A Yeovil children’s nursery has been shut down due to "safeguarding concerns". Police have issued images of two men they want to question in connection with the theft of a quadbike in Yeovil. Plans have been submitted to convert a pub in Chard into a house. Waterlake Road in Tatworth near Chard is closed today and for the next two days for repairs to a domestic water pipe...and more.
A Yeovil children’s nursery has been shut down due to "safeguarding concerns". Following an inspection, Ofsted has suspended Oaklands Day Nursery on Preston Grove with immediate effect. Ofsted has not said why the suspension was imposed.
Police have issued images of two men they want to question in connection with the theft of a quadbike in Yeovil. The green quadbike, with registration LJ16 HLY, was stolen in Preston Road on Saturday, May 21. The images taken from a CCTV camera can be viewed on the Avon and Somerset Police website. If you can help, please call the non-emergency number 101.
Plans have been submitted to convert a pub in Chard into a house. The former Furnham Inn on Furnham Road in Chard closed in 2013. The building’s owners have attempted to sell the pub without success. The planning application argues that the only viable future for the property is to change its use to a house.
Waterlake Road in Tatworth near Chard is closed today and for the next two days for repairs to a domestic water pipe. Traffic is being diverted via Fore Street, Perry Street, Roman Road, and Axminster Road.
Judges for the annual Britain in Bloom awards have been in Yeovil this week. The town's entry has been put together by businesses, schools and community groups. Steve Fox is from Yeovil in Bloom and says a lot of effort has gone into making the town look special.
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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