Drivers will face a twenty-mile diversion when a road in South Somerset closes for repairs later this month. A Chard man has been given a community order with eighty hours of unpaid work for committing an assault. Plans have been submitted to build two self-build houses near Langport. The outdoor swimming pool in Street will reopen this summer for the first time in two years. Events are being held in Wincanton this week to mark International Women's Day...and more.
Drivers will face a twenty-mile diversion when a road in South Somerset closes for repairs later this month. A one-and-a-half-mile stretch of Blackdown Hill Road at West Buckland will be shut for five days from Monday, 21st March for resurfacing.
A Chard man has been given a community order with eighty hours of unpaid work for committing an assault. Haydn Parsons of Dwelly Close in Chard was appearing before local magistrates where he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Plans have been submitted to build two self-build houses near Langport. If approved, the dwellings would be built on land north of Breach Furlong Lane at High Ham.
The outdoor swimming pool in Street will reopen this summer for the first time in two years. ‘Greenbank’ was closed during the pandemic due to it being too expensive to run. A grant of thirty-thousand pounds has now been given by Street Parish Council to enable the pool to be reopened.
Dawes Twineworks in West Coker near Yeovil is bringing back a big name to the area. ‘Coker Canvas’, was a world-renowned material in sailing and unique to the village for centuries up to its disappearance in the late 19th century. Now, with the help of Ilminster-based international dress designer, Alice Temperley, ‘Coker Canvas’ is set to be revived for making bags and other fashion items.
Events are being held in Wincanton this week to mark International Women's Day and celebrate and inspire young women. Event organiser, Lynne Franks, who runs the Seed Store in the High Street in Wincanton is hoping that young women from all around the Wincanton area will take part.
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
Work continues to clean up from the floods in Chard, Ilminster, Somerton, South Petherton, and parts of Yeovil. A man who threatened to kill a support worker at the mental health unit in Yeovil has been sentenced to a community order. A competition that gives new musicians the chance to play at this year's Glastonbury festival has opened for entries...and more
A major incident has been declared by Somerset Council to ensure a multi-agency response to the flash flooding that's affected Chard, Crewkerne, Ilminster, South Petherton and parts of Yeovil. Police believe a 4x4 pick-up truck, found submerged in the River Yeo at Yeovilton at the weekend, may have been stolen. An appeal to raise £2 million to restore the Grand Organ at Wells Cathedral has raised over £1 million in less than 18 months...and more
Plans have been submitted to build a David Lloyd Health and Fitness Club in Yeovil. Carers in Somerset say spending cuts to mental health support services will be hugely damaging. People with memories of Somerset women's cricket side are being asked to take part in a project to preserve its history. Two of our local restaurants have been listed in the top 100 restaurants in the UK...and more
Yeovil Town Council has defended its decision to increase its share of the Council Tax by an average of £80. A man who drove an e-scooter in Yeovil while disqualified from driving has been jailed for six weeks. According to new data, the Yeovil driving test centre is the 12th easiest in the UK to pass a driving test...and more
Somerset Council is to pay for fifty-bed spaces in nursing homes so that patients can be discharged from hospital quicker. Yeovil MP, Adam Dance, is calling for improved disabled access at Pen Mill and Yeovil Junction railway stations. Crewkerne could soon get a new farm shop...and more.
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