Police have appealed for help in tracing three people in connection with a burglary in Martock. A judge has ordered the arrest of a pensioner in Chard who failed to turn up at court after being found guilty of raping a child. Rising energy costs are being blamed for pushing people into fuel poverty, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau in South Somerset. An aerospace graduate in Yeovil has launched a networking platform to encourage more women into the sector.
Police have appealed for help in tracing three people in connection with a burglary in Martock. Cash was stolen in the raid at a house in Coat Road, Martock, last Friday, July 2nd. Anyone who saw two men wearing baseball caps, a woman carrying a handbag and each dressed in black, getting into a vehicle in Coat Road, close to the industrial estate at around 9.30 am last Friday, are asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
A judge has ordered the arrest of a pensioner in Chard who failed to turn up at court after being found guilty of raping a child. Owen Goff of Jubilee Close in Chard was convicted of a series of historic sexual offences at Exeter Crown Court last month and was due to return to the Court yesterday for sentencing. Judge Timothy Rose said it would not be appropriate to sentence Goff in his absence and issued a warrant for his immediate arrest.
Rising energy costs is being blamed for pushing people into fuel poverty, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau in South Somerset. The energy price cap went up in April by nearly the same amount that it was reduced a year ago. OFGEM says it was necessary to meet increases in the costs of production. The CEO of the local CAB, Angela Kerr, says the poorest families are being hit the hardest.
An aerospace graduate in Yeovil has launched a networking platform to encourage more women into the sector. Olivia Gribler, who works for Leonardo in Yeovil, has formed ‘Aero Women 21’ in the hope of persuading more younger women to take up careers in aerospace. She claims the sector is dominated by men and wants to change this.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says July has been its busiest month ever for emergency calls. Police have recovered a 1970s Austin Mini pick-up stolen in Shepton Mallet. A specialist spinal injuries service at Yeovil Hospital has treated three hundred patients in its first year... and more
The Environment Agency has declared a drought across Somerset as the hot weather takes its toll on the county's water supplies. Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident near Crewkerne. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...and more
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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