Plans have been announced to build a new 74-bed care home in Wincanton. A Yeovil woman has appeared in court charged with criminal damage and assault. The Antiques Roadshow is coming to Wells this year. Plans to build up to 30 homes in Milborne Port have been dropped. A community shop that supported local people through the pandemic is celebrating one year of opening this week.
Plans have been announced to build a new 74-bed care home in Wincanton creating 140 new jobs. Cale View, to be built on Dyke’s Way, will provide care for adults of all ages with challenging behaviours. Owners, Cornerstone Healthcare currently run care homes in Hampshire and Sussex.
A Yeovil woman has appeared in court charged with criminal damage and assault. Kamila Bobek was said to have damaged a door at Pathways and to have assaulted a woman. Bobek, who pleaded guilty to the charges, is due to return to court for sentencing on April 23rd.
The Antiques Roadshow is coming to Wells this year. The BBC show will be filmed at the Bishop’s Palace. Anyone with a story behind an antique is asked to apply online.
Plans to build up to 30 homes in Milborne Port have been dropped. Developers, Toft Hill Ltd, lost a legal battle in 2019 over plans to build 50 homes in the village. They then submitted an application to with fewer dwellings on the site but South Somerset District Council also rejected this application. Now, the Planning Inspectorate has upheld the Council’s decision.
A community shop that supported local people through the pandemic is celebrating one year of opening this week. The Stoke-sub-Hamdon Community Shop, launched in March last year, has been run as a community hub by Emma Herrod, Lynn Foley and Katherine Rake. Throughout the Covid crisis, the shop has delivered prescriptions and groceries to shielding residents, helped with dog walking, as well as advertising job vacancies for local people looking for work.
It's claimed the increasing availability of drugs such as ketamine and cocaine has normalised drug use among young people in Somerset. The trial of a man accused of killing his one-month-old son in Chard begins today at Bristol Crown Court. A stone pillar outside the Langport Arms Hotel in Langport has been replaced after it was destroyed in a car crash... and more
Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to the three aircrew from RNAS Yeovilton who died in last week's helicopter crash in Devon. Two men have been arrested and stolen vehicles seized following a major multi-agency operation in South Somerset. An event highlighting opportunities for women in the aerospace industry has been held in Yeovil... and more
The public will be consulted on how best to spend fifty million pounds of government funding to tackle flooding in Somerset. Avon and Somerset Police are backing a new road safety campaign aimed at reducing motorcycle fatalities. New welcome signs have been installed at entrances to the Mendip Hills National Landscape... and more
The government has announced a £50 million investment to strengthen Somerset’s flood defences. A woman from Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been banned from driving for 14 months after admitting drink-driving. Somerset Council has been told it must improve its adult social care services... and more
Plans for a new railway station in Langport remain stalled in Whitehall, according to Somerset Council. Plans to build 50 new homes in Broadway, near Ilminster, have been refused. The new water fountains in Yeovil’s Triangle, in Lower Middle Street, are being switched off during very hot weather because of safety concerns... and more.
A new NHS dental practice in Crewkerne says it won’t start operating at full capacity until July due to staff shortages. Somerset Council says it has no plans to show England matches in the World Cup on the Big Screen in Yeovil town centre due to safety concerns. A Somerset family has been thanked after completing a 73-mile walk raising money for a third world charity... and more
An investigation continues today into the crash of a Royal Navy helicopter, based at RNAS Yeovilton, in which all three aircrew were killed. Somerset Council has confirmed that a new operator will take over several leisure centres across the county. The new live-action Masters of the Universe movie, filmed in Somerset, is released this week...and more
A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with assaulting three police officers. Somerset Council has begun legal action to recover more than £320,000 owed by housing developers. The line-up has been announced for this year’s Ilminster Midsummer Experience...and more
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