Waste collection days will be changing next week.

Somerset Waste Partnership has annoucned that all waste collections will be suspended and recycling sites closed on Monday, September 19, the Bank Holiday for the funeral of Her Majesty The Queen.

Waste collections will be one day later for the rest of the week, including collections scheduled for Friday, September 23 taking place on Saturday, September 24.

Available crews will do their very best to complete all rounds on the Saturday. Any refuse or garden waste collections missed will be returned for as soon as possible. Any missed recycling will be returned for on Friday 30 September.

All 16 of Somerset's recycling sites will also close on 19 September – including the 12 that usually open on a Monday (Bridgwater, Castle Cary/Dimmer, Chard, Cheddar, Crewkerne, Frome, Minehead, Street, Taunton/Priorswood, Wells/Dulcote, Williton and Yeovil).