The Environment Agency has issued a warning about the dangers of people swimming in the River Parrett at Langport during the hot weather. Castle Cary Town Council has been given permission to carry out improvements to the historic Market House. A charity Tractor run was held in Haselbury Plucknett yesterday to raise money for the children’s charity, Young Lives versus Cancer...and more
The Environment Agency has issued a warning about the dangers of people swimming in the River Parrett at Langport during the hot weather. They say people should not enter the river, nor use the bridge in Langport to jump into the water. The Environment Agency says a blockage in the river has made it dangerous. Work to clear the obstruction is currently underway.
Castle Cary Town Council has been given permission to carry out improvements to the historic Market House in the town. The work will include restoring some of the Grade-2 listed buildings original features and installing a new lift to the top floor of the building.
Kingfisher, the parent company of Yeovil-based Screwfix, recorded sales of £3.3 billion in the first quarter of 2023. Kingfisher says Screwfix has opened two new stores in France since the start of the year and has plans to open a further eighty-five new outlets across the UK, Ireland and France.
Plans have been approved to build a new classroom extension at St Michael’s Academy in Grass Royal in Yeovil. Construction of the new art block is due to begin before the end of the year.
A road closure remains in place today in Ilminster. Greenway was shut to traffic last Friday for Wessex Water to carry out urgent repairs. The road should re-open tomorrow.
A charity Tractor run was held in Haselbury Plucknett yesterday to raise money for the children’s charity, Young Lives versus Cancer. It was organised by Lauren Ridout, whose son Artie was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year and received support from Young Lives versus Cancer.
A man has been arrested in Castle Cary and charged with stalking, harassment and making threats to kill. The NHS in Somerset says its staff retention rate has improved over the past two years. A farmer in South Petherton is preparing to cycle 1,000 miles to raise money for charity...and more.
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
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