Somerset Waste Partnership says it will be suspending all green waste collections for six weeks from Monday. Wessex Water is supporting changes to the law to stop polluted water from getting into the local rivers. Police are treating as suspicious a fire that destroyed a mobile home near Castle Cary. South Somerset District Council says it won’t be buying the Oscar Mayer site in Chard...and more.
Somerset Waste Partnership says it will be suspending all green waste collections for six weeks from Monday. SWP has blamed the situation on not having enough drivers and on the high number of staff self-isolating after being pinged by the NHS app.
Wessex Water is supporting changes to the law to stop polluted water from getting into the local rivers. It follows calls on the government to amend the Environment Bill to make sure water companies separate drainage water from sewerage treatment water.
Police are treating as suspicious a fire that destroyed a mobile home near Castle Cary. The unit was in a field in the village of Galhampton when it’s believed it was deliberately set alight. The incident happened in the early hours of yesterday (29-07).
South Somerset District Council says it won’t be buying the Oscar Mayer site in Chard. The ready meals manufacturer is closing the site on the A358 Furnham Road and has put the land and buildings up for sale. It was suggested SSDC might buy the site for a new school, GP surgery, and low-cost homes but the Council says it’s not interested.
Police are searching for a man who behaved in a threatening and abusive way towards two children in Yeovil. The incident happened outside the Wilko store in Lower Middle Street last Sunday at lunchtime, around 12.30 pm. If you witnessed what happened, you’re asked to call the police non-emergency number 101.
South Somerset District Council has been shortlisted for the title of Council of the Year. The judging panel for the Local Government Chronicle annual awards said SSDC was singled out for being at the cutting edge of innovation. Five other local authorities are included on the shortlist.
Labour’s Clare Moody is the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. Somerset Council is looking to buy the Glovers Walk Shopping Centre in Yeovil, including Yeovil Bus Station. One of the biggest events in Yeovil’s outdoor calendar, the Abbey Hill Steam Rally, starts today...and more.
Voting is taking place today to elect a new Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. NHS Somerset says the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital will stay open until a new replacement unit is built in Dorchester. A supermarket worker has retired after spending 52 years working at the same store in Ilminster...and more.
SUEZ, the company that collects Somerset’s waste is warning it may cease operations. Twenty thousand pounds is being spent cleaning red paint off the front of County Hall in Taunton following a series of pro-Palestinian demonstrations. An occupational therapist at Yeovil Hospital has won an award for her smart appearance at work...and more.
Somerset Council is taking legal action to remove an arms company from one of its commercial properties. Waste collection days across Somerset are set to change next month due to two impending bank holidays. An archaeological survey has begun on the proposed site of a new skate park in Bruton... and more.
Somerset’s busiest speed camera in 2023 has been revealed as the camera on the westbound carriageway of the A303 between the Podimore Roundabout and the Hazelgrove Roundabout. Bus campaigners are calling on Somerset Council to keep the public toilets open at Yeovil bus station. The funeral has taken place in Yeovil of D-Day veteran, Bill Tolley, who has died at the age of 97...and more.
A man has been arrested in Castle Cary and charged with stalking, harassment and making threats to kill. The NHS in Somerset says its staff retention rate has improved over the past two years. A farmer in South Petherton is preparing to cycle 1,000 miles to raise money for charity...and more.
The NHS is offering spring COVID-19 vaccines to people in Somerset who are at increased risk of serious illness from the virus. A new way of making roads safer for children in Somerset has started this week. A Yeovil-based apprentice has been named as a winner in the JTL Regional Awards. Haselbury Mill near Crewkerne has been put up for sale...and more
Yeovil Town FC have sent a strongly worded letter to the Football Association asking for plans to end FA Cup replays to be dropped. A Somerset woman who's spent the last 32 years living with Hepatitis C, says better support is needed for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal. A new school of musical theatre has opened in Chard...and more.
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