Police are seeking witnesses to a crash in which a bus collided with metal railings in Sherborne. The government has given Somerset £3.8 million to hand out to families struggling to pay their bills this winter. A bird of prey sanctuary in Chard is seeking funding to build a treatment room. A group in Ilminster is planning to plant 7000 trees in and around the town and a local farmer is planning to open an archaeological visitor centre on the Blackdown Hills.
Police are seeking witnesses to a crash in which a bus collided with metal railings in Sherborne. The incident involving a vehicle belonging to First Bus of Somerset happened near the junction between Coldharbour and Greenhill at around 8.15 am last Friday. No one on the bus or the footpath was injured. If you witness the incident, you’re asked to call the police non-emergency number 101.
The government has given Somerset £3.8 million to hand out to families struggling to pay their bills this winter. The bulk of the money, £1.7 million, will be distributed by Somerset Citizen's Advice to help households with food, utility bills, and other essentials. Around £1.1 million has already been used on food vouchers for children eligible for free school meals
A new cycling group for women has been set up in Wincanton. ‘E-Spokes Cycling’ is offering hosted rides to women in the hope that they will take up cycling as a pastime.
A bird of prey sanctuary in Chard is seeking funding to build a treatment room. Sharandy’s Birds of Prey sanctuary says the treatment room it currently uses for injured birds is no longer fit for purpose. They’re looking to raise £2,500 to build the new hospital unit.
A group in Ilminster is planning to plant 7000 trees in and around the town. Peter Lansdown of the Ilminster Tree Project says the aim is to plant a tree for every person living in Ilminster. He asked local landowners to help by providing land to plant the trees.
A local farmer is planning to open an archaeological visitor centre on the Blackdown Hills. Marc Cox says the centre will showcase the history of the Blackdown Hills and give people holidaying or travelling through the County, an interesting place to visit.
The NHS is offering spring COVID-19 vaccines to people in Somerset who are at increased risk of serious illness from the virus. A new way of making roads safer for children in Somerset has started this week. A Yeovil-based apprentice has been named as a winner in the JTL Regional Awards. Haselbury Mill near Crewkerne has been put up for sale...and more
Yeovil Town FC have sent a strongly worded letter to the Football Association asking for plans to end FA Cup replays to be dropped. A Somerset woman who's spent the last 32 years living with Hepatitis C, says better support is needed for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal. A new school of musical theatre has opened in Chard...and more.
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.
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