An investigation is underway following an incident involving a firearm in Yeovil. Yeovil Town Council has written to adjoining parish and town councils asking for a financial contribution towards re-opening the Octagon theatre. Two Somerset beauty spots have been recognised with a top award... and more
An investigation is underway following an incident involving a firearm in Yeovil. It happened on the Lufton Trading Estate at around 12.45pm Wednesday lunchtime when a shot was fired from a moving car. No one was hurt. A car believed to be have used in the incident, a red 4X4, has since been located and seized. If you have information that may help the police, you’re asked to please call the non-emergency number 101.
Yeovil Town Council has written to adjoining parish and town councils asking for a financial contribution towards re-opening the Octagon theatre. At a meeting this week, the Council voted to press ahead with taking out a loan of £3.3 million to pay towards a £15 million pound refurbishment of the Octagon with people in Yeovil parish paying extra in council tax to cover the costs of the loan. Now, the Town Council is hoping nearby town and parishes will make a financial contribution to lessen the amount Yeovil parish residents will be charged.
Two Somerset beauty spots have been recognised with a top award. Ham Hill and Chard Reservoir have both received Green Flag Awards, an international quality mark for well-managed parks and green spaces. Both sites are managed by Somerset Council.
The Liberation Brewing Company in Jersey is relocating the business to Somerset. Butcombe Brewery, the owners of the Liberation Brewing Company, says the move is being made to safe on costs. The Liberation Brewing Company has been in Jersey for nearly a 150-years.
A road in the parish of Wambrook near Chard will close for two days next week. Shaggs Flood Lane will be shut to all traffic from the junction with Linnington Lane to the junction with Castle Wood Lane from 9.30am to 3.30pm on Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10. It’s to allow for Openreach to replace a telegraph pole.
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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