A lorry driver had a lucky escape when his vehicle overturned and hit an embankment on the A37 Dorchester Road in Yeovil. South Somerset District Council says a site has been found for a new primary school in Chard. A South Petherton man has appeared in court to deny murder. Kingsbury Episcopi is the latest South Somerset village to lose its local pub.
A lorry driver had a lucky escape when his vehicle overturned and hit an embankment on the A37 Dorchester Road in Yeovil. It happened by the Red House Pub close to the Keyford roundabout at around 5 pm yesterday. The A37 was partially blocked for almost two hours. No other vehicle was involved.
South Somerset District Council says a site has been found for a new primary school in Chard. Building the new school had been held up due to no site being identified but the district council says a site has been found and the school will be built to support new housing development on parcels of land between the A358 Tatworth Road and the A30 Crewkerne Road. Chard has been promised a second primary school but not before 2028.
A South Petherton man has appeared in court to deny murder. Matthew Sheridan is accused of the fatal stabbing of Louis Bednall at a block of flats on Hendford Hill in Yeovil on December 12th last year. A jury at Exeter Crown Court has been told there had been a dispute between Mr Bednall and Sheridan a few minutes before the stabbing incident. The trial continues.
Kingsbury Episcopi is the latest South Somerset village to lose its local pub. The owners of the Wyndham Arms pub say following a massive fall-off in trade caused by the pandemic they had no alternative but to permanently shut the business.
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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