The go-ahead has been given to build one hundred new homes in South Chard, despite strong local objections. Sheep farmers in Somerset are calling for better protection against a virus that’s affecting newborn lambs. A Sparkford man is running three marathons in consecutive days in his bare feet raising money for a local school.... and more.
The go-ahead has been given to build one hundred new homes in South Chard, despite strong local objections. The decision by a Planning Inspector overrides local concerns and rules out Somerset Council’s decision to reject the application. The houses will be built by the Bath-based developers, The Crossman Group, on land between Perry Street and Factory Lane in South Chard.
Sheep farmers across Somerset are calling for better protection against a virus affecting newborn lambs. Cases of the Schmallenberg disease have risen this year throughout the South West. The virus, transmitted by midge bites, causes lambs to be deformed or stillborn.
There’s a warning about a new Facebook scam. This latest one takes the form of fake fetes and events being announced at local venues, encouraging people to pay for pitch fees despite no event having been booked.
A local man has embarked on running three marathons on consecutive days in his bare feet, raising money for his local school. Matteo Grasso is taking on a seventy-nine-mile route along the Jurassic Coast, fundraising to create a kitchen garden at Hazlegrove Prep School in Sparkford.
A Yeovil cricket coach has been recognised at the Lord’s Taverners Sport Gives Back Awards. Connor Hyde, a former pupil at Fairmead School in Yeovil was presented with an ‘Inspire Award’ for helping to deliver a walking cricket project with the Somerset Cricket Foundation.
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, near Yeovil. 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
Yeovil Town FC have sent a strongly worded letter to the Football Association asking for plans to end FA Cup replays to be dropped. A Somerset woman who's spent the last 32 years living with Hepatitis C, says better support is needed for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal. A new school of musical theatre has opened in Chard...and more.
Two teenage boys have admitted animal cruelty after filming themselves throwing a lamb down a stone staircase at Montacute. Somerset Council could lose around £5 million by selling the Marks and Spencer building in Yeovil. Chard, Wincanton, Castle Cary and Ansford are on a list of fifteen places in Somerset where new 20 mph speed limits could soon be introduced...and more.
The parents of a two-week-old baby boy, accused of his murder at Yeovil Hospital, are to stand trial. Protesters have splashed red paint across the front of County Hall in Taunton for a second time. A comedy film about the world of competitive marrow-growing and made in Shepton Mallet has opened in cinemas across the UK...and more.
Work starts today building a new eastbound carriageway as part of dualling the A303 between Sparkford and Podimore. A childhood obesity clinic in Somerset has revealed that it is treating children as young as eight months old. Somerset Wildlife Trust has launched a campaign to recruit an army of young people to act as conservation champions...and more.
A Martock man has been jailed after admitting to shining lasers at aircraft flying over Yeovil. Police are investigating an attempted break-in at the TK Maxx store at Babylon Hill. Nearly four hundred people have put their names forward for redundancy at Somerset Council...and more.
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