Somerset Council has received a variety of new planning applications from residents and developers, spanning home extensions, tree works, and renewable energy projects. Applications are under ...

An RAF Veteran in his 80s is now helping vulnerable young people to spread their wings and achieve their true potential as a Somerset foster carer. "I'm probably one of the oldest, single foster ...

Frome Art Society is holding its Autumn Exhibition of paintings and artworks from 8 to 23 November. The Black Swan Arts Round Tower will be full to bursting with a wide range of dynamic, vibrant and ...

A total of 900 miles of Somerset's roads will be regularly gritted this winter as Somerset Council prepares to mobilise its fleet of 23 gritters. The council and Kier Transportation Ltd., its new ...

On Friday 22 November from 5pm to 7pm, the town gathers for the annual lantern parade and Christmas lights switch on in Frome. Once again, a procession of people carrying beautiful handmade willow and ...

A local nature charity is offering Christmas gifts aimed at being affordable and meaningful. For £20 you can give your family member or friend a year's sponsorship of a "beautiful patch of land" that ...

Three fire crews were called to a flat in Frome last night (June 1) after some curtains caught fire. The Fire Service were called to a report of smoke coming from a window of a property in Great ...

Frome Town Council's Communities team have organised two low-cost sessions this winter, to help community groups, charities and voluntary organisations in Frome equip staff and volunteers with ...

Rail improvements will impact train services to and from Frome from late December 2024 until 23 January 2025 - Frome Town Council has warned locals. Engineers are carrying structural repairs to a ...

Staff from the local branch of B&Q recently helped with a revamp of the Mount Community Garden, managed by the Mount Community Association. The garden adjoins the Key Centre on Feltham Lane, a former ...

A Frome man suffering a condition so excruciatingly painful it's dubbed 'suicide disease' left doctors baffled for four years - because they could not work out the cause. Charlie Moore, 21, had to ...

Somerset Council's two new gritters have had their names chosen following a competition involving schools and the Somerset public. The gritters, soon to join the council's winter fleet, are to be ...