Police are investigating a break-in at a school in Thorncombe, near Chard. Police are investigating a break-in at a school in Thorncombe, near Chard. The South West Officer of the National Education Union has backed calls for the government to expand the free school meals programme to all families on Universal Credit. Organisers of the Shindig Festival held last weekend on the Dillington Estate near Ilminster are celebrating a record crowd...and more.
Police are investigating a break-in at a school in Thorncombe, near Chard. A fire door was reportedly forced open, triggering the intruder alarm, following the break-in at St Mary's Primary School on Chard Road, between 9 am and 9:30 am on Sunday, May 29th. Police are asking anyone with information to call the non-emergency number 101.
A scheme to help military patients and their families in Somerset is expanding. The NHS in Somerset has teamed up with the Defence Medical Welfare Service charity to support patients at Yeovil Hospital.
The South West Officer of the National Education Union has backed calls for the government to expand the free school meals programme to all families on Universal Credit. The government has put extra money into providing free school meals but Robin Head says that ministers need to go further.
Organisers of the Shindig Festival held last weekend on the Dillington Estate near Ilminster are celebrating a record crowd. They say 10,000 revellers attended the three-day event, which was being staged after a gap of two years due to Covid.
A local football team that raised six thousand pounds to take part in an international soccer tournament fly to Barcelona today. The South West Cerebral Palsy Football team play their first game in the competition tomorrow.
A man from Chard has qualified to represent Great Britain with his German Shepherd at a dog training competition in the Czech Republic. Aidan Jackson and his five-and-a-half-year-old German Shepherd, Brody, will represent GB at the All-Breed World Championships in September.
The Chief Executive of Somerset Council, Duncan Sharkey, has admitted to making mistakes in cutting jobs. Yeovil MP Adam Dance is supporting a Lib Dem initiative to introduce a new ‘Farm First’ training scheme. Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has launched an appeal to help buy a second helicopter... and more.
A man has appeared in court in connection with an attack in Wincanton. A member of Somerset Council, jailed for 26 months for taking part in a Just Stop Oil protest, may not have to stand down as a councillor. NHS Somerset has announced that changes to stroke services at Yeovil Hospital will "go live" in the spring of next year...and more
Avon and Somerset Police say 62 drivers were arrested in the first week of the Christmas drink and drug driving campaign. A reindeer farm near Yeovil thinks it may have to close after being told it needs a Zoo licence. Father Christmas has made a special delivery of presents to Charlton Farm Children's Hospice in Somerset...and more
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset has criticised the government for axing the role. Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Ilminster in which a woman was seriously injured. Residents of Freedom Avenue in Yeovil are raising funds for charity with a big display of Christmas lights...and more.
Plans to build 150 new homes in Ilminster have been scrapped. A Somerset councillor has been jailed for 26 months. Marks & Spencer wants to build a new Food Store in Ilminster. Poundland has announced that it’s shutting its store in Middle Street in Yeovil...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses after an assault on a man in Chard. Lloyds Banking Group has announced a date for closing the Halifax in Yeovil. Train journeys on the Castle Cary to Taunton line will be disrupted next week due to engineering work. The mental health charity MIND in Somerset has produced a Christmas advent calendar... and more.
The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police says her force is doing all it can to reduce anti-social behaviour. Somerset Council has deferred a decision on introducing Sunday car parking charges. People living in deprived areas in Somerset are being fast-tracked for hospital treatment...and more
Fire crews have rescued the driver of a car that got stuck in floodwater near Ilminster. Avon and Somerset Police are urging people going out to celebrate this Christmas to book a taxi or use public transport. A woman from South Petherton has come top at the British Down Syndrome Swimming Championships...and more,
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