urges council to back 'last chance' relocation plans
Regeneration of key town centre site may only deliver 153 'unaffordable' homes
Street renewable heating firm nearly triples in size as heat pump demand grows
Ambitious 20km woodland plan could transform Somerset rivers
Green Focus: Did John Maynard Keynes have the answer to sluggish growth?
Taunton mural proposed for building on Bridge Street
Small Somerset village loses out on £33,000 following council decision
Severe drought declared in Somerset as key reservoir running near empty
Plans for 765 homes, primary school and care home in town unanimously approved
Nearly 50 new homes planned on side of busy A-road in growing Somerset village
Somerset event to put young people at the heart of emergency planning
£8.4m needed to save homes at risk from landslip on busy Somerset A-road
Inside the new £70,000 facility helping Somerset's injured wildlife survive
Somerset village could miss out on vital funding for services from new estate
New business units to be built near Somerset school after appeal
Gideon Amos: Action is needed to stop fuel prices spiralling further
Column: Should we ditch the term net zero?
Taunton cyclists to stage night-time 'Glow Ride' in push for women's safety
Letter: Humans will wipe themselves out before AI has the chance
Hundreds sign petition to block 7,000-home 'garden village' near Taunton
Solar farm near Taunton can remain in use until 2068 as plans approved
Revised plans for 250-home development in town published as appeal launched
Taunton Parkrun venue could become 'pond' to protect town from flooding
15 ways Somerset flooding will be tackled using £50m by October 2028
Wrongdoing over sale of land for M5 'garden village' site near Taunton denied