One of Chard’s oldest businesses is closing its production facility in the town. Somerset's Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Shelford, has welcomed the government taking action to tackle antisocial behaviour. A Somerset man has been banned from driving for six months for using a mobile phone while in charge of a motor vehicle. South Petherton Post Office has reopened at a new location. Police are appealing for help in identifying a man, wanted in relation to a burglary in Yeovil...and more.
One of Chard’s oldest businesses is closing its production facility in the town. Brecknell Willis on the Millfield Industrial Estate manufacture electrical components for the railway industry and has operated in Chard since 1854. The company is part of the Wabtec Group and says the production facility in Chard will transfer to its other plants but that it will retain an engineering, project management, and sales department in Chard.
Somerset's Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Shelford, has welcomed the government taking action to tackle antisocial behaviour. Under the plans, the use of Nitrous Oxide or laughing gas for recreational purposes will be banned, and there'll be larger fines for fly-tipping.
A Somerset man has been banned from driving for six months for using a mobile phone while in charge of a motor vehicle. Christian Hall of West End in Street was also fined £230 and ordered to pay costs of £85.
South Petherton Post Office has reopened at a new location. The new Post Office is located at the convenience store on St James Street and replaces the old post office, also in St James Street, that closed last September. The branch is open Monday to Friday 9 am until 5 pm and Saturdays from 9 am until midday.
Police are appealing for help in identifying a man, wanted in relation to a burglary in Yeovil. The incident happened at around 11 pm on Sunday 19th March in the Preston Grove area. A video of the man carrying out the break-in can be viewed on the Avon and Somerset Police website. If you can help[, you’re asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
There’s been a call for the Somerset Levels to be designated a National Landscape. A Yeovil man has raised £2,000 for a new school minibus at Fairmead School in Yeovil by running the London Marathon. Exmoor Ales, which provides cask ales across the region and beyond, is closing its Somerset brewery and moving the business to Surrey...and more.
The long-awaited refurbishment of Yeovil police station is finally to get underway this summer. Plans have been approved to build 185 new homes off Bunford Lane in Yeovil. Police have arrested three men in Yeovil for being involved in the supply of Class A drugs. A Somerset jockey has been named Champion Conditional Jockey of 2025...and more.
New figures have shown that registering as a new patient with an NHS dentist in Somerset is still just as difficult as it was six months ago. The go-ahead has been given to build 160 new houses on Station Road in Castle Cary. A sailor from South Petherton has been chosen to lead a team in the round-the-world Clipper Race...and more.
Somerset Council is being criticised for taking too long to re-open Yeovil's Octagon Theatre. The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on Chard Town Council by one vote. Dates have been announced for this year’s illuminated carnival processions in South Somerset...and more.
Police are investigating the theft of a motorbike in Ilminster. Tributes have been paid to the former Yeovil Town player-manager, Cecil Irwin, who has died aged 83. Town criers from across the South West will be in Yeovil tomorrow competing for the loudest voice in the Yeovil Town Crier Competition 2025...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a child was struck by a car in Yeovil. This week, a planning inquiry is being held into plans to turn a Somerset shopping centre into a retirement complex. A Somerset woman is planning to walk the 70-miles of Hadrian's Wall to mark her 90th birthday...and more.
Tourism bosses in Somerset say they feel confident the County will have a good summer for visitors this year. A group representing care providers in Somerset is warning that some residential homes are at risk of going out of business due to rising costs. A Somerset animal charity has taken into care, three orphaned badger cubs...and more.
The Care Quality Commission has given two GP practices in Yeovil a 'good' overall rating. According to insurers, AXA, thefts at commercial premises in Somerset are on the rise. Bus users in Somerset could see changes to the frequency of services when the new West of England mayor takes office. Martock is to host its first Pride event in June...and more.
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