Local News Tuesday 26th July

Tuesday, 26 July 2022 06:00

People in Somerset are being encouraged to use a new website to tell police about public places where they feel or have felt unsafe. Rail passengers are being advised that due to strike action by the RMT, ASLEF, and the TSSA unions, only a limited number of trains will be running in Somerset tomorrow. A charity that supports women dealing with addiction and other issues is planning to open more advice centres in Somerset...and more.

People in Somerset are being encouraged to use a new website to tell police about public places where they feel or have felt unsafe. Avon and Somerset Police have introduced Street Safe as part of the Government’s response to tackling violence against women and girls. The site enables people to anonymously pinpoint on a map the location where they feel unsafe.

Rail passengers are being advised that due to strike action by the RMT, ASLEF, and the TSSA unions, only a limited number of trains will be running in Somerset tomorrow. Passengers are advised to find alternative ways to travel and only use the railways if absolutely necessary. GWR says the majority of its trains will not run and some routes will have no services, including the Heart of Wessex line to Weymouth through Yeovil Pen Mill station.

A charity that supports women dealing with addiction and other issues is planning to open more advice centres in Somerset. The Nelson Trust, based in Bridgwater, has helped more than 800 women in Somerset since its launch in 2019.

A community project has been launched in Wincanton aimed at reducing isolation and developing new opportunities for employment. Called ‘Good Stuff’ the Balsam Centre has been given the job of running it, with funding over four years from the National Lottery. People in Wincanton are being asked to suggest activities they’d like included in the project.

Work starts on Thursday this week constructing a new footpath in Carisbrooke Gardens in Yeovil. The scheme’s expected to take up to 18 days to complete.

One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been put up for sale. The Railway Hotel on Hendford Hill opened in 1858 to serve customers using Hendford Railway Station which closed in 1861. The property is advertised with a guide price of £350,000.

Yeovil Town are playing a pre-season friendly away at The Avenue Stadium against Dorchester tonight, kick-off is at 7 pm. Meanwhile, tickets for Yeovil’s first game of the new season in the National League away to Scunthorpe are now on sale. The match, on Saturday, August 6th has a 5.20 pm kick-off. Tickets can be bought through the Scunthorpe FC website.

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Thursday 30th July

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Wednesday 29th July

Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of moped thefts in Chard. A combine harvester has been destroyed in a farm fire at Forton, near Chard. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow... and more
Tuesday 28th July

The former Beales department store in Yeovil could be brought back into use as part of a wider masterplan for the future of the town. A yellow heat health alert is in place across Somerset from nine o’clock this morning until nine o’clock on Friday morning. A Somerset farmer says this year is the driest on his land since 1976... and more
Monday 27th July

Gooch and Housego, based in Ilminster and one of the town’s biggest employers, has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to an American private equity firm. A father who shook his four-week-old baby to death at a house in Chard has been sentenced to life in prison. A doctor who works for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of five people to have jointly set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain... and more
Friday 24th July

Avon and Somerset Police are warning people to watch out for scammers posing as Amazon. The CEO of the company that provides Somerset's recycling is warning of a major incident if people continue to put used batteries in waste bins. A former Yeovil pub could be demolished to make way for a major hotel expansion.
Thursday 23rd July

The West Country is officially one step closer to being declared in drought. Somerset Council says it's remodelling its service after a children's home was closed following an inspection. A new McDonald's planned off the M5 at Bridgwater could create up to 120 local jobs... and more
Wednesday 22nd July

Two men have been jailed for stealing electrical items and cash from a property in Yeovil. Somerset Council has defended its use of Yeovil’s new performance area in The Triangle, in Lower Middle Street. Tintinhull Primary School, near Yeovil, has won a top national award for outdoor play... and more