Police are searching sites across South Somerset in an ongoing investigation into a missing man. Engineering work is taking place on local train services. Yeovil Town's Community Sports Trust have attempted a Somerset version of the Three Peaks Challenge...and more.
Police are searching sites across South Somerset in an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of a man from Yeovil. 37-year-old Michael Wheeler's car was found abandoned in the town and we're told he seems not to have had any contact with anyone since the end of August.
Two car parks at nearby Ham Hill were cordoned off on Friday and properties in Yeovil and Crewkerne are being searched. Police are appealing for anyone with information about Mr Wheeler's disappearance to contact them via the 101 number.
Engineering work will take place on some train services in our area next week as part of a project to improve connections between Somerset and Dorset. Trains south of Yeovil and Castle Cary will be most affected.
A Ditcheat cheese producer is set to create its products using greener energy if plans for a new solar farm are approved. Barber’s Cheese has been making cheddar since 1833 at its Maryland Farm premises – and Cornish-based Communities for Renewables has applied on their behalf to build a new solar facility on agricultural land to the east of the village. If approved, construction could begin in early 2025.
Yeovil Town’s community sports trust team has been attempting a Somerset version of the Three Peaks Challenge. The fifty-kilometre trek made its way up Glastonbury Tor via Dundon Beacon and finished at Huish Park, aiming to raise money for the registered charity.
Wessex Water has been told to pay £300,000 after a sewer spilled into the River Yeo killing dozens of fish. The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has been given a grant of half a million pounds. Today marks the official opening of the new visitor centre at Ham Hill... and more
Yeovil College has been upgraded to a Defence Technical Excellence College. Somerset Council is taking legal action against a housing developer that owes £35,000 in contributions towards local services in Broadway. An Ilminster couple have covered the first 400 miles of their epic walk around the coastline of mainland Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police has launched a new five-year plan to tackle anti-social behaviour. Additional GP appointments will soon be available at three local surgeries, following a £1 million investment to upgrade NHS facilities in Somerset. A Stoke-sub-Hamdon couple whose daughter died of cancer have raised £128,000 in her memory... and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for better support for survivors of domestic abuse living in rural communities. The RSPB in Somerset is urging people to stop feeding birds to prevent the spread of disease. Yeovil Town Football Club says an issue that had threatened it with removal from the register at Companies House has been resolved... and more
Maternity services at Yeovil Hospital will reopen on Tuesday April 21st. A Somerset woman, who relies on a wheelchair for mobility, has criticised changes to the Motor Motability scheme. Somerset Freemasons have presented a cheque for forty-three thousand pounds to Young Somerset, a charity that supports young people in the county... and more
Yeovil Town Football Club has received a warning that it could be struck off the register at Companies House. Somerset Council has been given £22 million to provide assistance to people facing cost of living pressures. Members of 1st Ilminster Scout Group have spent a night sleeping outdoors to experience the challenges faced by homeless military veterans... and more
A Yeovil school teacher has been banned from teaching for sharing inappropriate details about her private life with pupils. A Stoke-sub-Hamdon woman has been given a 17-month driving ban. A Yeovil woman who survived bone cancer is raising is running the London Marathon... and more
Somerset Council has set aside three hundred and seventy thousand pounds to keep open five leisure centres in the Mendip area. Watercombe Lane in Yeovil is set to close for thirty-one days for gas mains replacement works. It’s been announced that Martock will stage a Pride event in June...and more
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