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Avon and Somerset Police are warning local residents in the Burnham-On-Sea area selling items on social media platform Facebook Marketplace to be extra vigilant after a series of incidents in which counterfeit money has been handed over in cash purchases.

Over 20 volunteers gathered in Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge on Friday (April 4th) to collect litter as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean.

Scores of kite buggy racers from across the country are competing in the national championships on Brean beach this weekend.

A consultation process has started on proposals to create a new SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Unit at Burnham-On-Sea Infants School from September 2025.

Brent Knoll Parish Hall is to host a fundraising jumble sale today (Saturday 5th April).

Highbridge's St John's Church will be holding its annual Easter Fair on Saturday (April 5th).

New public electronic vehicle charging points are set to be installed in a Burnham-On-Sea car park later this year as part of a growing local roll-out.

Seven-year-old Mabel Mackay from Burnham-On-Sea ran a mile a day in March to raise more than £500 for Children's Hospice South West (CHSW).

A cheeky calendar is being produced by a community group in Highbridge to raise funds for a new life-saving defibrillator.

The Friends of Burnham-On-Sea Beach is seeking volunteers for a beach litter pick this Saturday (April 5th).

An open day will be held in Burnham-On-Sea on Saturday (April 5th) for residents to see BARB's two new life-saving rescue hovercrafts.

A new noodle restaurant has this week opened to a busy start in Burnham-On-Sea town centre.

Proposals for a new cash machine to be installed in Burnham-On-Sea High Street have been supported by town councillors this week.

A group set up to help to tackle climate change in Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge has become a registered charity.

The Hinkley Point C (HPC) Community Fund has awarded almost £300,000 to support hospice care in Somerset over the next 3 years.

Six people have this week been jailed for a combined total of more than 60 years for their role in a major Somerset drugs supply network which saw officers seize cocaine with a street value of £2.4m.

13,000 apple trees are being planted in Somerset this week as Thatchers Cider plants a brand-new 50-acre orchard – roughly the size of 31 football pitches.

The discovery of a suspected wartime ordnance device on Berrow beach on Tuesday caused a section of the sands to be cordoned off by Police.

A busy Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge vet practice is set to move into bigger new premises, doubling its size, this month.

The Friends of Burnham-On-Sea Beach is seeking volunteers for a beach litter pick this Saturday (April 5th).