Shoppers will be able to park in Weston-super-Mare for free in the run-up to Christmas.

Outstanding building projects were recognised at an award ceremony at Weston Museum last week.

North Somerset’s two MPs have both pledged their allegiance to Prime Minister Theresa May.

Pupils and teachers from Locking Preschool hosted a Christmas fair at the village hall this weekend.

The winner of this year’s Turnip Prize is a plastic dog on top of a bowl full of jelly.

A decision on whether almost 50 homes will be built on an industrial estate will be made soon.

Excited children spent the morning making Christingles during a messy church service in Weston.

The Mercury’s big festive giveaway continued this week, as a Winscombe woman was ‘overwhelmed’ after winning a coveted prize worth hundreds of pounds.

A Weston bar has had a £10,000 makeover to ‘brighten it up’ and give it a new feel.

Families celebrated the start of Christmas in Uphill at the village bazaar.

Work has begun on a new £9million Locking Parklands primary school after years of delays.

A Weston body builder with stage two cancer raised £1,000 for charity by climbing Mount Snowdon.

A woman has died today (Wednesday) after she was hit by a van.

Hundreds of people got into the festive spirit to celebrate businesses and producers in Worle.

Weston’s Grand Pier donated a six-foot Christmas tree to an adventure park to raise money for charity.

Weston-super-Mare’s MP he will be backing the Prime Minister in tonight’s no-confidence vote.

Staff at a community trust carried each other in a bathtub for 18 miles to raise money for Weston Hospicecare.

Weston-super-Mare’s ‘gateway to the town’ has reopened for the first time in three years.

Banksy is raffling off a priceless piece of art from Weston’s Dismaland for £2 to raise money for refugees.

Volunteers at Weston’s RNLI waved off their smaller, life-saving boat as it was replaced by a new vessel.

A Cheddar man has been hailed volunteer of the year after dedicating years to preserving an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).

A Weston care provider has won an industry award for being the best employer.

Visitors to Weston’s Grand Pier will be able to immerse themselves in a new state-of-the-art virtual reality experience once it is unveiled this weekend.

Runners dressed as reindeer, elves and Santas and raced across Weston-super-Mare beach in the Christmas Cracker 10k.

The following cases were heard at North Somerset Courthouse from November 5-14.

A Cheddar school has been praised for its ‘shared vision for care and inclusion’ by an education watchdog.

Parking in Burnham-on-Sea and Cheddar will be free on the two Saturdays before Christmas.

A Somerset village has been awarded hundreds of thousands of pounds to create a community hub after enduring months of problems.

A plan to build futuristic magnet train between Weston and Bristol has been proposed to avoid the creation of a ‘dormitory town the size of Wells’.

A blue plaque commemorating one of Weston’s most famous architects will be dedicated this week.

More than 7,500 hoax calls were made to police and ambulance services in Somerset over the past three years.

Burnham’s Princess Theatre is set to get a makeover after the town council’s bid for a major Government grant was approved.

A seven-year-old boy was rescued from the mud at Brean after he became stuck while out exploring with his family.

Replacement play equipment at a Worle park will finally be installed next year.