Plans have been submitted to convert a Yeovil pub into a school for children with special needs. Members of Ilminster Town Council have voted against buying the Council's former office premises on North Street. Work has been completed updating the sewerage system in Wincanton at a cost of £150,000...and more.
Plans have been submitted to convert a Yeovil pub into a school for children with special needs. Education provider, Five Rivers Child Care Ltd is asking for a ‘change of use’ on The Great Lyde Pub on the corner of Cavalier Way and Lyde Road. Somerset Council is due to make a decision on the application early in the New Year.
Work has been completed updating the sewerage system in Wincanton at a cost of £150,000. To keep disruption to a minimum and save money, Wessex Water used robots to reline the existing network of underground pipes in Church Street, North Street and Waterside Road.
Members of Ilminster Town Council have voted against buying its former office premises on North Street. The Council, who moved to new offices in the Old Magistrates Court in East Street 18 months ago, decided not to go ahead with a purchase due to the poor state of repair of the North Street building.
A stretch of the A303 on the Devon-Somerset border had to be shut in both directions yesterday after the road became blocked by fallen power cables. The incident, which led to long delays, happened at the turn-off to Chard at Upottery.
Repairs to St Peter's Church in Hornblotton, near Shepton Mallet, have been completed. Historic England gave £52,850 towards the project after the church's internal decorations were put at risk by a leaking roof.
A new play park is soon to open in Ilminster. The Winterhay Play Park has been funded through a new housing development on Whaites Drive.
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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