Work is to start next year on re-opening Yeovil Police station. 60 jobs could be created in Crewkerne if plans for a new care home are approved. A coffee morning in Chard has raised £400 for a cancer charity... and more.
Yeovil Police station, closed now for 5 years, will reopen within the next two years, but without a new custody suite. The promise was made by Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Clare Moody speaking at a public meeting in the town. The PCC said they would start refurbishing Yeovil Police station next year, but didn't have the money to reinstate a custody suite. .
Up to 60 jobs could be created in Crewkerne if plans for a new care home are approved. LNT Care Developments Ltd want to build the care home on Blacknell Lane, between the National Grid sub-station and the Merriott Plastics industrial unit. It would form part of the Taylor Wimpey Wool Gardens Development that will eventually deliver 635 new homes. A planning application has been submitted to Somerset Council with a decision expected by Spring of next year.
Bristol Airport has been told that it needs to make sure it's parking system is fair. It follows an incident in which a woman motorist was fined £100 for driving for 56 seconds the wrong way down a one-way road. Lorna Howarth says she was confused while looking for a car park to pick-up a friend. The fine has now been lifted but legal expert Gary Rycroft says her driving error should not have led to such a large fine.
A coffee morning in Chard has been held to raise money for a cancer charity. The event at The Good Shepherd in Furnham raised £416 with all the proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Care.
There’s been a call for the Somerset Levels to be designated a National Landscape. A Yeovil man has raised £2,000 for a new school minibus at Fairmead School in Yeovil by running the London Marathon. Exmoor Ales, which provides cask ales across the region and beyond, is closing its Somerset brewery and moving the business to Surrey...and more.
The long-awaited refurbishment of Yeovil police station is finally to get underway this summer. Plans have been approved to build 185 new homes off Bunford Lane in Yeovil. Police have arrested three men in Yeovil for being involved in the supply of Class A drugs. A Somerset jockey has been named Champion Conditional Jockey of 2025...and more.
New figures have shown that registering as a new patient with an NHS dentist in Somerset is still just as difficult as it was six months ago. The go-ahead has been given to build 160 new houses on Station Road in Castle Cary. A sailor from South Petherton has been chosen to lead a team in the round-the-world Clipper Race...and more.
Somerset Council is being criticised for taking too long to re-open Yeovil's Octagon Theatre. The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on Chard Town Council by one vote. Dates have been announced for this year’s illuminated carnival processions in South Somerset...and more.
Police are investigating the theft of a motorbike in Ilminster. Tributes have been paid to the former Yeovil Town player-manager, Cecil Irwin, who has died aged 83. Town criers from across the South West will be in Yeovil tomorrow competing for the loudest voice in the Yeovil Town Crier Competition 2025...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a child was struck by a car in Yeovil. This week, a planning inquiry is being held into plans to turn a Somerset shopping centre into a retirement complex. A Somerset woman is planning to walk the 70-miles of Hadrian's Wall to mark her 90th birthday...and more.
Tourism bosses in Somerset say they feel confident the County will have a good summer for visitors this year. A group representing care providers in Somerset is warning that some residential homes are at risk of going out of business due to rising costs. A Somerset animal charity has taken into care, three orphaned badger cubs...and more.
The Care Quality Commission has given two GP practices in Yeovil a 'good' overall rating. According to insurers, AXA, thefts at commercial premises in Somerset are on the rise. Bus users in Somerset could see changes to the frequency of services when the new West of England mayor takes office. Martock is to host its first Pride event in June...and more.
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