Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watchet plans to enter the UK Town of Culture 2028 [BBC] A rural town of 4,000 people is throwing its hat in the ring to be the ...

Two more men have been charged in relation to a drugs seizure in a coastal town. About 322 kilos (710 lbs) of cocaine, worth an estimated £26.5m, were found by National Crime Agency officers in the ...

SEASIDE BREAK Watchet is an under-the-radar town with community spirit that makes a great base for exploring the wider Somerset coast and Exmoor East Quay in Watchet, Somerset. The town has easy ...

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POLICE officers and PCSO on patrol can now use a new building believed to be the first in the force’s history to have the word ‘harbour’ in its title. An agreement has been reached between Watchet ...

ONLINE registration is now open for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance's Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge. The event, scheduled for May 10, 2025, marks the charity's 25th anniversary. Cyclists can ...

The town's harbour has been in a state of disrepair for some time The former head of Somerset County Cricket Club has taken over the running of Watchet's marina. Andrew Cornish and businessman ...

A Somerset marina will be substantially regenerated under its new leaseholders, Somerset Council has confirmed. The council holds the freehold on Watchet Marina, which was leased to Watchet Harbour ...

At 11.24pm on Saturday 24 August, Minehead's Atlantic 85 lifeboat launched to a call for assistance from HM Coastguard. Passers-by had reported a sighting of an unlit sailing vessel just off Watchet ...

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A "cosy tourist spot" in the Somerset countryside will see steam trains once again as a heritage attraction reopens. The West Somerset Railway (WSR) celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, and ...