A Sonic Boom heard across Yeovil and South Somerset at the weekend has been identified as most likely being a meteor falling to earth. The opening of Chard’s new public swimming pool had been put back to next year. Yeovil’s e-scooter project is being extended to Chard and Crewkerne. This week marks the 50th years of the Yeovil Samaritans....and more.
A Sonic Boom heard across Yeovil and South Somerset at the weekend has been identified as most likely being a meteor falling to earth. The huge bang at around 3 pm on Saturday lasted several seconds. The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that one of its aircraft was not to blame.
The opening of Chard’s new public swimming pool had been put back to next year. South Somerset District Council says progress on the building has been delayed by Covid and poor weather. The pool was due to open later this year but won’t now open until March next year, at the earliest.
Yeovil’s e-scooter project is being extended to Chard and Crewkerne. Both towns can expect e-scooters to appear on local streets later this week. The South Somerset project is one of nine in the UK managed by Z-Wings with the Department for Transport funding aimed at encouraging more sustainable forms of transport.
Organisers of the Glastonbury Festival are working on plans to hold a one-off concert this summer with people camping at the Worthy Farm site. Writing on social media, Emily Eavis said a licence application has been submitted to the local council but it was not definite the event would take place.
This week marks the 50th years of the Yeovil Samaritans. The support organisation, that takes phone calls from people in distress, began life in Yeovil at 10 Everton Road in March 1971 with just a handful of volunteers taking calls. Today, they have 120 volunteers and last year alone handled more than 22,000 calls from the public.
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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
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a one-month-old baby boy in Chard. Kingfisher Primary School in Yeovil has been highly praised by Ofsted. Somerset Council says it’s “extremely disappointed” after its bid to form a devolved Wessex group of local councils was rejected by the government...and more.
The Liberal Democrat Leader of Somerset Council, Councillor Bill Revans, says they had no choice but to ask the government to allow them to lift the 5 percent cap on raising Council Tax. Two teenagers have been released on bail following the stabbing in Yeovil. More than six thousand pounds has been awarded to local groups by Chard Carnival Committee...and more.
Somerset has been permitted to increase its Council Tax share by 7.5 percent. An Ilminster man, forced out of his house by last week's floods, says he doesn't know when he will be able to return home. Ilminster Literary Festival has launched its annual children’s writing competition, designed to encourage local children to write creative literature...and more.
Five men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Yeovil. A 16-year-old is the second person to be arrested in connection with a stabbing in Yeovil. Yeovil’s new outdoor entertainment space in Lower Middle Street has been officially opened by the town’s MP... and more.
A teenager has been arrested following a stabbing in Yeovil. Water bills in Somerset are set to go up on average by £123 from April. Yeovil MP, Adam Dance will officially open Yeovil’s new outdoor performance space later today...and more
Lloyds bank is closing its branch in Chard. A Sherborne man has been jailed after defrauding a Yeovil woman of £40,000. A volunteer group in Chard is urging people to sign up to a flood victims register. A councillor in Shepton Mallet has become the first Reform UK member on Somerset Council... and more
New mums in Somerset could soon be offered a cervical screening test six weeks after giving birth. Police are asking for help in finding a Yeovil man wanted on recall to prison. The government has given half a million pounds towards planting more trees in Somerset, including 100 new trees in Yeovil...and more
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