Somerset County Council

More than 56,000 homes and businesses in Somerset are to finally get superfast broadband by 2024.

The authority recommended respite care for a family but failed to meet its own target.

La Fontana care home in Somerset says "a number of residents" have died with the disease.

A plan to transform Somerset's special educational services is signed off by government inspectors.

The £4m scheme at Blue Anchor was approved just days after emergency work finished.

A proposal for a multi-coloured crossing has been adopted by Evercreech Parish Council.

A primary school has closed due to the high levels of staff contracting coronavirus.

The Levels School will be able to teach pupils from a similar school which closed in March.

The council wants to change the current "three-tier" system to a "two-tier" primary/secondary model.

Plans for the town's central Firepool site include new homes, a hotel and a £5.5m innovation centre.

A care provider's investigation into its own staff found practices fell "well below expectations".

A school sends two year groups home after two pupils tested positive for Covid-19.

One of Somerset’s vital coast roads is under threat from erosion and will be repaired next year.

It comes as the government prepares to publish plans on overhauling the local government system.

A business case for two new councils has been agreed and will be sent to the government to consider.

The Holway Centre was set to be demolished and replaced but it will be upgraded instead.

A business case for the digital innovation centre has begun after it was pledged £5.5m of investment.

District councils suggest a plan to replace them with two new unitary authorities across Somerset.

Somerset councillors will ask the government to scrap the four district councils and county council.