Local vehicle owners are being advised to check the date of their next MOT. Plans to convert farming buildings into five homes at Maperton near Wincanton have been rejected by South Somerset District Council. Motorists are being advised that the A37 Dorchester Road will be shut for resurfacing at the turn-off to Stoford. A newly qualified children's nurse from Martock is in line for a national award...and more.
Local vehicle owners are being advised to check the date of their next MOT. The extension to MOT’s, brought on by the pandemic, finishes at the end of September. Local garages are reporting that bookings for MOT’s are running at record levels.
Plans to convert farming buildings into five homes at Maperton near Wincanton have been rejected by South Somerset District Council. The proposed site at Maperton Dairy Farm would have involved adapting buildings currently used to store hay and cattle. Local people had objected on the grounds the development would have been “out of keeping” with the village.
Motorists are being advised that the A37 Dorchester Road will be shut for resurfacing at the turnoff to Stoford for eight nights beginning next week. The closure will take effect from Thursday, September 9th to Friday, September 17th between 6 pm in the evening and 7.30 am the following morning.
A newly qualified children's nurse from Martock is in line for a national award. Hannah Graham has been shortlisted for an ‘Innovation in Service Award’ at the Student Nursing Times Awards for her work raising awareness of autism.
Members of the South Somerset Community Choir are in rehearsals for their first public performance since the start of the pandemic. The “Come and Sing” event will be held on September 13th at Crewkerne Methodist Church, in South Street, Crewkerne.
Bird flu has been found at a nature reserve in Somerset, closing part of it down. St Margaret’s Hospice in Somerset is calling for the hospice sector to be given more central funding. The Barrington Boar in Barrington has been placed 12th in The Good Food Guide’s list of 100 best pubs in Britain... and more
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a mobile home near Yeovil. Somerset Council is suggesting people turn their pumpkins into soup this Halloween. People in Yeovil have until Sunday to comment on controversial plans to sell off four car parks in the town centre... and more.
Plans have been submitted to build 12 new homes in Chard. A nursery in Yeovil has been rated ‘overall good' by Ofsted. A Somerset mortgage broker has achieved national recognition. A stretch of the M5 at Wellington will be shut every night this week...and more
The Unite union has announced four days of strikes by its members at Leonardo in Yeovil. One of Yeovil’s busiest roads is closed to traffic today. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard raised £3,000 taking part in a Sleeping Ruff challenge at the weekend...and more
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
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