Details have been published of events to be held in Chard in June to mark the Queens Platinum Jubilee. Members of Somerset County Council have voted to set aside an initial £250,000 to support Ukrainian refugees arriving in the county. Police are seeking witnesses to an attack on a man in Crewkerne and people in Somerset are being asked to vote for places of historical significance to be placed on a list.
Details have been published of events to be held in Chard in June to mark the Queens Platinum Jubilee. A torch-lit lantern parade on Thursday, June 2nd will be followed by the lighting of a beacon at Crowshute Link. On Friday, June 3rd, a Civic Parade and Service of Thanksgiving will be held in St. Mary’s Church and on the same evening a variety show will be staged at the Guildhall entitled “Queen of the Commonwealth”. On Sunday, June 5th, Holyrood Street will be closed to traffic for a street party, with entertainment for families, a brass band, and food outlets.
Members of Somerset County Council have voted to set aside an initial £250,000 to support Ukrainian refugees arriving in the county. At the meeting, the Council Leader, David Fothergill, gave an emotional speech describing the “heartbreaking suffering and remarkable acts of bravery” of people in Ukraine. He said he hoped Somerset people would host a “generous number” of refugees.
Police are seeking witnesses to an attack on a man in Crewkerne. It happened when he was pulled out of his car, and punched in the face by another man, as he was exiting the Lidl’s car park in the George Shopping Centre on Sunday, March 13th at around 2.20 pm. If you have dashcam footage or can help the police in other ways with their enquiries please call the non-emergency number 101.
People in Somerset are being asked to vote for places of historical significance to be placed on a list. The County has been chosen to be part of a government scheme for people to nominate places in their communities they think are important. If accepted onto the list, the entries would then be considered in any planning decisions.
A new website has been launched to support people in Somerset with mental health issues. One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been sold. Artwork on the theme of aviation produced by students at Yeovil College has gone on display at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.A pupil at Tatworth Primary School near Chard has won a prize in a national competition for writing a book review...and more
Work laying a gas main on the A37 Dorchester Road near the Quicksilver Mail roundabout in Yeovil is to continue for a further two months. Somerset Council says the public toilets in Yeovil bus station will close at the end of the month but the waiting room will stay open temporarily. Former Yeovil Town Captain, Josh Staunton, has set up in business as a professional gardener...and more.
Somerset Council seeking to save £40 million by cutting one thousand jobs says 201 employees have so far applied to leave the authority based on voluntary redundancy. East Somerset Railway near Shepton Mallet has been used for filming the TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel Rivals. An old-style red phone box in Castle Cary is being turned into Somerset's smallest museum...and more
Somerset's Chief Medical Officer says GP surgeries using healthcare professionals alongside doctors to provide treatments has freed up GP appointments. A farmer has been fined £15,000 for polluting a household water supply. Avon and Somerset’s new Police and Crime Commissioner has officially started work in the role. Chard Post Office is closed today for the handover of the business to new owners...and more.
Health inspectors have criticised Somerset's maternity services, including those at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset Council says re-opening Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre in its original form could cost up to £200,000 if a multi-million-pound upgrade of the building falls through. A film made by a Yeovil man on a budget of just five thousand pounds was screened at the prestigious British Independent Film Festival...and more.
The Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard says it needs an immediate injection of £100,000 to keep going. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has returned to Yeovil Rugby Club where she began her rugby career 20 years ago. Twenty-five Town criers from across the South will be in Ilminster tomorrow competing in the annual Ilminster Town Criers' Competition...and more.
Train services through Somerset are again being disrupted today due to continued strike action by the train driver’s union ALSEF. A campaign has been launched in Somerset aimed at stopping people overdosing on opioids. A Somerset business is raising a smile with its name.‘Top Of The Clops’, a tack shop near Taunton has won a place in the top ten of the UK’s funniest business names...and more.
A woman driver has been told she faces a prison term for causing the deaths of two people in a crash on the A303. The AA says there are more potholes than ever on Somerset’s motorway network, leading to an increase in damage to vehicles. The new cancer treatment unit at Yeovil Hospital should be open before the end of the year...and more.
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