A new programme has been launched in Chard to help families with a member who is an alcoholic. There are more bees around than normal in Somerset this year, according to the Somerset Beekeepers Association. We're being asked to keep a close watch on elderly and vulnerable people with very hot weather forecast for today and over the weekend...and more.
A new programme has been launched in Chard to help families with a member who is an alcoholic. The ‘Bottled Up’ programme, run by the South Chard Hub, is aimed at breaking down the perception that people in a family who are alcoholic are necessarily a problem.
A campaign’s been launched to lower the speed limit through Sea near Ilminster. The Sea Community Action Group wants the current limit of 60 mph on the A3037 cut to 40 and then cut again to 30 through Sea itself.
There are more bees around than normal in Somerset this year, according to the Somerset Beekeepers Association. The weather is said to be the reason for the increase in bee numbers.
We're being asked to keep a close watch on elderly and vulnerable people with very hot weather forecast for today and over the weekend. The UK Health Protection Agency has issued an alert with temperatures reaching the high twenties.
Artificial Intelligence is being used to analyse birdsong at Godminster Farm in Bruton to measure biodiversity to help make the organic farm less harmful to the environment.
Drivers are being told that it could take several more weeks yet before Hendford Hill in Yeovil reopens to traffic. A new bus service between Glastonbury and Castle Cary railway station is to start on a trial basis. Children in Chard are being given free reading books as part of a scheme founded by Dolly Parton... and more
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
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