Local News Friday 12th March

Friday, 12 March 2021 07:30

A Sherborne man has appeared in court to deny an offence under the Hunting Act. Somerset Wildlife Centre is the latest to sign a petition for hedgehogs to have better protection. Police are appealing for information about a horse trailer stolen in Yeabridge, near South Petherton. Motorists are being warned of a road closure between Ilchester and Yeovil, beginning next Monday....and more

A Sherborne man has appeared in court to deny an offence under the Hunting Act. Mark Hankinson, aged 60, is accused of encouraging or assisting others in an online webinar to commit an offence under the Hunting Act 2004. A director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association, Mr Hankinson attended the hearing virtually at Westminster magistrates court and pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned for a trial to be held in September.

Somerset Wildlife Centre is the latest to sign a petition for hedgehogs to have better protection. The petition calls for the animals to be moved into schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981. Putting them in this category would make sure hedgehogs' nesting sites were protected from harm.

Police are appealing for information about a horse trailer stolen in Yeabridge, near South Petherton. The trailer was taken on Monday and is described as a triple axle, Ifor Williams livestock trailer. It has the registration plate CK06 RDU and has a sticker on the side FK2469. Police are also searching for a sit-on motor mower stolen from near Ashill. The mower, made by Winton, was taken from a property on Barrington Hill Road, Windmill Hill between 10 pm on Sunday and 6 am on Monday earlier this week. Call the non-emergency number 101 if you can help with information on either of these crimes.

Motorists are being warned of a road closure between Ilchester and Yeovil. Beginning next Monday, the A37 Ilchester Straight, together with part of the B3151 Yeovil Road will be subjected to re-surfacing work. Work will take place between from Monday 15 March and Thursday 1 April from 7am to 7pm weekdays. These sections of road will be closed to all traffic during these dates, except to provide access for residents and business owners.

Children at Tintinhull Primary School near have been on a virtual trip to France. Pupils at St Margaret's have spent a week on-line leaning about the French Revolution, about French food and French literature, immersing themselves in the culture of the country from the safety of their classroom.

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