The police say footage from dashcams has become an important way to clamp down on dangerous driving. Plans to build a skatepark in Langport are pushing ahead. Dozens of items of tech equipment have been donated to the Digital Poverty Alliance in Somerset for giving to low-income households...and more
The police say footage from dashcams has become an important way to clamp down on dangerous driving. More than 8,000 dashcam clips were submitted to Avon and Somerset Police last year with 90% leading to a prosecution or a warning letter to the driver.
Plans for a skatepark in Langport are moving forward. Dorset-based Mavericks, which built skateparks in Crewkerne and Stoke Sub Hamden, is working with Skate Langport to build the venue.
Dozens of tech equipment items have been donated to the Digital Poverty Alliance in Somerset. The gadgets, including laptops, phones and tablets were donated during January for giving to low-income households to get them online.
NHS Somerset says it's going to review a trial respiratory hub in Yeovil, set up to handle chronic illnesses. The Hendford Lodge Medical Centre offers same-day appointments for patients registered with GPs in Yeovil. NHS Somerset says it’ll be assessing if the trial helped in preventing patients from developing more serious complications.
More than 60,000 primary school children have benefitted from lessons in waste reduction thanks to Somerset Council. School’s Against Waste Reduction workshops are delivered on behalf of the Council by the Carymoor Environmental Trust. The programme, which began in 2018, reached a milestone last year with 60,000 schoolchildren in Somerset learning about recycling.
Free parking at council-run car parks in Somerset could soon end with the introduction of Sunday and overnight charging. Pavement slabs in Yeovil town centre, damaged by a utility company a year ago, are finally being replaced. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is to use £1 million of reserves to fund its day-to-day spending from April...and more.
Conservationists are celebrating after two barn owls have returned for a third year to their nestbox on the Blackdown Hills. DEFRA is urging farmers to stay vigilant as the restriction zone for the virus Bluetongue has been extended to South Somerset. Rail travellers are being advised that no services will run on the West of England Line between Yeovil Junction and Salisbury this coming weekend...and more.
Somerset Council Leader, Councillor Bill Revans, has been defending putting up council tax by seven-and-a-half percent. Two men have been jailed for life for the murder of a man in Yeovil. Somerset’s new Local Plan won’t be completed until spring 2029. Work is about to start building a new visitor centre at Ham Hill Country Park...and more
Councillors have voted to cut 555 jobs at Somerset Council. Farmers in Somerset are reporting a big increase in thefts of trucks, trailers and machinery. NHS Somerset has confirmed that a doctor’s surgery in Yeovil is to expand. The Forget Me Not Pre-School in Yeovil has been rated 'Good' across all areas by Ofsted...and more
Somerset Council is investigating how a flood event in Mudford near Yeovil resulted in human bones being dislodged from a local cemetery. Thousands of new jobs are being created in Somerset as work building the Hinkley C nuclear power station ramps up. A Yeovil cake designer has been named winner of a national Wedding Industry Award for the second successive year...and more.
A public transport pressure group in Yeovil says better bus services would bring a range of benefits to the town. A new campaign has been launched in Somerset to support high-risk domestic abuse victims. Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Chard has thanked the public for helping it reach a fund-raising target...and more
A dog, stolen in Norfolk seven years ago, has been found 200 miles away safe and well in Somerset. A man who lives in Seavington St Michael near Ilminster has been jailed after driving a car at police officers. One hundred new affordable homes could be built near Langport...and more
A Yeovil man has been fined £1,200 for sending hostile text messages to his ex-wife. A report into the performance of Avon and Somerset Police has found it doesn't answer emergency calls quickly enough. Twenty-two swimmers at the Trident Swimming Club in Chard have won places in this year’s Somerset County Swimming Championships...and more
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