Calls for more Government investment in research and development have been made at a West of England Aerospace Forum held in Yeovil. Young people in Somerset are being urged to have their say on how the county tackles climate change. Plans have been submitted to convert buildings on a World-War-Two transmitter site at Somerton for residential use. New research from the charity Help for Heroes shows that nearly three-quarters of veterans struggle with their mental health every day...and more
Calls for more Government investment in research and development have been made at a West of England Aerospace Forum held in Yeovil. Industry leaders say climate change and the pandemic, together with other countries spending more on R and D, have put companies in the South West more at risk. Peter Marchbank speaks for the Forum. He says the UK has the skills but what’s needed is for the government to invest further in the sector.
Young people in Somerset are being urged to have their say on how the county tackles climate change. The Somerset Youth Parliament is being invited to join two zoom sessions with MPs and members of the County Council to discuss ideas.
Plans have been submitted to convert buildings on a World-War-Two transmitter site at Somerton for residential use. The application to South Somerset District Council shows six dwellings will be created, together with parking and landscaping, and three new dwellings built on the site in Watts Quarry Lane.
New research from the charity Help for Heroes shows that nearly three-quarters of veterans struggle with their mental health every day. Servicemen and women from RNAS Yeovilton are among those who the charity helps.
Tintinhull’s famous Christmas lights are set to be bigger than ever this year. The show-stopping display in the front garden of Dan and Mark Extance-Warr's home has become an annual attraction. The couple says this year’s illuminated display, which will be lit on December 1st, will for the first time stretch into the back garden of their home.
The fire service says they still don’t know what caused Monday’s major shop fire in Yeovil. A safeguarding review is being carried out into the case of Daniel Gunter, who was found guilty at Bristol Crown Court last week of murdering his two-week-old baby son at Yeovil Hospital. National convenience store chain, Costcutter, has taken over the empty YMCA charity shop in Middle Street in Yeovil for a new store...and more
Parents in Somerset are being advised not to leave their children unsupervised with pets. Somerset Council says it's dealing with a backlog of sixteen hundred planning applications. Ninety thousand pounds has been raised so far for Somerset Community Foundation’s appeal supporting people affected by last week’s coach crash in West Somerset...and more
A boat used for sightseeing trips on the River Parrett at Langport has sunk after being vandalised. A union representing firefighters in Somerset says former retained staff are missing out on pension payments. Thirty-nine new affordable homes are to be built in Merriot...and more
A father has been found guilty of murdering his two-week-old son at Yeovil Hospital. From Monday, no trains will be stopping at Crewkerne until further notice. Experts say the dry weather has created ideal conditions for wasps to multiply in significant numbers across Somerset. A rare railway carriage from the 1880s, believed to have been built in Somerset, is being given a new lease of life...and more.
Tourism leaders in Somerset are hoping to reverse last year’s downturn in visitor numbers now that the six-week-long school summer holiday is underway. A Chard woman who was driving a van without insurance that crashed has been given a 16-month driving ban. A Somerset hedgehog rescue centre says a lack of rain and hard ground conditions are making it difficult for hedgehogs to survive this summer...and more.
Somerset Council is planning to open twelve new Special Educational Needs units in mainstream schools. Yeovil Hospital is participating in a trial that could revolutionise the treatment of sepsis within the NHS. A 55-acre site in Chard, with plans approved to build 295 homes and a new football ground, has been put up for sale...and more
Somerset Community Foundation has launched a "Together for West Somerset Appeal" to help families affected by last Thursday's school coach crash on Exmoor. People in Somerset are being encouraged to improve their recycling of food waste. Free family cooking sessions are being held in Chard. A new children’s soft play area is soon to open in Yeovil...and more
A GoFundMe page set up to support families of last week’s Exmoor bus crash, in which a 10-year-old boy died, has raised over forty thousand pounds. A local councillor is calling for the introduction of speed cameras on the A30, from Yeovil to Sherborne. A group from a school in Ilchester have hiked 26 miles across the Jurassic Coast to fundraise in memory of a school colleague...and more
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