The new acting leader of Somerset County Council Bill Revans.
The new acting leader of Somerset County Council, Bill Revans says health and social care are the biggest challenges facing the authority. A former textile mill in Crewkerne has been put up for sale. A Chard nursery is celebrating a successful Ofsted report. A Yeovil man has been fined £120 for illegal fishing and members of Hinton St George Scouts have been selected to take part in an international charitable project.
The new acting leader of Somerset County Council, Bill Revans says health and social care are the biggest challenges facing the authority. The Liberal Democrats won control of the county council from the Conservatives in last week's local elections, after 13-years in opposition. They'll now run the county council for 1 year and then for the following four years the new Somerset Unitary Council, replacing the county and district councils in April next year.
A former textile mill in Crewkerne has been put up for sale. Planning permission was granted in 2013 to partially demolish and convert to commercial units with forty-five dwellings, Old Viney Bridge Mill but no work has been carried out at the site. The grade two listed complex will be offered for sale by auction later this month.
A Chard nursery is celebrating a successful Ofsted report. Honeycomb Nursery School achieved ‘outstanding’ results after an inspection in March. The inspector reported that “children flourish at the Nursery and have a zest for learning.
A Yeovil man has been fined £120 for illegal fishing. Alan Reid of Westfield Road in Yeovil was found committing three offences, including not having a fishing licence, by fisheries officers at Coking Farm fishery, near Henstridge.
Members of Hinton St George Scouts have been selected to take part in an international charitable project. Six scouts will take part in ‘Project Kenya’, travelling to the Great Rift Valley, to work as volunteers at primary schools in Nakuru in April next year.
The Chief Executive of Somerset Council, Duncan Sharkey, has admitted to making mistakes in cutting jobs. Yeovil MP Adam Dance is supporting a Lib Dem initiative to introduce a new ‘Farm First’ training scheme. Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has launched an appeal to help buy a second helicopter... and more.
A man has appeared in court in connection with an attack in Wincanton. A member of Somerset Council, jailed for 26 months for taking part in a Just Stop Oil protest, may not have to stand down as a councillor. NHS Somerset has announced that changes to stroke services at Yeovil Hospital will "go live" in the spring of next year...and more
Avon and Somerset Police say 62 drivers were arrested in the first week of the Christmas drink and drug driving campaign. A reindeer farm near Yeovil thinks it may have to close after being told it needs a Zoo licence. Father Christmas has made a special delivery of presents to Charlton Farm Children's Hospice in Somerset...and more
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset has criticised the government for axing the role. Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Ilminster in which a woman was seriously injured. Residents of Freedom Avenue in Yeovil are raising funds for charity with a big display of Christmas lights...and more.
Plans to build 150 new homes in Ilminster have been scrapped. A Somerset councillor has been jailed for 26 months. Marks & Spencer wants to build a new Food Store in Ilminster. Poundland has announced that it’s shutting its store in Middle Street in Yeovil...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses after an assault on a man in Chard. Lloyds Banking Group has announced a date for closing the Halifax in Yeovil. Train journeys on the Castle Cary to Taunton line will be disrupted next week due to engineering work. The mental health charity MIND in Somerset has produced a Christmas advent calendar... and more.
The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police says her force is doing all it can to reduce anti-social behaviour. Somerset Council has deferred a decision on introducing Sunday car parking charges. People living in deprived areas in Somerset are being fast-tracked for hospital treatment...and more
Fire crews have rescued the driver of a car that got stuck in floodwater near Ilminster. Avon and Somerset Police are urging people going out to celebrate this Christmas to book a taxi or use public transport. A woman from South Petherton has come top at the British Down Syndrome Swimming Championships...and more,
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