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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