内容摘要：She said the tax made a "huge contribution" and the council was between a "rock and a hard place".

She said the tax made a "huge contribution" and the council was between a "rock and a hard place".

Meanwhile, spring is springing across the county, with trees blossoming and people flocking to the beaches.Take a look at some of the best pictures across Somerset this week.

Purple sky: Somerset photographer Matt captured this beautiful night sky above the Stanton Drew Stone Circles.Early sunrise: As spring is springing, the sun is rising earlier and turning the sky pink and orange.Beach days: Last weekend saw people flock to the beach in Weston-super-Mare, as they enjoyed the warmer weather.

In bloom: More springtime views were captured in Blue Anchor as apple trees are starting to bloom.Support dog: Anne Herbert, a senior law lecturer at Bath Spa University, has Ehlers Danlos syndrome, which gives her skeletal instability. Without support dog Rafa, his owner may well be facing life in a wheelchair.

Donald Trump has taken aim at Ukraine after its President, Volodymyr Zelensky, said it was a "surprise" his country had not been invited to talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the war with Russia.

Saying he was "disappointed" by Ukraine's reaction, he appeared to blame Ukraine for starting the war, saying the country "could have made a deal" earlier.The waves of trauma extended well beyond Mikey’s family. Sharon Gray, the neighbour who tried to revive him, was plagued by nightmares too. And even now, while she is awake, Sharon says she still replays the memory of herself giving Mikey chest compressions. Although she knows in her heart of hearts that she did her best for Mikey, sometimes she asks herself if she could have done more to save him. Counselling and therapy have helped, she says.

She still has no recollection of what happened in the 10 minutes after someone put the green bag beside her. "I don't think I'll ever, ever, remember, because it was apparently pretty traumatic," Sharon says. When she wakes in a panic during the night, she says, it is because her brain is trying to get to the memory.By February this year, the trial was ready to begin. Hayley had dreaded it, but she had resolved to go to court every day and look the defendants in the eye on behalf of Mikey. She says they returned her gaze. "It was horrible," she says. "I just felt like there was no remorse."

Mr Justice Saini imposed a life sentence on Cunningham and ordered that he should serve a minimum term of 16 years in custody before being considered for parole. Bushnell was detained for nine years and Knight for nine years and six months.But before the sentences were handed down, Hayley and the other family members who joined her in court every day had to sit through weeks of harrowing evidence about Mikey’s stabbing and its aftermath.