Local News Friday 24th June

Friday, 24 June 2022 06:00

Two new wellbeing centres have opened in Somerset to help farmers who often work in isolation and have little time to access healthcare. A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in Langport in connection with a spate of crimes and acts of anti-social behavior. Planning permission has been granted to Yetminster Scout Group to build a new scout hut off Sussex Farm Way in Yetminster. There are just 100 days left to spend the last of the Bank of England's paper banknotes before they cease to be legal tender and a new exhibition has opened in Crewkerne looking at the issue of climate change and wh

Two new wellbeing centres have opened in Somerset to help farmers who often work in isolation and have little time to access healthcare. The centres have been set-up locally and provide farmers and their families with quick access to long-term support. Nurses with farming backgrounds have been recruited to work at the centres, with Farming Community Network providing teams of volunteers.

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in Langport in connection with a spate of crimes and acts of anti-social behavior. Police say the boy was quizzed in custody and that enquiries are on going. A spokesperson for the South Somerset Neighbourhood Policing team says anti social behaviour has a negative impact on people and they ask the public to report incidents to the police.

Planning permission has been granted to Yetminster Scout Group to build a new scout hut off Sussex Farm Way in Yetminster. The new hut will be built in place of an old Army hut that Yetminster Scouts currently use for their meetings, and that is no longer fit for purpose.

There are just 100 days left to spend the last of the Bank of England's paper banknotes before they cease to be legal tender. The Bank says an estimated 470 million individual twenty and fifty pound paper notes remain in circulation, including here in Somerset.

A new exhibition has opened in Crewkerne looking at the issue of climate change and whether the way we lived in the past is relevant today. The display called 'Our World, Your Choice’ at Crewkerne Museum makes comparisions between Make Do and Mend, Dig for Victory and food rationing of the Second World War and the current trends relating to use of energy and waste.

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Friday 12th June

It's claimed the increasing availability of drugs such as ketamine and cocaine has normalised drug use among young people in Somerset. The trial of a man accused of killing his one-month-old son in Chard begins today at Bristol Crown Court. A stone pillar outside the Langport Arms Hotel in Langport has been replaced after it was destroyed in a car crash... and more
Thursday 11th June

Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to the three aircrew from RNAS Yeovilton who died in last week's helicopter crash in Devon. Two men have been arrested and stolen vehicles seized following a major multi-agency operation in South Somerset. An event highlighting opportunities for women in the aerospace industry has been held in Yeovil... and more
Wednesday 10th June

The public will be consulted on how best to spend fifty million pounds of government funding to tackle flooding in Somerset. Avon and Somerset Police are backing a new road safety campaign aimed at reducing motorcycle fatalities. New welcome signs have been installed at entrances to the Mendip Hills National Landscape... and more
Tuesday 9th June

The government has announced a £50 million investment to strengthen Somerset’s flood defences. A woman from Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been banned from driving for 14 months after admitting drink-driving. Somerset Council has been told it must improve its adult social care services... and more
Monday 8th June

Plans for a new railway station in Langport remain stalled in Whitehall, according to Somerset Council. Plans to build 50 new homes in Broadway, near Ilminster, have been refused. The new water fountains in Yeovil’s Triangle, in Lower Middle Street, are being switched off during very hot weather because of safety concerns... and more.
Friday 5th June

A new NHS dental practice in Crewkerne says it won’t start operating at full capacity until July due to staff shortages. Somerset Council says it has no plans to show England matches in the World Cup on the Big Screen in Yeovil town centre due to safety concerns. A Somerset family has been thanked after completing a 73-mile walk raising money for a third world charity... and more
Thursday 4th June

An investigation continues today into the crash of a Royal Navy helicopter, based at RNAS Yeovilton, in which all three aircrew were killed. Somerset Council has confirmed that a new operator will take over several leisure centres across the county. The new live-action Masters of the Universe movie, filmed in Somerset, is released this week...and more
Wednesday 3rd June

A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with assaulting three police officers. Somerset Council has begun legal action to recover more than £320,000 owed by housing developers. The line-up has been announced for this year’s Ilminster Midsummer Experience...and more