A potential takeover of Yeovil Town Football Club has collapsed. Yeovil’s new Mayor Andy Kendall says one of his top priorities is to get the Yeovil Refresh project in the town centre completed as soon as possible. Households in Somerset are being reminded that recycling and rubbish collections are running on their usual days this week....and more.
A potential takeover of Yeovil Town Football Club has collapsed amid on-going uncertainty about the club’s future. Matt Uggla of SU Glovers Ltd who it was expected would buy the Club has announced that talks with owner Scott Priestnall have ended without agreement. News of Mr Uggla’s withdrawal comes just days after Yeovil Town failed to pay the wages of its staff and players; a situation the Club says has now been resolved.
Yeovil’s new Mayor Andy Kendall says one of his top priorities is to get work on the Yeovil Refresh project in the town centre completed as soon as possible. Councillor Kendall, who was formally installed as the new Mayor of Yeovil at the annual meeting of Town Council last night, says upgrading the town centre is likely to continue for a further 12 to 15 months but after that he believes Yeovil will thrive.
Police are investigating after a number of garden fences were vandalised in Chard. Four fences in Snowdon Cottage Lane, off Helliers Road, were damaged at about 11pm on Sunday night. If you can help the police with their inquiries, please call the non emergency number 101.
Drivers in Somerset are being warned to expect more farm traffic on the roads in the coming days as farmers start the first silage cut of the season. It comes as the insurer NFU Mutual urge farmers not to put themselves at risk as they try to beat the weather.
Households in Somerset are being reminded that recycling and rubbish collections are running on their usual days this week despite Monday being a Bank Holiday. Collections next week will be a day later because of the Coronation Bank Holiday Monday.
There’s been a call for the Somerset Levels to be designated a National Landscape. A Yeovil man has raised £2,000 for a new school minibus at Fairmead School in Yeovil by running the London Marathon. Exmoor Ales, which provides cask ales across the region and beyond, is closing its Somerset brewery and moving the business to Surrey...and more.
The long-awaited refurbishment of Yeovil police station is finally to get underway this summer. Plans have been approved to build 185 new homes off Bunford Lane in Yeovil. Police have arrested three men in Yeovil for being involved in the supply of Class A drugs. A Somerset jockey has been named Champion Conditional Jockey of 2025...and more.
New figures have shown that registering as a new patient with an NHS dentist in Somerset is still just as difficult as it was six months ago. The go-ahead has been given to build 160 new houses on Station Road in Castle Cary. A sailor from South Petherton has been chosen to lead a team in the round-the-world Clipper Race...and more.
Somerset Council is being criticised for taking too long to re-open Yeovil's Octagon Theatre. The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on Chard Town Council by one vote. Dates have been announced for this year’s illuminated carnival processions in South Somerset...and more.
Police are investigating the theft of a motorbike in Ilminster. Tributes have been paid to the former Yeovil Town player-manager, Cecil Irwin, who has died aged 83. Town criers from across the South West will be in Yeovil tomorrow competing for the loudest voice in the Yeovil Town Crier Competition 2025...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a child was struck by a car in Yeovil. This week, a planning inquiry is being held into plans to turn a Somerset shopping centre into a retirement complex. A Somerset woman is planning to walk the 70-miles of Hadrian's Wall to mark her 90th birthday...and more.
Tourism bosses in Somerset say they feel confident the County will have a good summer for visitors this year. A group representing care providers in Somerset is warning that some residential homes are at risk of going out of business due to rising costs. A Somerset animal charity has taken into care, three orphaned badger cubs...and more.
The Care Quality Commission has given two GP practices in Yeovil a 'good' overall rating. According to insurers, AXA, thefts at commercial premises in Somerset are on the rise. Bus users in Somerset could see changes to the frequency of services when the new West of England mayor takes office. Martock is to host its first Pride event in June...and more.
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