Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh is fighting to be re-selected as the Conservative candidate for the Yeovil constituency at the next general election. A Yeovil taxi operator is questioning the decision to close three roads in Yeovil town centre until the end of the year. Work to refurbish Ilminster’s public tennis courts is due to start early next month. Two roads in Chard will be closed to traffic for work on a sewer system later this month.....and more.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh is fighting to be re-selected as the Conservative candidate for the Yeovil constituency at the next general election. Senior Conservatives in Yeovil voted in favour of him standing again earlier in the year but due to boundary changes in the Yeovil constituency, their decision has been ruled as invalid. Now, Mr Fysh has been forced to ask all party members living within the new constituency boundary to vote on his future.
A Yeovil taxi operator is questioning the decision to close three roads in Yeovil town centre until the end of the year. The High Street, Hendford and the Borough will be closed to vehicles for eight months from April 18th for work to lay new pavements slabs as part of the Yeovil Refresh project. Justine Rossiter from Yeovil Radio Cabs wonders why the town is so often subjected to multiple road closures.
Work to refurbish Ilminster’s public tennis courts is due to start early next month. The Lawn Tennis Association has given the Town Council a grant to carry out the refresh that is due to be completed by mid-June.
Two roads in Chard will be closed to traffic for work on a sewer system later this month. Glynswood and Furnham Road will be shut for three weeks from Monday, April 17th, with diversions operating along Crimchard, Helliers Road, and Fore Street.
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
Somerton and Glastonbury MP, Sarah Dyke, says the government needs to get an urgent grip on the worsening dentistry situation in her constituency. Bridgwater Town Council has criticised plans by the Somerset Council to charge for Sunday parking. Somerset Council’s Libraries service has launched its Winter Coat Exchange scheme for a third year...and more
A new £7 million primary school and nursery is to be built in the grounds of Holyrood Academy in Chard. A public consultation has opened into plans to merge the parishes of Ansford and Castle Cary. The nomination papers that paved the way for Margaret Thatcher to become Britain's first female Prime Minister have been uncovered in a Somerset garage...and more
Two mothers in Chard are calling on carnival organisers to make carnivals more accessible to children with special educational needs. 4,000 people have been put on a waiting list at a new NHS dental practice in Somerset. Channel 4’s ‘Love It or List It’ is looking to feature properties in Somerset in a new series... and more
The maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital is to reopen within the next six months. There’s been a further delay to reopening Yeovil’s Octagon theatre. No CrossCountry trains will run through Somerset this weekend due to planned industrial action by the RMT union...and more.
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