Councillors have given the go-ahead for a large-scale solar farm to be built at North Perrott, near Crewkerne. The A30 between Chard and Crewkerne is closed to traffic from today and for the next eight weeks. Avon and Somerset Police says it's dedicated to rooting out corrupt officers to help restore public confidence. The airfield at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil will be in use this evening...and more
Councillors have given the go-ahead for a large-scale solar farm to be built at North Perrott, near Crewkerne. The scheme will generate enough power for 10,000 homes and be sited on farmland off Pipplepen Lane, close to an area of outstanding natural beauty. South Somerset District Council says the impact of the solar farm on the surrounding countryside will be mitigated through tree planting.
The A30 between Chard and Crewkerne is closed to traffic from today and for the next eight weeks. The road is shut from the junction of Liddon Hill to St Rayn Hill near Roundham for work to install new drainage pipes and road gullies. A diversion route is operating via the A356, A303, and A358.
Avon and Somerset Police says it's dedicated to rooting out corrupt officers to help restore public confidence. It follows the case of David Carrick, the former Met Police officer who admitted to dozens of rapes and sexual offences while a serving officer.
National Village Halls Week is being marked in Somerset. One of the places taking part is Galhampton near Castle Cary where the village hall is being used for a networking event and social for local residents.
The airfield at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil will be in use this evening. Leonardo says the aircraft will be taking off and landing late into the night and is advising of noise nuisance for people living around the airfield.
Yeovil Town are back in action tonight. They take on visitors Wealdstone in a National League fixture at Huish Park, kick-off 7.45 pm.
The new owner of Yeovil Town says he’s in talks with Somerset Council about buying back Huish Park. Water levels at some of Somerset’s reservoirs are below what they should be for this time of year. A Chard woman has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours... and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic
because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.
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