Police are appealing for witnesses to a hit-and-run accident in Yeovil. Somerset Council says it's monitoring the weather closely following a Yellow Warning of snow across the County. A public inquiry is to decide the future of a Somerset shopping centre. Plans to build 30 new homes in Keinton Mandeville have been turned down.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a hit-and-run accident in Yeovil that happened on New Year's Eve. A dark blue car collided with a woman in Christopher Close before driving off along Preston Road towards Larkhill Road. The woman had to be treated in hospital. Anyone who saw what happened or has dash cam footage is asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
Somerset Council says it is monitoring the weather closely following a Yellow Weather Warning issued by the Met Office for the County today. Snow, sleet and heavy rain is forecast for most parts of Somerset, with the Mendips expected to be the hardest hit.
A hospice in Somerset says it’s facing a critical shortfall in funds. Dorothy House blames higher National Insurance payments, and increases in the minimum wage, for it struggling financially.
A 41-year-old man from Street has been charged with breaching a Stalking Protection Order. Simon Williams, of Strode Road, was arrested by the Street and Glastonbury Neighbourhood Policing Team and is due to appear at Taunton Magistrates’ Court later this month.
A public inquiry is to be held to decide the future of a Somerset shopping centre. Churchill Retirement Living want to demolish the Crispin Shopping Centre in Street and build a retirement complex in its place. Somerset Council is against the proposal. The Council’s refusal to grant planning permission will be the subject of an appeal hearing, starting on April 23rd.
Plans to build 30 new homes in Keinton Mandeville have been turned down. Developers, Galion Homes, want to build homes to the north of Church Street but Somerset Council’s Planning Committee South rejected the application giving their reasons as concerns about over-development, road safety and the loss of green space in the heart of the village.
Bruton Primary School is the latest to have a barrier installed outside the school to stop parents parking when dropping off and picking up children. A man has appeared in court charged with being drunk and disorderly at Yeovil Hospital. A veteran of World War Two in Castle Cary has been awarded France’s highest military and civil distinction...and more
A Chard woman has appeared in court after driving her car towards a crowd of people who, she claimed, were causing a disturbance. Crewkerne residents will soon be provided with a new banking hub. Work has started removing 14 trees along the embankment of Chard Reservoir...and more
A Yeovil man has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in sexual communication with a child. A Community Fridge in Shepton Mallet says it saved ten tonnes of unwanted food from going to landfill in the run-up to Christmas. Somerset Council has started collecting empty toothpaste tubes for recycling at the kerbside for the first time...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses after two people died in a car crash near Shepton Mallet. A new passing loop could be introduced on the rail line between Castle Cary and Yeovil Pen Mill stations. St Margaret’s Hospice has thanked the public for making this year’s Christmas Tree Recycling project their most successful ever...and more
Plans to build forty-six new homes in Castle Cary have been rejected for a third time. Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he has no plans to step down from his dual role as a member of Somerset Council. Rug Ratz in Yeovil is closing permanently today, leaving the town without a children's soft play space...and more.
Yeovil Hospital has declared a critical incident due to a sharp rise in flu admissions putting pressure on bed spaces. Yeovil MP, Adam Dance, joined campaigners and colleagues in Downing Street this week to hand in a petition calling for action to tackle the shortage of NHS dentists. Yeovil's Marlie Packer has been replaced as England's Red Roses captain for 2025 season... and more
Police say three children, missing from their home in Essex, have been found safe and well in Wincanton. Yeovil Hospital is asking visitors to A&E to wear facemasks to help avoid the spread of infection. Long traffic queues can be expected in Chard over the next nine months. A new arts and music performance space has opened in Crewkerne...and more.
Firefighters have used a boat to rescue a man trapped in a submerged van in floodwaters at Isle Abbots. Businesses in Somerset say there was a return to High Street buying over Christmas. The search is on locally for places where new homes and business premises could be built. Astro-tourism took off in Somerset last year, with hundreds coming to the County to view the Northern Lights...and more.
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