A Yeovil children’s nursery has been shut down due to "safeguarding concerns". Police have issued images of two men they want to question in connection with the theft of a quadbike in Yeovil. Plans have been submitted to convert a pub in Chard into a house. Waterlake Road in Tatworth near Chard is closed today and for the next two days for repairs to a domestic water pipe...and more.
A Yeovil children’s nursery has been shut down due to "safeguarding concerns". Following an inspection, Ofsted has suspended Oaklands Day Nursery on Preston Grove with immediate effect. Ofsted has not said why the suspension was imposed.
Police have issued images of two men they want to question in connection with the theft of a quadbike in Yeovil. The green quadbike, with registration LJ16 HLY, was stolen in Preston Road on Saturday, May 21. The images taken from a CCTV camera can be viewed on the Avon and Somerset Police website. If you can help, please call the non-emergency number 101.
Plans have been submitted to convert a pub in Chard into a house. The former Furnham Inn on Furnham Road in Chard closed in 2013. The building’s owners have attempted to sell the pub without success. The planning application argues that the only viable future for the property is to change its use to a house.
Waterlake Road in Tatworth near Chard is closed today and for the next two days for repairs to a domestic water pipe. Traffic is being diverted via Fore Street, Perry Street, Roman Road, and Axminster Road.
Judges for the annual Britain in Bloom awards have been in Yeovil this week. The town's entry has been put together by businesses, schools and community groups. Steve Fox is from Yeovil in Bloom and says a lot of effort has gone into making the town look special.
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.
The parents of a two-week-old baby boy, accused of his murder at Yeovil Hospital, are to stand trial. Protesters have splashed red paint across the front of County Hall in Taunton for a second time. A comedy film about the world of competitive marrow-growing and made in Shepton Mallet has opened in cinemas across the UK...and more.
Work starts today building a new eastbound carriageway as part of dualling the A303 between Sparkford and Podimore. A childhood obesity clinic in Somerset has revealed that it is treating children as young as eight months old. Somerset Wildlife Trust has launched a campaign to recruit an army of young people to act as conservation champions...and more.
A Martock man has been jailed after admitting to shining lasers at aircraft flying over Yeovil. Police are investigating an attempted break-in at the TK Maxx store at Babylon Hill. Nearly four hundred people have put their names forward for redundancy at Somerset Council...and more.
Three local primary schools have been named on a list of England's top five hundred primary schools. A new co-working space for businesswomen has opened in Wincanton. Urgent repairs are being carried out to Ilminster's new public clock after it started showing the wrong time...and more
A new operator has been found to run a Chard care home that has been at risk of closure. A licence has been granted to run a new music festival in West Dorset. People have until midnight tonight to register for a vote in the election for a Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset...and more.
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