Drivers will face a twenty-mile diversion when a road in South Somerset closes for repairs later this month. A Chard man has been given a community order with eighty hours of unpaid work for committing an assault. Plans have been submitted to build two self-build houses near Langport. The outdoor swimming pool in Street will reopen this summer for the first time in two years. Events are being held in Wincanton this week to mark International Women's Day...and more.
Drivers will face a twenty-mile diversion when a road in South Somerset closes for repairs later this month. A one-and-a-half-mile stretch of Blackdown Hill Road at West Buckland will be shut for five days from Monday, 21st March for resurfacing.
A Chard man has been given a community order with eighty hours of unpaid work for committing an assault. Haydn Parsons of Dwelly Close in Chard was appearing before local magistrates where he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Plans have been submitted to build two self-build houses near Langport. If approved, the dwellings would be built on land north of Breach Furlong Lane at High Ham.
The outdoor swimming pool in Street will reopen this summer for the first time in two years. ‘Greenbank’ was closed during the pandemic due to it being too expensive to run. A grant of thirty-thousand pounds has now been given by Street Parish Council to enable the pool to be reopened.
Dawes Twineworks in West Coker near Yeovil is bringing back a big name to the area. ‘Coker Canvas’, was a world-renowned material in sailing and unique to the village for centuries up to its disappearance in the late 19th century. Now, with the help of Ilminster-based international dress designer, Alice Temperley, ‘Coker Canvas’ is set to be revived for making bags and other fashion items.
Events are being held in Wincanton this week to mark International Women's Day and celebrate and inspire young women. Event organiser, Lynne Franks, who runs the Seed Store in the High Street in Wincanton is hoping that young women from all around the Wincanton area will take part.
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
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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