Motorists in Chard are facing weeks of further travel disruption due to a delay in repairing a gas main.
A teenager has been arrested in Ilminster on suspicion of possessing a knife. A fire that destroyed a tractor at Galhampton is being treated as accidental...and more.
Motorists in Chard are facing weeks of further travel disruption due to a delay in repairing a gas main and laying a new sewage pipe. A stretch of the A358, Furnham Road, which closed in January and was due to reopen this month, will now not reopen until October.
A teenager has been arrested in Ilminster on suspicion of possessing a knife and allegedly biting a police officer. The teenager was detained after being stopped and searched by Police at a fun fair held at Ilminster Recreation Ground.
A fire that destroyed a tractor at Galhampton is being treated as accidental. Crews from Wincanton, Castle Cary and Yeovil attended the blaze that broke out in the engine compartment of the tractor.
A South Petherton man has taken over running the village fruit and veg shop where he worked as a delivery boy 40 years ago. Alan Sheppard bought the business after returning to South Petherton from living in South Africa.
An 11-year-old girl from Ilchester has launched a business while out of school. Freyiah Haigh, who is autistic and has functional neurological disorder, was out of education for nearly 10 weeks after moving to Somerset with her military family. Despite her challenges, she has started a business making jewellery, keyrings, pens, and bookmarks. Her creations, under the name Fi’s Bead Creations, are being sold in Scotland and Shropshire.
People across Somerset are being encouraged to record local wildlife as part of 'The Big Count' project, monitoring changes in the diversity and abundance of wildlife in the County. A further £1 million is being spent improving flood defences in Somerset. A Yeovil care worker has been honoured for her work at a ceremony in London...and more
The new owner of Yeovil Town says he’s in talks with Somerset Council about buying back Huish Park. Water levels at some of Somerset’s reservoirs are below what they should be for this time of year. A Chard woman has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours... and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic
because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
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