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.
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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