Local News Tuesday 14th December

Tuesday, 14 December 2021 06:00

Somerset Waste Partnership has reported a deficit of £1.2million due to rising costs. Work’s started on building 630 new homes on land off Station Road in Crewkerne. The Somerset Coronavirus Helpline has received more than 17,000 enquiries since it was set up at the start of the pandemic. Martock man, Tim Howell, one of the country’s leading base jumpers, says he’s hoping to break even more records in 2022 and a giant photo of a Somerset boy is being shown on the side of the BT Tower in London.

Somerset Waste Partnership has reported a deficit of £1.2million due to rising costs. The partnership, funded by the County Council and district councils to dispose of all Somerset’s waste, including running sixteen household waste recycling centres, also blames processing record amounts of waste for the over-spend.

Work’s started on building 630 new homes on land off Station Road in Crewkerne. The development – the biggest single development ever seen in Crewkerne – includes building 50 affordable homes, a primary school, shops, and a care home.
The site is currently being searched for items that could be of archaeological importance.

The Somerset Coronavirus Helpline has received more than 17,000 enquiries since it was set up at the start of the pandemic. A joint project involving both County and District councils and partners offers advice on everything from mental health to financial support, to employment rights.

Martock man, Tim Howell, one of the country’s leading base jumpers, says he’s hoping to break even more records in 2022. Base jumping is a recreational sport that involves parachuting off fixed objects and tall buildings. This year, Tim has made record-breaking jumps in Russia and Argentina.

A giant photo of a Somerset boy is being shown on the side of the BT Tower in London. His image is part of a campaign of thanks to the cancer charity Home Start, for the help they give families. Four-year-old Oscar’s mother, Emma, receives help from the charity with running the family home.

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