News & Sport

The go ahead’s been given for Numatic International in Chard – makes of the Henry vacuum cleaner – to expand the business. Police are appealing for witnesses to a road accident near Castle Cary in which a woman died. Plans have been submitted to change the use of a former pub in Hardington Mandeville. A local man, injured in a fall in Chard, has publicly thanked people who came to his rescue...and more.

A report by the Federation of Small Business in Somerset says half its members are struggling because they're not being paid on time. A special meeting of Chard Town Council is to be held to consider making public a report into allegations of bullying at the Council. Plans have been approved for a new fitness and wellbeing centre in Bruton. Last year’s Christmas panto at the Octagon in Yeovil has been nominated for four national awards...and more.

More than thirteen thousand crimes, including violent and sexual offences, went unrecorded across the Avon and Somerset Police force area last year. A Yeovil man has pleaded guilty to killing a woman pedestrian and injuring two others after crashing a stolen car at Mosterton. A house on Stiby Road in Yeovil has been damaged by fire. A road sign in Yeovil with the name Sherborne wrongly spelt with a U is to be quickly replaced...and more.

Reckleford in Yeovil is to partially close for further two weeks next month. Three of our local railway stations are to be equipped with defibrillators. A new 30 miles-per-hour speed limit has been introduced at Kingstone near Ilminster. A Long Load man has appeared in court charged with assault and plans to build fifteen houses in Ilton look set to go ahead.

Police investigating the attempted abduction of an eight-year-old boy in Yeovil have issued an E-fit of a man they want to trace. Four households in Ilminster have won a share of a £120,000 win in the Postcode lottery. Avon and Somerset Police say a decision is likely before the end of the month regarding the future of Yeovil Police Station. A Chief Petty Officer at RNAS Yeovilton is embarking on a 900-mile bike ride from Lands End to John O’Groats to raise funds for Yeovil Hospital...and more.

New road signs are being put up to advertise Yeovil as the “home of British helicopters”. Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard is closing for two weeks from next week for improvement works. A man’s been jailed after admitting to a number of shoplifting offences in Yeovil. National Highways will discuss the dualling of the A303 between Sparkford and Ilchester at a series of open events later this month...and more.

Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh has met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to promote the case for Leonardo in Yeovil to be awarded a contract to build a new medium-lift helicopter for the British armed forces. Avon and Somerset Police need more volunteer police officers. The Yeovil-based charity ‘School in a Bag’ has provided over one thousand packs of aid to children affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria...and more.

New help is being offered to people in Yeovil and South Somerset who smoke to get them to quit. Over four hundred thousand pounds is being spent making Somerset's roads more cyclist and pedestrian friendly. ‘Visit Somerset’ is calling on the government to speed up investment in providing vehicle electric charging points. New road signs are to be put up to welcome people into Somerset...and more.

Take part in a Charity Sky Dive Day on behalf of St Margaret's Hospice Care in Somerset.

Monday 20th to Sunday 26th March 2023

More than 180 wonderful supporters from businesses across Somerset enjoyed an evening of glitz and glamour raising vital funds for St Margaret’s Hospice Care.

With winter now well upon us, car owners are being asked, before they get behind the wheel, to lookout for a cat sheltering under their vehicle.

New recycling regulations for businesses in Somerset have come into force.

Health and care organisations in Somerset are working together to raise awareness of the benefits of patients recovering at home as soon as they’re well enough to leave hospital. 

Bus passengers can now travel on most routes in Somerset for just £2.

Somerset’s new unitary council is planning to spend more than £258m on major infrastructure projects in its first year of operation.

Malachi Linton’s late strike secured a valuable point for Yeovil Town against FC Halifax Town.

Jamie Reckord’s goal was not enough for Yeovil Town as the Glovers slipped to a 2-1 defeat against Barnet.

Yeovil Town picked up an important point at the Technique Stadium with a trademark away performance against a high-flying Chesterfield side.

Matt Worthington was the difference as Yeovil Town returned to winning ways against Eastleigh at Huish Park.

Yeovil Town fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Darren Sarll’s Woking at Huish Park.

Yeovil Town fell to a third successive defeat with a 2-1 loss against York City.

The scoreline didn’t tell the whole story as Yeovil Town fell to a heavy defeat against Notts County.

Yeovil Town earned their first away victory of the season with a 2-0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge.