Somerset Guardian

Spot the headmaster!

Westfield Primary School and Nursery was transformed into a colourful celebration of stories and imagination as 370 pupils dressed up as their favourite book characters to mark the International Year of Reading. Staff joined in the fun too, arriving...

Photographer Robin Morrison

captured stunning images of starlings over Somerset. He said: “The number of starlings roosting in the reed beds on the Somerset Levels is now reaching the peak for this winter. Numbers are estimated to be around 500,000. I took this picture as the...

Vintage tractors hit the road

This 17th year of celebrating the traditional craft of hedgelaying at the Mid Somerset Countryside day where dog classes of all kinds, together with a Land Rover meet and a tractor run through the villages near the Mid-somerset Showground took place at...

F1 champ Lando does lap of honour at old school

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Signs of hope

Pupils at St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School in Midsomer Norton joined a global moment of faith as Pope Leo officially closed the ‘Door of Hope’, marking the end of the Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope. Pupils reflected on hope and how to share it....

Council tax rise of 11% proposed

Somerset residents will face higher council tax bills in the spring – but no final decision has been made on how much they will increase. Somerset Council is in detailed negotiations with central government as it moves to set its budget in late...

Tributes paid to animal rights advocate Sarah after ‘shock’ death

Animal welfare campaigner Sarah Fisher, who was the partner of actor Anthony Head, has been remembered as “extraordinary” and “compassionate” following her death. Her daughters, actresses Emily and Daisy Head, said her loss was “immensely shocking” in...

On the snow line!

There was post-christmas fun at the East Somerset Railway this week. It was so cold, the Snowman turned up with his Snowdog. The East Somerset Railway, a heritage line that runs between Cranmore and Mendip Vale, has attracted thousands of visitors...

Youngsters spread festive cheer

Pupils from St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School have been overflowing with festive cheer. Children and staff at the Midsomer Norton school, part of the Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust, joined in a host of Christmas activities, celebrating the...

Sir Ed gets in festive spirit

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and Frome and East Somerset MP Anna Sabine visited Little Lost Robot at the Old Print Works in Radstock to make a Christmas wreath with pupils from Trinity Church School. Sir Ed, who plans to send the wreath he...

Pupils’ kindness praised

Pupils have been going the extra mile – and then some – in their efforts to spread cheer for charity. Children at St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School, part of the Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust, were challenged to complete 25 acts of kindness in...