The construction industry in Somerset has raised concerns over the scrapping of red diesel. Members of Chard Rotary Club have raised more than £3000 to support Ukraine. The organisers of ‘Live in Somerset’ have announced it will now only be a two-night event. An Avon and Somerset Police Dog is through to the finals of the National Police Dog Trials and gardeners in South Somerset are being asked to sign-up for this year's Big Garden Party.
The construction industry in Somerset has raised concerns over the scrapping of red diesel. From Friday this week, the rebated fuel can no longer be used in construction vehicles like diggers and dump trucks. The changes were announced as part of the 2020 Budget to tackle climate change and make the UK carbon neutral by 2050.
Members of Chard Rotary Club have raised more than £3000 to support Ukraine. A bucket collection was held at Tesco in Chard, together with a collection held at St. Mary’s Church in the town
The organisers of ‘Live in Somerset’ have announced it will now only be a two-night event. They say they've not been able to find a replacement for Olly Murs to headline on the Friday night. It will now just run on Saturday and Sunday night during the August Bank Holiday with Rag 'n' bone man and Simply Red headlining.
An Avon and Somerset Police Dog is through to the finals of the National Police Dog Trials, after winning the South West and Wales competition. Five-year-old German Shepherd, Ash, who is used to track offenders and locate missing people, will compete in the National Police Dog Trials finals at Cirencester Park, in Cirencester, in May.
Gardeners in South Somerset are being asked to sign-up for this year's Big Garden Party. Entries are now open for the annual fundraising event run by the National Garden Scheme, raising funds for charity. In previous years people have hosted tea parties, BBQ’s and bake-off events.
A new website has been launched to support people in Somerset with mental health issues. One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been sold. Artwork on the theme of aviation produced by students at Yeovil College has gone on display at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.A pupil at Tatworth Primary School near Chard has won a prize in a national competition for writing a book review...and more
Work laying a gas main on the A37 Dorchester Road near the Quicksilver Mail roundabout in Yeovil is to continue for a further two months. Somerset Council says the public toilets in Yeovil bus station will close at the end of the month but the waiting room will stay open temporarily. Former Yeovil Town Captain, Josh Staunton, has set up in business as a professional gardener...and more.
Somerset Council seeking to save £40 million by cutting one thousand jobs says 201 employees have so far applied to leave the authority based on voluntary redundancy. East Somerset Railway near Shepton Mallet has been used for filming the TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel Rivals. An old-style red phone box in Castle Cary is being turned into Somerset's smallest museum...and more
Somerset's Chief Medical Officer says GP surgeries using healthcare professionals alongside doctors to provide treatments has freed up GP appointments. A farmer has been fined £15,000 for polluting a household water supply. Avon and Somerset’s new Police and Crime Commissioner has officially started work in the role. Chard Post Office is closed today for the handover of the business to new owners...and more.
Health inspectors have criticised Somerset's maternity services, including those at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset Council says re-opening Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre in its original form could cost up to £200,000 if a multi-million-pound upgrade of the building falls through. A film made by a Yeovil man on a budget of just five thousand pounds was screened at the prestigious British Independent Film Festival...and more.
The Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard says it needs an immediate injection of £100,000 to keep going. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has returned to Yeovil Rugby Club where she began her rugby career 20 years ago. Twenty-five Town criers from across the South will be in Ilminster tomorrow competing in the annual Ilminster Town Criers' Competition...and more.
Train services through Somerset are again being disrupted today due to continued strike action by the train driver’s union ALSEF. A campaign has been launched in Somerset aimed at stopping people overdosing on opioids. A Somerset business is raising a smile with its name.‘Top Of The Clops’, a tack shop near Taunton has won a place in the top ten of the UK’s funniest business names...and more.
A woman driver has been told she faces a prison term for causing the deaths of two people in a crash on the A303. The AA says there are more potholes than ever on Somerset’s motorway network, leading to an increase in damage to vehicles. The new cancer treatment unit at Yeovil Hospital should be open before the end of the year...and more.
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