Neighbourhood Sergeant Katie Maun, PCC Mark Shelford and ACC Jon Reilly officially open the station and welcome staff to their new base.
A new police station has opened in Wincanton in a building that was previously a Lloyds Bank. People in the Diocese of Bath and Wells are being asked who they’d like to see as their new Bishop. More people in Somerset are needed to sign up as foster carers. Supermarket chain Aldi has announced plans to open a new store in Chard. There’s been a disappointment for local music fans...and more.
A new police station has opened in Wincanton in a building that was previously a Lloyds Bank. Neighbourhood Sergeant for Wincanton, Katie Maun, said having a base in the town centre in Market Place had made it easier for her team of officers to engage with the local community.
People in the Diocese of Bath and Wells are being asked who they’d like to see as their new Bishop. Bishop Peter Hancock formally retired last month triggering a recruitment process that'll take over a year. A questionnaire is asking people what qualities they think are most important in the role.
More people in Somerset are needed to sign up as foster carers. The latest figures from the Fostering Network show that nationally 9,000 foster families are urgently needed. Somerset couple, Trevor St Hilaire and his wife Helen have fostered 9 children in the past 4 years. They say the work of being a foster parent can be challenging but very rewarding.
Supermarket chain Aldi has announced plans to open a new store in Chard. Aldi says it’s looking to buy a site of around 1.5 acres in a main road position with good access. Chard is one of 13 towns in Somerset where the supermarket wants to open new stores.
David Bowie fans in Somerset are planning to stage the first-ever David Bowie World Fan Convention. They plan to hold the event in Liverpool in June next year. Organiser, Andy Jones, says the convention will be a fitting tribute to a great artist.
There’s been disappointment for local music fans. Curry Rivel Live that had been due to take place on July 24th has been cancelled following police objections.
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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