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.
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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