Monday 15th September

Monday, 16 September 2024 06:00

By Steve Haigh

The public is being asked for its views on how the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station near Bridgwater should be decommissioned. The number of reported rape cases to Avon and Somerset Police in the last 12 months increased to just over 3,000. Asda in Yeovil is inviting donations of used children’s books as part of the supermarket's partnership with the Children's Book Project...and more

The public is being asked for its views on how the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station near Bridgwater should be decommissioned. Owners, EDF Energy, has applied to the Office for Nuclear Regulation for formal permission to decommission the site that ceased operations in 2022. People have 3-months in which to give their views, with the decommissioning process due to start in the summer of 2025.

The A303 at the Southfields roundabout on the Ilminster by-pass will close overnight for essential maintenance. The work takes place tonight from 8 pm to 6 am tomorrow and for the next four nights. Drivers travelling between these times are advised to plan their journeys, with a diversion in operation on the A358.

A Somerset animal charity says it’s struggling to cope with the number of older dogs being put up for adoption. Rushton Dog Rescue near Langport says rising vets bills are also putting the squeeze on the charity's purse strings.

The number of reported rape cases to Avon and Somerset Police in the last 12 months increased to just over 3,000, according to the national crime survey. The increase places Avon and Somerset at the top of a list of English police areas per thousand of population for reported rape cases.

A Yeovil business has been presented with the King's Award for Enterprise. Atlantas Marine, which designs and manufactures underwater inspection cameras and equipment, was given the award for its rapid growth in overseas earnings.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a single-vehicle collision involving a blue Ford Fiesta and a tree at the junction of the A30 with the B3167 Roman Road near Cricket St Thomas. The crash happened at around 11 pm on Saturday, August 31st. The vehicle was being driven towards Chard at the time of the collision. If you can help or have dashcam footage, you’re asked to please call the non-emergency number 101.

Asda in Yeovil is inviting donations of used children’s books as part of the supermarket's partnership with the Children's Book Project. The Children's Book Project aims to tackle book poverty in childhood by gifting surplus new and pre-loved books to children with limited access to books.

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Friday 13th June

Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Thursday 12th June

Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
Wednesday 11th June

People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
Tuesday 10th June

A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Monday 9th June

Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Friday 6th June

Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Thursday 5th June

Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.