Somerset County Council elections, have been postponed for a year. Somerset's Director of Public Health says coronavirus infection numbers are continuing to fall. Police have named the driver who died following a crash on the A 303 Ilminster by-pass and a man was taken to hospital by air ambulance after suffering burns in a garden fire.
It's been confirmed that elections to Somerset County Council, which were due to take place in May, have been postponed for a year. It’s thought Local Government Secretary, Robert Jenrick, was influenced in his decision to suspend the vote, by the plans currently in progress, to re-organise local government in Somerset.
Somerset's Director of Public Health says coronavirus infection numbers are continuing to fall. Trudi Grant says the current rate has come down to 75 cases per 100,000 population and that the figures for the over 60’s are especially encouraging.
Police have named the driver who died following a crash on the A 303 Ilminster by-pass earlier this month. He was Sean Starke, 24, who lived in Ilminster. Mr Starke was killed when his car was in collision with van, close to the South Petherton roundabout, on Sunday, February 14th.
A cannabis factory has been discovered within the former NatWest bank in Crewkerne, which was the scene of a major fire on Monday. Cannabis plants were found growing inside the empty building on Market Street by investigators searching for possible clues as to the cause of Monday’s incident.
A man was taken to hospital by air ambulance after suffering burns in a garden fire in Sherborne. It happened at a property in South Avenue. The man’s condition in hospital is not known.
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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