Deputy Head at Holyrood Academy in Chard, Rob Crocker.
Teachers in Somerset are urging the government to publish the guidance now on what precautions will be needed when schools reopen after the summer holidays. The site of Glastonbury Festival is being turned into a campsite for the summer. A car park in Chard has received an 'eco-friendly' facelift. Somerset Wildlife Trust is working with the Diocese of Bath and Wells to help people understand the wildlife in churchyards.
Teachers in Somerset are urging the government to publish the guidance now on what precautions will be needed when schools reopen after the summer holidays. The latest figures show the number of pupils now self-isolating has almost trebled in the past few weeks. Deputy Head at Holyrood Academy in Chard, Rob Crocker, says issuing the guidance now will avoid disruption when schools come back in September
The site of Glastonbury Festival is being turned into a campsite for the summer. With the festival cancelled again this year due to Covid 19, Michael Eavis has decided to run Worthy Farm as a family-friendly campsite under the name Worthy Pastures. Meanwhile, carnival clubs say their finances have hit rock bottom due to no Festival this year. Alan Dallimore, who helps organise the Somerset carnival circuit, says clubs would earn income by providing stewards for the festival and that without this money they’re struggling to pay the costs of building carnival floats.
A car park in Chard has received an 'eco-friendly' facelift. A new type of surfacing and low-energy lighting has been installed at the Boden Street car park. The new parking surface is aimed at reducing the risk of flooding and the low-energy lighting at cutting carbon emissions. Staying in Chard, and a road in the town has closed to traffic from today. Elizabeth Way will be shut for five weeks for resurfacing. Access to properties and businesses will be kept open.
Somerset Wildlife Trust is working with the Diocese of Bath and Wells to help people understand the wildlife in churchyards. "Wilder Churches" events are being held on zoom, with the next one is this coming Wednesday, to encourage people to learn more.
There’s been a call for the Somerset Levels to be designated a National Landscape. A Yeovil man has raised £2,000 for a new school minibus at Fairmead School in Yeovil by running the London Marathon. Exmoor Ales, which provides cask ales across the region and beyond, is closing its Somerset brewery and moving the business to Surrey...and more.
The long-awaited refurbishment of Yeovil police station is finally to get underway this summer. Plans have been approved to build 185 new homes off Bunford Lane in Yeovil. Police have arrested three men in Yeovil for being involved in the supply of Class A drugs. A Somerset jockey has been named Champion Conditional Jockey of 2025...and more.
New figures have shown that registering as a new patient with an NHS dentist in Somerset is still just as difficult as it was six months ago. The go-ahead has been given to build 160 new houses on Station Road in Castle Cary. A sailor from South Petherton has been chosen to lead a team in the round-the-world Clipper Race...and more.
Somerset Council is being criticised for taking too long to re-open Yeovil's Octagon Theatre. The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on Chard Town Council by one vote. Dates have been announced for this year’s illuminated carnival processions in South Somerset...and more.
Police are investigating the theft of a motorbike in Ilminster. Tributes have been paid to the former Yeovil Town player-manager, Cecil Irwin, who has died aged 83. Town criers from across the South West will be in Yeovil tomorrow competing for the loudest voice in the Yeovil Town Crier Competition 2025...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a child was struck by a car in Yeovil. This week, a planning inquiry is being held into plans to turn a Somerset shopping centre into a retirement complex. A Somerset woman is planning to walk the 70-miles of Hadrian's Wall to mark her 90th birthday...and more.
Tourism bosses in Somerset say they feel confident the County will have a good summer for visitors this year. A group representing care providers in Somerset is warning that some residential homes are at risk of going out of business due to rising costs. A Somerset animal charity has taken into care, three orphaned badger cubs...and more.
The Care Quality Commission has given two GP practices in Yeovil a 'good' overall rating. According to insurers, AXA, thefts at commercial premises in Somerset are on the rise. Bus users in Somerset could see changes to the frequency of services when the new West of England mayor takes office. Martock is to host its first Pride event in June...and more.
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