A Yeovil café has banned a group of teenagers after claims that they attempted to steal from its stock room. Bus use across Somerset has gone up by twenty percent after fares have been made cheaper. A West Coker garage is due to be turned into a dog grooming salon after Somerset Council approved the application...and more.
A Yeovil café has banned a group of teenagers after claims that they attempted to steal from its stock room. Pete’s Bun Shop in Abbey Manor Park is appealing to parents to take control of their children on its Facebook page and says the group involved have been banned from its premises.
We’re being told that bus use across Somerset has gone up by twenty percent after fares have been made cheaper. Campaigners say the rates will remain lower for another twelve months at least. September is Catch A Bus Month - but there've been recent complaints about services often being affected by staff shortages
A Yeovil care home is taking part in a walking challenge this month to raise money for Dementia UK. Kim Retter is the manager at Compton View residential home and says staff and residents are getting together to walk 30 miles in September.
A West Coker garage is due to be turned into a dog grooming salon after Somerset Council approved the application. The building on 5 Font Lane will be used for up to five appointments a day with only one dog on the premises at any one time.
Yeovil Town drew one all at home to Chelmsford on Saturday with Morgan Williams scoring for Yeovil. Glovers' manager, Mark Cooper thought it was a game that his side should have won with the chances they had.
Bird flu has been found at a nature reserve in Somerset, closing part of it down. St Margaret’s Hospice in Somerset is calling for the hospice sector to be given more central funding. The Barrington Boar in Barrington has been placed 12th in The Good Food Guide’s list of 100 best pubs in Britain... and more
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a mobile home near Yeovil. Somerset Council is suggesting people turn their pumpkins into soup this Halloween. People in Yeovil have until Sunday to comment on controversial plans to sell off four car parks in the town centre... and more.
Plans have been submitted to build 12 new homes in Chard. A nursery in Yeovil has been rated ‘overall good' by Ofsted. A Somerset mortgage broker has achieved national recognition. A stretch of the M5 at Wellington will be shut every night this week...and more
The Unite union has announced four days of strikes by its members at Leonardo in Yeovil. One of Yeovil’s busiest roads is closed to traffic today. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard raised £3,000 taking part in a Sleeping Ruff challenge at the weekend...and more
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
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