Local News Monday 28th February

Monday, 28 February 2022 06:00

A new lounge bar and café could be built in Yeovil. Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Shelford is appealing for volunteers. New research has shown that 70 percent of young people in Somerset claim to have experienced racial abuse while in education. Hundreds of trees have been given to farmers in Somerset to help tackle climate change. Adult care businesses in Somerset are being offered help to recover from the pandemic...and more.

A new lounge bar and café could be opened in Yeovil. Plans have been submitted for a large lounge on the corner of the High Street and King George Street in premises currently occupied by TSB and Café Nero. The application to South Somerset District Council is from Loungers UK Limited, which operates 185 sites across the country through two brands The Lounges and The Cosy Club.

Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Shelford is appealing for volunteers to work at local custody suites. It’s to carry out checks, working in the role of an independent observer.

New research has shown that 70 percent of young people in Somerset claim to have experienced racial abuse while in education. The group ‘Diverse Young Somerset’ sampled a group of 13 to 20 years olds who also spoke of feeling disadvantaged because of their backgrounds and feeling depressed in their daily lives.

Hundreds of trees have been given to farmers in Somerset to help tackle climate change. It's part of a wider initiative with the Woodland Trust, to plant ninety thousand trees across the whole of the South West.

Adult care businesses in Somerset are being offered help to recover from the pandemic. It is part of a scheme, funded by a six-million-pound economic recovery fund from Somerset County Council. Care companies can ask for 1-to-1 advice sessions and join in with workshops, to develop new business skills.

A new share and repair shop has opened in Ilminster. Green Ilminster is encouraging anyone with broken tools and appliances to take them to the shop on Silver Street to get them repaired.

Olly Murs won't be coming to Somerset this summer. The singer was due to perform at a ‘Live in Somerset’ concert in Taunton in August but has cancelled due to having had a knee operation.

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Thursday 12th March

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Wednesday 11th March

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
Tuesday 10th March

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
Monday 9th March

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
Friday 6th March

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
Thursday 5th March

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
Wednesday 4th March

A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more