A drop-in is being held today in Podimore, offering advice to people affected by last month’s major flood event in South Somerset. People in South Somerset who haven't had their bins collected this week are being asked to be patient. The driver and passenger of a car had a lucky escape when their vehicle crashed two meters down into a garden in Ilminster...and more.
A drop-in is being held today in Podimore, offering advice to people affected by last month’s major flood event in South Somerset. A second drop-in is being held in North Cadbury on Monday. The events are organized by Somerset Council and the Environment Agency. Lead Member for Environment and Climate Change at Somerset Council, Councillor Sarah Dyke, says they’ll be gathering information to find ways of minimizing the impact of future major flood events.
People in South Somerset who haven't had their bins collected this week are being asked to be patient. Somerset Waste Partnership says some collections have been missed due to the bank holiday, to larger than normal amounts of cardboard and garden waste being left for collection, and to vehicles breaking down. SWP says extra crews are out collecting cardboard separately in some areas this week.
The driver and passenger of a car had a lucky escape when their vehicle crashed two meters down into a garden in Ilminster. One of the occupants had to be cut free by the fire service. Both were treated at the scene for shock but otherwise were unhurt.
Thousands of hospital patients in Somerset have been allowed home sooner than planned thanks to the success of a scheme launched three years. The 'Discharge to Assess' scheme is run by health and social care professionals and gives support to people at home after they have left hospital.
Strawberry growers in Somerset say this year’s crop should taste a lot sweeter. Jan Butterley from Nynehead Fruit says due to the cooler weather in early Spring that slowed the ripening process, this year's strawberries have turned out to be bigger and juicier.
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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