Inflation is causing budget problems for the new Somerset Council. A major crackdown on drugs is underway across the South West this week. People are being asked for their views on the planned spending of £29 million pounds on expanding Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre. Police have appealed for the public's help to find a missing man from Cardiff who they think may be in Yeovil or Langport and St Margaret’s shop in Ilminster has moved to a new location.
Inflation is causing budget problems for the new Somerset Council. The County Council and district councils are merging to form one unitary authority that will come into being in April next year. A report suggests the new single council will need to save £44 million pounds, that's up from the previous estimate of £28 million.
A major crackdown on drugs is underway across the South West this week. Avon and Somerset Police and the region’s four other police forces have joined together on ‘Operation Scorpion’. It’s aimed at disrupting the movement of drugs, alongside delivering preventative initiatives in local communities.
People are being asked for their views on the planned spending of £29 million pounds on expanding Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre. The new-look Octagon will have 900 seats compared to 622 at present, two cinemas and two studio spaces, enhanced technical facilities and a new café and restaurant area. The plans will be on display at the Octagon Theatre on Friday, July 8th and Saturday, July 9th.
Police have appealed for the public's help to find a missing man from Cardiff who they think may be in Yeovil or Langport. Stephen Lewis, aged 33, has not been in contact with his family since leaving Cardiff last week to travel into Somerset.
St Margaret’s shop in Ilminster has moved to a new location. The shop has been on Silver Street for nearly 30 years but is now on the corner of Ditton Street and East Street, where the usual items of donated clothes, books, bric-a-brac, and furniture are on sale.
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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