Friday 11th Oct

    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. 

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      The Leader of Yeovil Town Council is calling on the public to treat the town centre with more respect. Somerset Waste Partnership is asking householders not put blister packs or, pill packets as they’re called, out for recycling. Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash near Ilminster in which a learner motorcyclist was seriously injured .... and more

    • Thursday 7th November

      Somerset Council says 900 miles of the County’s roads will be gritted on a regular basis this winter. Work will start soon to strengthen Chard Reservoir to protect local communities from flooding. The first advent calendar produced by the charity Mind in Somerset has gone on sale...and more

    • Wednesday 6th November

      St Margaret's Hospice says increased employer’s national insurance contributions will cost them an extra £300,000 a year. A man has been arrested after more than 200 cannabis plants were found in a Yeovil property. Voting will take place on November 21st in the Blackmore Vale to fill a vacant seat on Somerset Council...and more

    • Tuesday 5th November

      The A303 between Ilchester and Sparkford can now be used as a dual carriageway for the first time. People living in rural parts of South Somerset may not get high-speed broadband until 2027. Plans have been submitted to build 150 new homes on the site of the former Horlicks Factory in Ilminster...and more

    • Monday 4th November

      Farmers in Somerset are warning of increased food prices and farmers going out of business as a result of last week’s budget. Police have released pictures of items stolen in a raid on Montacute House. A Somerset man has completed the 630-mile-long South West Coast Path, raising money for the RNLI...and more.

    • Friday 1st November

      Somerset Council is looking at new ways to ease traffic congestion on the A358 between Ilminster and Taunton. Bridgwater and Taunton College and Strode College in Street have announced plans to merge. The Westland Entertainment venue in Yeovil is selling tickets at £3 to make its shows more affordable for low-income families...and more

    • Thursday 31st October

      Yeovil MP Adam Dance is raising new questions about closing the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset Council Leader Bill Revans says yesterday's Budget failed to address local government's financial challenges. Chard High Street will be closed to traffic this evening for a trick-and-treat event to be held...and more

    • Wednesday 30th October

      Somerset Council is facing a seven-and-a-half million-pound overspend on providing children’s services. The South West has one of the highest rates of underage smokers in England. A helicopter from RNAS Yeovilton has gone on permanent display at Portland Marina....and more.

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