Local News Friday 25th June

Friday, 25 June 2021 00:00

Somerset County Council has approved controversial plans to extend a quarry at Blackford near Wincanton. A cat breeder in Curry Rival is warning pet owners to make sure they are not feeding their cats a brand of dry food that has been linked to a fatal bone marrow disease. Police are treating as suspicious, a car fire in Yeovil. A Yeovil motorist, caught speeding on the A303 Ilminster bypass, has been fined £290. Somerset County Council has announced plans to spend £70 million over the next 10-years on children’s social care...and more.

Somerset County Council has approved controversial plans to extend a quarry at Blackford near Wincanton. Local residents had opposed the extension on the grounds of noise and extra lorry traffic. Others to object included Charlton Horethorne Parish Council and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England. The quarry’s owners say that stone from Blackford Quarry will be used to repair some of Britain’s most important historic buildings.

A cat breeder in Curry Rival is warning pet owners to make sure they are not feeding their cats a brand of dry food that has been linked to a fatal bone marrow disease. Lorraine Burns bred a cat that later died after eating a dry food made by Fold Hill on behalf of Sainsbury's and Pets at Home. Fold Hill says although their product was not been confirmed as causing the cat’s death, it has been recalled.

Police are treating as suspicious, a car fire in Yeovil. It happened in Crofton Park in the early hours of Tuesday. The vehicle was completely destroyed.

A Yeovil motorist, caught speeding on the A303 Ilminster by pass, has been fined £290. Appearing before local magistrates, Matthew Ousey of Glastonbury Court in Yeovil also had five penalty points put on his licence.

Somerset County Council has announced plans to spend £70 million over the next 10-years on children’s social care. Care homes for children will be smaller with children given more flexible options combining foster care and therapeutic education.

A road in Chard will close for five weeks from next week. Elizabeth Way will shut to traffic on Monday for resurfacing and an upgrade to a pedestrian crossing. Access to properties and businesses will be maintained and pedestrians and cyclists will be able to continue using the road.

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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