Ninety-two per cent of children starting secondary school this September are being offered places at their first choice school. Police have been granted an extension to a closure order on a property in Yeovil.
Yeovil Town are in action tonight and more....
Ninety-two per cent of children starting secondary school this September are being offered places at their first choice school according to Somerset County Council. Letters are being sent out by post this week. The council says it's dealt with more than 4,600 applications, the largest number ever received, ninety-eight per cent of all children have been offered one of their top three schools. Places at junior and primary schools will be announced next month.
Police have been granted an extension to a closure order on a property in Yeovil. In November, a three month closure order was granted on 61 Marl Close following reports of antisocial behaviour and disorder. That order has now been extended by another three months after local residents reported a return to normality in the neighbourhood.
Farmers have the chance this week to bid for funds to help with environmental issues on their land. £60,000 is available to help with things like flooding and pollution. The auction is being run by Somerset Rivers Authority in partnership with the Farming and Wildlife Group, South West.
Applications are open to be a lifeguard on Somerset’s beaches this year. It's the 20th year the RNLI has been saving lives along the Burnham on Sea and Berrow coastline. Anyone who wants to apply must have a Beach lifeguard
award. The deadline for applications is the 4th April.
Lovers of Italian food will be able to visit a popular Yeovil restaurant for outdoor dining from next month. ASK Italian says it will be re-opening in Princes Street for al fresco dining beginning from Monday April 12th.
Yeovil Town are in action tonight. They’re playing away at Barnet in the National League. It’s a fixture that has been postponed twice due to the pandemic. Kick-off is 7.45 pm and the game can be watched live online. For details on how to view the game go to the Barnet FC website.
Drivers are being told that it could take several more weeks yet before Hendford Hill in Yeovil reopens to traffic. A new bus service between Glastonbury and Castle Cary railway station is to start on a trial basis. Children in Chard are being given free reading books as part of a scheme founded by Dolly Parton... and more
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
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