South Somerset District Council is hoping to set up a community led electric car club. A man found with serious injuries in Manor Road in Yeovil last Tuesday has died in hospital. The search is on to find the Castle Cary Jubilee Fountain. Police have thanked a member of the public for spotting a stolen mini digger at Tintinhull.
South Somerset District Council is hoping to set up a community led electric car club. It's started a survey asking people how often they'd need to use the cars and if they'd also be interested in an electric bike share scheme for shorter trips. It comes ahead of the government's ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in 2030.
A man found with serious injuries in Manor Road in Yeovil last Tuesday has died in hospital.
He was Radoslaw Lewandowski, aged 22.
Police are continuing with their inquiries but say his death is not being treated as suspicious.
The search is on to find the Castle Cary Jubilee Fountain. The monument was installed at the Horsepond to mark Queen Victoria’s Jublilee in 1897 but replaced by a War Memorial some years later. Organisers of celebrations to mark the Queen’s Jubilee next year in Castle Cary would like to see Fountain back on display in the town. They believe it could be in a local garden. If you know where the Caste Cary Jubilee Fountain can be found, please contact the Town Council with the details
Police have thanked a member of the public for spotting a stolen mini digger at Tintinhull. The machine that had been taken in a raid at South Petherton was found concealed in a hedge. Police say public help of this kind is assisting them greatly in cutting rural crime.
This year’s Petherton Folk Festival has fallen victim to the pandemic. Chairman of the Festival committee, Pete Wheeler, said they had to cancel the event due to not being able to provide a safe environment but that planning for the festival next year was already underway.
Drivers are being told that it could take several more weeks yet before Hendford Hill in Yeovil reopens to traffic. A new bus service between Glastonbury and Castle Cary railway station is to start on a trial basis. Children in Chard are being given free reading books as part of a scheme founded by Dolly Parton... and more
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
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
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
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
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
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
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