Police have appealed for help in tracing three people in connection with a burglary in Martock. A judge has ordered the arrest of a pensioner in Chard who failed to turn up at court after being found guilty of raping a child. Rising energy costs are being blamed for pushing people into fuel poverty, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau in South Somerset. An aerospace graduate in Yeovil has launched a networking platform to encourage more women into the sector.
Police have appealed for help in tracing three people in connection with a burglary in Martock. Cash was stolen in the raid at a house in Coat Road, Martock, last Friday, July 2nd. Anyone who saw two men wearing baseball caps, a woman carrying a handbag and each dressed in black, getting into a vehicle in Coat Road, close to the industrial estate at around 9.30 am last Friday, are asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
A judge has ordered the arrest of a pensioner in Chard who failed to turn up at court after being found guilty of raping a child. Owen Goff of Jubilee Close in Chard was convicted of a series of historic sexual offences at Exeter Crown Court last month and was due to return to the Court yesterday for sentencing. Judge Timothy Rose said it would not be appropriate to sentence Goff in his absence and issued a warrant for his immediate arrest.
Rising energy costs is being blamed for pushing people into fuel poverty, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau in South Somerset. The energy price cap went up in April by nearly the same amount that it was reduced a year ago. OFGEM says it was necessary to meet increases in the costs of production. The CEO of the local CAB, Angela Kerr, says the poorest families are being hit the hardest.
An aerospace graduate in Yeovil has launched a networking platform to encourage more women into the sector. Olivia Gribler, who works for Leonardo in Yeovil, has formed ‘Aero Women 21’ in the hope of persuading more younger women to take up careers in aerospace. She claims the sector is dominated by men and wants to change this.
Labour’s Clare Moody is the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. Somerset Council is looking to buy the Glovers Walk Shopping Centre in Yeovil, including Yeovil Bus Station. One of the biggest events in Yeovil’s outdoor calendar, the Abbey Hill Steam Rally, starts today...and more.
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.
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