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 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
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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