Plans have been turned down to build 130 new homes in Henstridge. Projects that help tackle crime and antisocial behaviour in Somerset are now eligible for new funding. A Somerton woman has been fined for speeding on the M5. The Bishop's Palace in Wells has set up a 'Swan Cam' after one of its swans laid eggs. Young people in Castle Cary have been testing their skills in a bid to become skateboarding champions...and more.
Plans have been turned down to build 130 new homes in Henstridge. South Somerset District Council’s Area East Committee rejected the application from Barratt David Wilson Homes to develop land next to the A357 Stalbridge Road on the grounds of inadequate parking.
Projects that help tackle crime and antisocial behaviour in Somerset are now eligible for new funding. The Avon and Somerset Police Crime Commissioner has made £60,000 available to local groups to help tackle crime. Details can be found on the Somerset Community Foundation's website.
A Somerton woman has been fined for speeding on the M5. Antonia Baxter of Cherry Close was caught driving at 92 mph. She was fined £80 and had 4 penalty points added to her licence.
The Bishop's Palace in Wells has set up a 'Swan Cam' after one of its swans laid eggs. Grace, as she’s called, can be seen with her partner Gabriel in the family on the Bishop's Palace website.
Young people in Castle Cary have been testing their skills in a bid to become skateboarding champions. Free coaching sessions were held at the town’s skatepark at the weekend for the new hopeful. 11-year-old Lottie said she started skating after watching teenager Sky Brown win a Bronze medal at the Olympics.
Yeovil-based army veteran Jules Allen is celebrating after winning silver at the Invictus Games. Jules was competing for the UK in the wheelchair rugby and lost in the final to the USA.
Photo: Jules Allen from Yeovil who won silver for Team UK in the wheelchair rugby at the Invictus Games
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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