People in Somerset who are yet to receive their £150 council tax rebate are being urged to apply for it. Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Shelford has launched a new survey to find out how people perceive knife crime. Yeovil Town Council has made a £5,000 donation to support the Ukrainian refugees living in Somerset and The look of Chard town centre is set to change in the coming months with a contractor appointed to undertake public realm improvement works.
People in Somerset who are yet to receive their £150 council tax rebate are being urged to apply for it. The money is being given to eligible households to help towards paying energy bills. Customers who pay by direct debit should have received the £150 but those who don’t pay by direct debit might not have been paid and need to make a claim.
Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Shelford has launched a new survey to find out how people perceive knife crime. The survey is open to all ages but young people aged between 12 and 25, in particular, are being encouraged to take part. The results will be used for a report on new ways to tackle knife crime. The survey is available online for 12 weeks on the Avon and Somerset crime commissioners' website.
Yeovil Town Council has made a £5,000 donation to support the Ukrainian refugees living in Somerset. The money will be used to support the ongoing work at the Somerset Supports Ukraine charity helping displaced Ukrainians.
The look of Chard town centre is set to change in the coming months with a contractor appointed to undertake public realm improvement works. Alun Griffiths Ltd has been appointed as the contractor to deliver the improvements in Fore Street, Holyrood Street, Boden Street and the Eastern Gateway. The work forms part of the High Street Heritage Action Zone programme in Chard that will see more than £2 million invested in the town centre.
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
EDF has completed another milestone in constructing the new 'Hinkley C' nuclear power plant near Bridgwater. The Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire opens today with helicopters built in Yeovil on display. A road leading to Chard reservoir, shut two months ago for strengthening work to a dam wall, has re-opened...and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he has serious concerns about plans that could see the closure of inpatient beds at Crewkerne Community Hospital. Ilminster residents are being asked to vote in a referendum on adopting a new neighbourhood plan for the town. An event in which people take part in a race against horses is returning to Somerset later this year...and more
A children’s play area in Ilminster has been closed on safety grounds after badger setts were found on the land. Somerset Council sold off £90m of property assets last year to help fight off bankruptcy. Crewkerne Community Hospital could be turned into a neighbourhood health centre...and more.
The fire service has blamed a discarded portable barbecue for starting a blaze at Ham Hill Country Park. A care home for people with autism and complex needs in Crewkerne has been rated 'good'. A seven-year-old Yeovil boy has set a new world record for completing the most number of consecutive sit-ups for his age group...and more
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