Local News Tuesday 8th February

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 06:00

Work is to be carried out to update three older type skate parks in Yeovil. Work has started on replacing a dangerous wall at the side of the A30 at Haselbury Plucknett. A new care home could be built in Chard. Somerset charity ‘Second Step’ is setting up events to encourage men to talk more openly about mental health. A record number of cranes were born in Somerset last year...and more.

Work is to be carried out to update three older type skate parks in Yeovil. South Somerset District Council says Yew Tree, Milford and Oak Tree skate parks are to be resurfaced to provide a smoother skating experience. The scheme’s out to public consultation now with the upgrade due to be completed by the end of the year.

Work has started on replacing a dangerous wall at the side of the A30 at Haselbury Plucknett between Yeovil and Crewkerne. The road will remain closed in both directions for three weeks, for the work to be carried out. The second phase of the scheme will take up to ten weeks to complete and see the A30 re-opened with a single lane operating on traffic lights. Access to households and businesses in the area is unaffected.

A new care home could be built in Chard. It will have sixty-six en-suite bedrooms and be situated between Furnham Road and Chaffcombe Road in Chard on land allocated for housing. Healthcare providers, LNT Care Developments, say a formal planning application will shortly be submitted to South Somerset District Council.

Somerset charity ‘Second Step’ is setting up events to encourage men to talk more openly about mental health and check on their friends. It follows figures that show the suicide rate in Somerset remains above the national average with the majority of cases involving men.

A record number of cranes were born in Somerset last year, ten out of a total of forty chicks born across the whole of the UK. There are now sixty-five breeding pairs in the UK, fifteen of them in Somerset.

A meeting is being held in Lopen tonight for anyone interested in helping organise an event to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The meeting is at the Sunday School Room and starts at 7pm, it is open to everyone.

Yeovil Town are back in action tonight. The Glovers are playing away at Wealdstone in a National League fixture, kick-off 7:45 pm

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