Yeovil MP, Marcus Fysh, James Gray, who represents North Wiltshire, Filton and Bradley Stoke MP, Jack Lopresti, Weston-super-Mare MP, John Penrose and NE Somerset's MP, Jacob Rees Mogg are amongst the signatories.
The letter from the European Research Group says the UK should be free to negotiate and sign trade deals with other countries as soon as it leaves.
The MPs also want "full regulatory autonomy" for the UK after March 2019.
Bobsleigh campaign gathers speed
Two athletes who train at the University of Bath are hoping for medal success at the Winter Olympics later.
Bobsleighers Mica McNeill and Mica Moore raised £40,000 in a crowdfunding campaign, to get to the Games, after their UK Sport grants were withdrawn.
They are currently just 0.16 of a second away from a medal.
A top-five finish could see their official funding reinstated.
Their final runs are due to begin at around 11:50 BST.
NFU could vote for first female president
The National Farmer's Union has a chance to vote for its first female president later.
The Wiltshire beef farmer, Minette Batters, is one of the candidates being put forward at the NFU's annual conference in Birmingham.
According to the NFU website, Minette Batters runs a "diversified, mixed farming business that includes horse livery, a wedding and corporate events venue, and a catering business specialising in home-grown produce".
The decision over who will be the next president will be announced this afternoon.
Somerset farmer James Small is also in the running to be the organisation's Vice President
Otterly gorgeous cub in care
An otter cub rescued last weekend in Bridgwater is being cared for at a wildlife centre.
She's been named "Amore" because she was found soon after Valentine's Day.
Laura Benfield is head of animal care at Secret World Wildlife Rescue, in East Hunstpill.
Bobsleigh pair in sixth place after first day
Two athletes who train at the University of Bath are in sixth place at the halfway point in the bobsleigh at Pyeongchang.
Mica McNeill and Mica Moore end round two just 0.16 seconds off bronze medal position.
The pair financed their own trip to the games by crowdfunding £40,000 after their UK Sport grants were withdrawn due to budget cuts.
The Environment Secretary is suggesting some of the money the UK sends to the EU could be spent on improving internet connections in rural areas after Brexit.
In a speech to the National Farmers' Union conference, Michael Gove said agriculture is now more central to government thinking than at any point in half a century.
And he praised dairy farmers for helping to make the South West such a special part of the country:
Sliders in sixth position
All 20 teams in the women's bobsleigh event have completed a run in Pyeongchang.
Great Britain's pair are currently sixth. The teams will slide again shortly.
Bath-based British duo Mica McNeill and Mica Moore managed to raise more than £40,000 to fund their own trip to the olympics, after UK sport funding for their campaign had to be cut.
On board the historic ship The Matthew
In 1497 the explorer John Cabot set sail from Bristol to Newfoundland in The Matthew.
More than five centuries later, a replica ship in Bristol's historic harbour takes visitors on trips up the Avon Gorge.
We join skipper Rik Wakeham and his son Billy as they take to the helm and deal with the challenges involved in sailing the ship.
Bristol: A bird's eye view
Take an aerial tour of Bristol and get a bird's eye view of the city's harbour, the docks and the River Avon.
An incredible story of determined women athletes concludes today
Olympic women's bobsleigh pair, Mica McNeill and Mica Moore, will reach the culmination of a determined and costly campaign this morning.
The Bath-based pair had their UK Sport funding withdrawn last year, after budget restraints meant only the higher-ranking men's team could be funded to go to Pyeongchang.
After years of training, the women decided to crowdfund in an effort to compete - and they raised more than £40,000.
Their last sliding runs will begin shortly at around 11:50 BST today. Read more here.
Determined women's bobsleigh team compete today
The British women's bobsleigh team - who train at the University of Bath - will be hoping for a fairy-tale ending in Pyeongchang today.
Mica McNeill and Mica Moore- who train at Bath University - heard five months ago that UK Sport funding for them was to be withdrawn in the face of budget cuts.
They have only been able to compete after crowdfunding their own trip to the tune of £40,000, and paying for their own bobsleigh and its transportation.
The pair will be sliding at around 11:50am BST. Finishing in the top could ensure they are funded in future campaigns.
Bristol Mayor: 'How will UK cities relate to European cities?'
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees says that so far the Brexit talks haven't taken into account how UK cities will relate to European cities.
Today, he's been meeting with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels to discuss how the shared interests of UK cities, local communities and businesses can be best met in the lead up to, and period after, Brexit.
He was there with 10 other UK mayors representing the Core Cities, which are home to 20m people and generate 25% of the UK economy.
Marvin Rees: Brexit 'concerns need to be considered'
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees is in Brussels today, meeting with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier.
He says he's there to make sure the Brexit deal reflects the needs of cities like Bristol.
Bristol is an international city. People speak 91 languages, come from 187 countries and practise at least 45 religions. Our diversity is an asset which we need to build on – and starting a dialogue with Europe is part of that fundamental work.
Man held over death of woman in park
A man has been arrested following the death of a woman in a park in Taunton.
The woman was discovered in Lyngford Park, off Eastwick Road, on Sunday morning.
Avon and Somerset Police said a man aged in his 50s from the town had been arrested.
A spokesman said the death was being treated as unexplained but a post-mortem examination was due to take place later today.
An area of the park near the skate park remains cordoned off.
City leader in Brussels to discuss post-Brexit relationships
Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees will meet with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels today to discuss how the shared interests of UK cities, local communities and businesses can be best met in the lead-up to, and after, Brexit.
Along with other leaders and mayors representing the so-called Core Cities UK - the ten UK cities at the heart of the biggest urban areas outside London - the Bristol mayor will begin a dialogue to ensure the voices of UK cities are heard.
He says he wants to ensure Bristol gets a deal that it doesn't regret in the years to come.
Skeleton medal in the cupboard: more to be revealed?
Britain's Lizzy Yarnold - who trains at Bath University - today recorded the fastest time in the first heat of the women's skeleton at the #WinterOlympics.
The defending champion's hoping to repeat her success at Sochi in 2014.
It's the final tomorrow, on what has been dubbed 'Super Saturday'. Coverage begins at 11:20 BST.
Meanwhile, Bath's Dom Parsons has been reflecting on becoming a bronze-medal-winner: he gained Great Britain's first gong of the Winter Olympics in the early hours of this morning:
Across Britain, 134 million miles of bus coverage has been lost over the past decade.
The network of bus routes has shrunk to levels akin to the late 1980s, according to new BBC analysis.
Melissa Whittaker, who launched a petition to improve public transport in Somerset, says cuts have left people stranded in the county.
Her son Issac, aged three, has autism and often attends South Petherton Community Hospital.
But the 10-mile journey from Chard to South Petherton, where the nearest community hospital is, can take more than three hours because there's no direct route and large distances to travel on foot at either end.
A driver could make the same journey in 20 minutes, while the whole trip could be walked in just over three hours.
For me I can’t consider adult training sessions at Yeovil College for instance. Things like socialising are just impossible. It leaves you feeling isolated because you just can’t access these destinations. There are bus routes, but because the transfer times do not link up it is difficult to get anywhere you need to go.
A spokesperson for Somerset County Council said there hadn't ever been a direct bus service between Chard and South Petherton "due to the lack of demand".
"There would be too few passengers wanting to travel between the towns and on to the hospital to make even a supported bus service viable," they added.
Winter Olympics: Watch Parsons win his bronze medal
The second run for Lizzy Yarnold is at 12.30pm.
While we wait, let's have a little look back on Dom Parsons, who also trains at the University of Bath.
He took skeleton bronze in dramatic fashion to win Team GB's first medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Winter Olympics: Lizzy Yarnold prepares for medal defence
In just under an hour, Lizzy Yarnold will begin her defence of her Olympic title.
Yarnold won Team GB's only gold in 2014, and she's the first woman to attempt to defend an Olympic skeleton title.
Melksham's Laura Deas will also be competing in the event.
Devon and Somerset Fire Service has become one of the first in the country to have pet oxygen masks on all of its engines.
The organisation Smokey Paws, which was founded in Weston-super-Mare, provides the masks to fire services across the UK.
The masks have been welcomed by fire fighters and the RSPCA.
Skeleton hopes from Bath
Bath University-based men's skeleton athlete, Jerry Rice, is making his Olympic debut in PyeongChang, alongside some of the names with medla hopes: Dom Parsons and Lizzie Yarnold for the women's competition.
The men's competition concludes overnight, starting shortly after midnight tonight GMT.
He's gaining in the training stakes: Rice improved from 14th on his first run to eighth on his second.
And gaining fans too - the Rice Pudding Fan Club has begun to pop up on social media:
Gary, 58, was found with a serious head injury outside the Printworks in the city centre on the night he was celebrating his future son-in-law's stag do.
He has had emergency surgery but is yet to wake up.
A 25-year-old man was arrested near to the scene on suspicion of affray
and a 32-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
both been released under investigation.
A third man, aged 27, was arrested on suspicion of assault and has also been
released under investigation.
Some of the ways BANES intends to spend and save
According to Bath and North East Somerset Council, here are some of the ways it intends to spend and save its approved budget.
£3.9m for adult social care
£3.1m for children’s services
£19m investment in road and transport improvements
£8.7m for new school buildings and primary school places
an extra £1.6m a year from the council’s heritage estate
earning over £500,000 a year from the creation of a council-owned housing company
Saving £600,000 from reducing and leasing-out council office space
£800,000 by 2019/20 by integrating library and information services in Bath and
extra £100,000 a year from renegotiating the Bath Spa profit share agreement
This budget will ensure the council lives within its means whilst at the same time providing additional investment in vital services such as social care, housing and transport. These are challenging times for local authorities, but our aim is to make the council financially self-sufficient so that in future we do not have to rely on government funding to invest in local priorities.
Council tax rise approved for Bath
Council tax will rise by almost five per cent for residents in Bath and North East Somerset, following approval at a council meeting.
In order to "increase investment" in children’s services and adult social care, councillors agreed a 1.95% rise in Council Tax together with a 3% rise for the Adult Social Care precept.
Despite the difficult decisions required to balance the budget, we are continuing to protect the majority of front-line services, such as street cleaning, whilst increasing funding for social care services. At the same time, we are investing in infrastructure projects that will improve local transport, support job creation, and provide the new affordable homes our area needs.
Plan to hike council tax in Bath being debated
Plans to raise council tax by almost 5% in Bath and North East Somerset are being debated at a council meeting.
BANES council has a budget gap of almost £60m over the next three years.
It has already announced plans to cut its workforce by 15%, and the authority's leadership talks of being "self-sufficient" by 2020.