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.
It's claimed the increasing availability of drugs such as ketamine and cocaine has normalised drug use among young people in Somerset. The trial of a man accused of killing his one-month-old son in Chard begins today at Bristol Crown Court. A stone pillar outside the Langport Arms Hotel in Langport has been replaced after it was destroyed in a car crash... and more
Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to the three aircrew from RNAS Yeovilton who died in last week's helicopter crash in Devon. Two men have been arrested and stolen vehicles seized following a major multi-agency operation in South Somerset. An event highlighting opportunities for women in the aerospace industry has been held in Yeovil... and more
The public will be consulted on how best to spend fifty million pounds of government funding to tackle flooding in Somerset. Avon and Somerset Police are backing a new road safety campaign aimed at reducing motorcycle fatalities. New welcome signs have been installed at entrances to the Mendip Hills National Landscape... and more
The government has announced a £50 million investment to strengthen Somerset’s flood defences. A woman from Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been banned from driving for 14 months after admitting drink-driving. Somerset Council has been told it must improve its adult social care services... and more
Plans for a new railway station in Langport remain stalled in Whitehall, according to Somerset Council. Plans to build 50 new homes in Broadway, near Ilminster, have been refused. The new water fountains in Yeovil’s Triangle, in Lower Middle Street, are being switched off during very hot weather because of safety concerns... and more.
A new NHS dental practice in Crewkerne says it won’t start operating at full capacity until July due to staff shortages. Somerset Council says it has no plans to show England matches in the World Cup on the Big Screen in Yeovil town centre due to safety concerns. A Somerset family has been thanked after completing a 73-mile walk raising money for a third world charity... and more
An investigation continues today into the crash of a Royal Navy helicopter, based at RNAS Yeovilton, in which all three aircrew were killed. Somerset Council has confirmed that a new operator will take over several leisure centres across the county. The new live-action Masters of the Universe movie, filmed in Somerset, is released this week...and more
A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with assaulting three police officers. Somerset Council has begun legal action to recover more than £320,000 owed by housing developers. The line-up has been announced for this year’s Ilminster Midsummer Experience...and more
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