Local news from the Bridgwater Mercury covering Bridgwater, North Petherton, Sedgemoor and Somerset.

10:47am Thursday 31st May 2012

A sports agent and a cricketer have lost Court of Appeal challenges against match-fixing convictions.

10:39am Thursday 31st May 2012

Judges at the UK's highest court have dismissed a profoundly disabled man's appeal over his care package.

10:36am Thursday 31st May 2012

Showers could dampen some street celebrations over the Diamond Jubilee weekend, but the Queen's Thames river pageant is set to be dry this Sunday.

10:30am Thursday 31st May 2012

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt likes constituents to know all comments made about him - the "positive and the negative" - he has told an inquiry into press ethics.

10:26am Thursday 31st May 2012

Digital music revenues have overtaken those for CDs for the first time, marking a milestone for the music industry.

10:10am Thursday 31st May 2012

The number of patients spending more than four hours in accident and emergency has increased by a quarter to reach its highest level since 2004, according to a study.

9:42am Thursday 31st May 2012

Beleaguered travel firm Thomas Cook has racked up £300 million of losses after admitting that its brand was hit by its near-collapse last year.

8:51am Thursday 31st May 2012

The London home where Amy Winehouse lived and died has been put up for sale by her family for £2.7 million.

8:46am Thursday 31st May 2012

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has claimed valuables were stolen from her luggage during a British Airways flight from Heathrow.

7:57am Thursday 31st May 2012

The motor insurance market is facing an investigation by the Competition Commission after a report found the market was "dysfunctional" and pushed up premiums by £225 million a year.