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.
SUEZ, the company that collects all of Somerset’s waste, is warning it may cease operations unless it is paid more for its services. SUEZ was awarded a 6-year contract worth £24 million a year by Somerset Council in 2020 to collect all kerbside waste, recycled waste, and garden waste but says the contract is no longer viable. It's asking Somerset Council to pay millions more to keep the contract going. Somerset Council is now negotiating a new deal with SUEZ to stop it exiting the contract.
Agratas, the company building the four-billion-pound car battery factory at Puriton near Bridgwater, says it aims to have the plant ready for use by 2026. The factory on the Gravity site, between Puriton and Woolavington, will create four thousand new jobs.
Twenty-thousand pounds of taxpayers' money must be spent cleaning red paint off County Hall in Taunton. The front of the building was splashed with red paint in a protest against Somerset Council providing office space to a defence company with alleged links to Israel. The company has denied the allegation.
An occupational therapist at Yeovil Hospital has won an award for her smart appearance at work. Emily Alden has been given a Uniform Hero Award after entering a photo of herself in her white tunic and green trousers to a competition held as part of International Uniform Day.
Chard Cricket Club has reduced its carbon footprint by installing solar panels on the clubhouse roof. The installation of the solar panels has been paid for with a grant from the English Cricket Board.
A father has been found guilty of murdering his two-week-old son at Yeovil Hospital. From Monday, no trains will be stopping at Crewkerne until further notice. Experts say the dry weather has created ideal conditions for wasps to multiply in significant numbers across Somerset. A rare railway carriage from the 1880s, believed to have been built in Somerset, is being given a new lease of life...and more.
Tourism leaders in Somerset are hoping to reverse last year’s downturn in visitor numbers now that the six-week-long school summer holiday is underway. A Chard woman who was driving a van without insurance that crashed has been given a 16-month driving ban. A Somerset hedgehog rescue centre says a lack of rain and hard ground conditions are making it difficult for hedgehogs to survive this summer...and more.
Somerset Council is planning to open twelve new Special Educational Needs units in mainstream schools. Yeovil Hospital is participating in a trial that could revolutionise the treatment of sepsis within the NHS. A 55-acre site in Chard, with plans approved to build 295 homes and a new football ground, has been put up for sale...and more
Somerset Community Foundation has launched a "Together for West Somerset Appeal" to help families affected by last Thursday's school coach crash on Exmoor. People in Somerset are being encouraged to improve their recycling of food waste. Free family cooking sessions are being held in Chard. A new children’s soft play area is soon to open in Yeovil...and more
A GoFundMe page set up to support families of last week’s Exmoor bus crash, in which a 10-year-old boy died, has raised over forty thousand pounds. A local councillor is calling for the introduction of speed cameras on the A30, from Yeovil to Sherborne. A group from a school in Ilchester have hiked 26 miles across the Jurassic Coast to fundraise in memory of a school colleague...and more
EDF has completed another milestone in constructing the new 'Hinkley C' nuclear power plant near Bridgwater. The Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire opens today with helicopters built in Yeovil on display. A road leading to Chard reservoir, shut two months ago for strengthening work to a dam wall, has re-opened...and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he has serious concerns about plans that could see the closure of inpatient beds at Crewkerne Community Hospital. Ilminster residents are being asked to vote in a referendum on adopting a new neighbourhood plan for the town. An event in which people take part in a race against horses is returning to Somerset later this year...and more
A children’s play area in Ilminster has been closed on safety grounds after badger setts were found on the land. Somerset Council sold off £90m of property assets last year to help fight off bankruptcy. Crewkerne Community Hospital could be turned into a neighbourhood health centre...and more.
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