Somerset Bus Partnership has welcomed a £24.7m boost for the county's bus services. Outline planning permission has been granted to build up to 100 new homes in Ilminster. An Ilminster man has been banned from keeping animals for seven years. Residents in Chiselborough have set up a group to try and re-open the village pub...and more.
Somerset Bus Partnership has welcomed a £24.7m boost for the county's bus services up to 2030. The multi-year settlement will be split between capital funding for new buses and bus stations, such as the proposed transport hub for Langport, and revenue funding for day-to-day operations, including capping bus ticket costs.
Somerset Council has granted outline planning permission to build up to 100 new homes in Ilminster. It follows Persimmon Homes' submission of a reserved matters application for 400 homes on land to the south-west of Canal Way. Persimmon has been granted Outline Planning for the first phase of the development, with a third of the new homes to be transferred to a social housing provider for local people.
An Ilminster man has been banned from keeping animals for seven years after leaving his cat without adequate care while he was away. Appearing before local magistrates, Adam Platt, of The Incline, in Ilminster, pleaded guilty to an animal welfare offence, following an investigation by the RSPCA. Alongside the disqualification, Platt was also fined £140 and ordered to pay £400 court costs.
Residents of Chiselborough have formed a group to reopen the village pub. The Cat's Head Inn in Chiselborough closed in May and is now on the market.
The government is facing increasing pressure to clarify whether it will order new medium-lift helicopters from Leonardo in Yeovil. Somerset Council is spending £5 million on new laptops. A new singing group is being set up in Yeovil for people living with dementia...and more
The go-ahead has been given to build 200 new homes at Ilchester. Taunton Town Council is increasing its share of the Council Tax by 3 per cent a year. Somerset is featured in a new Agatha Christie drama being shown on Netflix from this week...and more
The company behind a proposed tidal lagoon between Watchet and Minehead says it could create up to eight thousand jobs. A third councillor on Somerset Council has joined Reform UK. St Margaret's Hospice says this year’s Christmas tree collection scheme raised forty-seven thousand pounds...and more.
The union representing workers at Leonardo in Yeovil says it needs a clear answer from the government on whether the Yeovil factory will be awarded a contract to build new medium-lift helicopters for the RAF. Somerset Council says more support will be provided to foster carers. A bird flu surveillance zone remains in place over the Somerset Levels...and more
The Government says it won’t bring forward a decision on buying new helicopters from Leonardo in Yeovil. A bird flu surveillance zone remains in place over the Somerset Levels. Yeovil’s temporary police station on Horsey Lane is to close at the end of the month....and more
Leonardo is threatening to shut its Yeovil factory. Somerset Community Foundation says there's still time to donate money to its Surviving Winter Appeal. The Swan Theatre in Yeovil is staging a number of special performances to mark its 50th anniversary...and more.
A Yeovil man has been arrested and then de-arrested after a collision in Dorset. A Somerset food manufacturer could be expanding its Wincanton base. A new dementia-friendly choir has been launched in Yeovil...and more.
Adam Dance MP is welcoming developments in his campaign to support neurodivergent schoolchildren. Somerset was the star of the small screen last night, thanks to BBC comedy ‘Can You Keep A Secret’. A Yeovil gymnastics club has hosted a VIP guest...and more.
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