A car has twice been set on fire in a fortnight in Martock, according to police. A Yeovil man has been jailed for three years for drug-related offences. Farming experts are forecasting that the price of milk will rise by around 50 percent. Police are appealing for dashcam footage of a crash between two vehicles Wincanton and Sparkford on the A303. Great Western Railway, which runs services through Castle Cary, says salt erosion was to blame for the cracks that appeared in their trains...and more.
A car has twice been set on fire in a fortnight in Martock, according to police. The latest incident happened in the early hours of last Friday, April 1st. Police say the car was parked in Steppes Crescent when it was deliberately set alight. Anyone with information is asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
A Yeovil man has been jailed for three years for drug-related offences. Taunton Crown Court was told that Edward New of South Western Terrace in Yeovil was found in possession of cocaine, heroin and cannabis when police searched his home. The Court issued a Proceeds of Crime order against New with the confiscation amount set at £9,200.
Farming experts are forecasting that the price of milk will rise by around 50 percent. It would mean a four-pint bottle costing between one-pound-sixty and one-pound-seventy. It follows higher feed and fertilizer prices for farmers, blamed on the war in Ukraine.
Great Western Railway, which runs services through Castle Cary, says salt erosion was to blame for the cracks that appeared in their trains. The safety issue was identified last year and led to major delays and the cancellation of hundreds of scheduled services.
Police are appealing for dashcam footage of a crash between two vehicles Wincanton and Sparkford on the A303. The collision involving a green Ford Mondeo and a blue Ford Transit happened at around 1 pm on Sunday 3rd of April. The van was stationary on the A303 at the time. If you can help the police you’re asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
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.
Two teenage boys have admitted animal cruelty after filming themselves throwing a lamb down a stone staircase at Montacute. Somerset Council could lose around £5 million by selling the Marks and Spencer building in Yeovil. Chard, Wincanton, Castle Cary and Ansford are on a list of fifteen places in Somerset where new 20 mph speed limits could soon be introduced...and more.
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