Work updating the look of Chard town centre will start in the Spring. A Martock woman has appeared in court charged with assault. Chard and Crewkerne are the latest towns to get e-scooters in South Somerset. A top award has been given to the South Somerset Visitor Information Centre....and more.
Work updating the look of Chard town centre will start in the Spring, according to local Mayor, Jason Baker. The two-million-pound face-lift includes improvements to the Guildhall, the provision of new pavement and seated areas, and the planting of more trees. Councillor Jason Baker, says as a place to visit, Chard town centre will be much improved.
A Martock woman has appeared in court charged with assault. Emily Pounde, of Somerset Close, in Martock, was given 80 hours of unpaid work and a restraining order after being found guilty of the charge. She told to pay £100 in compensation with costs by magistrates in Yeovil.
Chard and Crewkerne are the latest towns to get e-scooters in South Somerset. 30 scooters, parked in designated bays, are being made available for hire in each town from today. It's part of a larger trial from the Department of Transport to encourage more sustainable ways of travelling.
Plans have been submitted to convert the stable block at the former Park School at Chilton Cantelo into office space. The application to South Somerset District Council from Chilton Cantelo Estates Ltd is for a change of use from a private educational facility to offices to accommodate 34 workers.
A top award has been given to the South Somerset Visitor Information Centre. The TIC at Cartgate off the A303 has won Gold in the Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards 2020-2021 for the excellence in the service it provides.
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Two teenage boys have admitted animal cruelty after filming themselves throwing a lamb down a stone staircase at Montacute. Somerset Council could lose around £5 million by selling the Marks and Spencer building in Yeovil. Chard, Wincanton, Castle Cary and Ansford are on a list of fifteen places in Somerset where new 20 mph speed limits could soon be introduced...and more.
The parents of a two-week-old baby boy, accused of his murder at Yeovil Hospital, are to stand trial. Protesters have splashed red paint across the front of County Hall in Taunton for a second time. A comedy film about the world of competitive marrow-growing and made in Shepton Mallet has opened in cinemas across the UK...and more.
Work starts today building a new eastbound carriageway as part of dualling the A303 between Sparkford and Podimore. A childhood obesity clinic in Somerset has revealed that it is treating children as young as eight months old. Somerset Wildlife Trust has launched a campaign to recruit an army of young people to act as conservation champions...and more.
A Martock man has been jailed after admitting to shining lasers at aircraft flying over Yeovil. Police are investigating an attempted break-in at the TK Maxx store at Babylon Hill. Nearly four hundred people have put their names forward for redundancy at Somerset Council...and more.
Three local primary schools have been named on a list of England's top five hundred primary schools. A new co-working space for businesswomen has opened in Wincanton. Urgent repairs are being carried out to Ilminster's new public clock after it started showing the wrong time...and more
A new operator has been found to run a Chard care home that has been at risk of closure. A licence has been granted to run a new music festival in West Dorset. People have until midnight tonight to register for a vote in the election for a Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset...and more.
Four people have been arrested as part of an investigation into the illegal supply of prescription-only drugs in Yeovil. A Yeovil man has appeared in court in connection with two burglaries in Langport. A well-known farm and restaurant business in South Petherton has been put up for sale. New figures have shown a further decline in the number of House Sparrows in Somerset...and more.
Yeovil Town will play National League football next season after beating Truro 2-0 last night to win promotion and the National League South title. Somerset Council says the cost of keeping Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre closed has risen to £140,000 a year. A holiday website has reported a 31 percent upturn in visitor numbers to Somerset...and more.
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