Tourism businesses in South Somerset say they're ready to re-open safely to visitors. A Yeovil man, accused of rape and sexual activity with a child, has been jailed for eight years and nine months. Somerset County Council is being asked to remove the new speed bumps on St Michael’s Avenue in Yeovil.
Tourism businesses in South Somerset say they're ready to re-open safely to visitors as soon as restrictions allow. The Prime Minister has announced that self-catering accommodation can open from the 12th of April, while hotels and bed and breakfast accommodations remain closed until the 17th of May. It means all sectors will miss the Easter weekend. Mark Edwards from Langport, who has holiday lets across the Westcountry, says the days the government have chosen are unhelpful.
A Yeovil man, accused of rape and sexual activity with a child, has been jailed for eight years and nine months after pleading guilty to the charges against him. Bristol Crown Court was told that Alan Barney of Roseberry Avenue in Yeovil abused the girl when she was thirteen and that a month earlier, he had forced himself on a woman. Both incidents were said to have happened in the Bristol area.
Somerset County Council is being asked to remove the new speed bumps on St Michael’s Avenue in Yeovil. Local residents claim the traffic calming measures are not working. They say the bumps are too shallow to slow speeding traffic. Somerset County Council says the original speed bumps were in a state of disrepair and needed replacing and that it’s too early to fully gauge the effectiveness of the new measures.
Somerset Council has decided against selling the former Wilko store in Lower Middle Street in Yeovil. There’s a treat for snooker fans with Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor coming to Yeovil. An Air Engineering Commander at RNAS Yeovilton is taking on the Jurassic Coast 100km Ultra Challenge for charity...and more
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
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