Somerton and Glastonbury MP, Sarah Dyke, says the government needs to get an urgent grip on the worsening dentistry situation in her constituency. Bridgwater Town Council has criticised plans by the Somerset Council to charge for Sunday parking. Somerset Council’s Libraries service has launched its Winter Coat Exchange scheme for a third year...and more
Somerton and Glastonbury MP, Sarah Dyke, says the government needs to get an urgent grip on the worsening dentistry situation in her constituency. She claims people in Somerton and Glastonbury are being forced into extracting their own teeth because no NHS dentists are available locally to treat them.
Somerset Council has confirmed that it’s going ahead with a project for Herne View Primary School in Ilminster, which is currently split over two sites, to expand its Ditton Street site and no longer operate from Silver Street. As part of the £2 million scheme, the council will also refurbish a former adult education building in Ditton Street, where the current nursery will relocate and expand.
Bridgwater Town Council has criticised plans by the Somerset Council to charge for Sunday parking. The Council says the move will standardise charges at all public car parks across the county. Bridgwater Town Council says charging for Sunday parking will dissuade people from shopping in the town. Bridgwater Town councillor, Tim Manders, says with household budgets under great pressure, charging for Sunday parking in the town should continue to be free.
People in Ilminster have adopted a new neighbourhood plan for the town. It follows a poll held in August in which 83 per cent of residents voted in favour of adopting the plan. Somerset Council has now formally adopted the Neighbourhood Plan into its planning policy, meaning it can be used to determine future applications for housing and commercial space in the town until 2036.
Somerset Council’s Libraries service has launched its Winter Coat Exchange scheme for a third year. The scheme gives a warm coat to anyone in need of warm clothing.
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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