Radio Ninesprings

The government is facing increasing pressure to clarify whether it will order new medium-lift helicopters from Leonardo in Yeovil. Somerset Council is spending £5 million on new laptops. A new singing group is being set up in Yeovil for people living with dementia...and more

The go-ahead has been given to build 200 new homes at Ilchester. Taunton Town Council is increasing its share of the Council Tax by 3 per cent a year. Somerset is featured in a new Agatha Christie drama being shown on Netflix from this week...and more

The company behind a proposed tidal lagoon between Watchet and Minehead says it could create up to eight thousand jobs. A third councillor on Somerset Council has joined Reform UK. St Margaret's Hospice says this year’s Christmas tree collection scheme raised forty-seven thousand pounds...and more.

Monday 19th to Sunday 25th January 2026

NHS Somerset says major changes to the delivery of stroke services at Yeovil Hospital will take effect in the Spring of this year.

Somerset Council says it won’t submit any further views on plans to redraw the county’s electoral boundaries, describing the process as “laborious, brutal and challenging”.

Thousands of homes across Somerset are set to benefit from improved flood protection, after major upgrades to three key reservoirs on the Levels and Moors.