Town and parish councils have stepped in with financial support to stop the shutdown of CCTV in Somerset. A Langport woman says she may have to give up her job if a plan to cut the 54 bus service between Yeovil and Taunton goes ahead. West Chinnock Primary School remains closed again today following a flood....and more.
Town and parish councils have stepped in with financial support to stop the shutdown of CCTV in Somerset. The service has been at risk due to Somerset Council withdrawing its funding for the network. Meanwhile, Ilminster Town Council is putting up its share of the Council Tax by around £60 from April.
A Langport woman says she may have to give up her job if a plan to cut the 54 bus service between Yeovil and Taunton goes ahead. The service is one of several routes currently at risk due to spending cuts at Somerset Council. Margeret Gamble says if the 54 service stops running she would have no other affordable way of getting to her job.
The owners of a dairy farm near Crewkerne have been fined £20,000 for polluting fresh water. Based at Leaze Farm, in Haselbury Plucknett, Faw Bakers Kingston Farms Ltd pleaded guilty at Taunton Magistrates Court to committing the offence at Rushywood Farm. The company further admitted a charge of failing to ensure that silage had been correctly stored.
West Chinnock Primary School on Scotts Way in West Chinnock remains closed today. The school shut last Monday following a flood with children transferring to Norton-sub-Hamdon Primary School for lessons. It’s thought West Chinnock Primary School will re-open as normal on Monday although this is yet to be confirmed.
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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