Somerset Council are advising residents to have their bins out by 6am in the early part of this week. People in Wincanton paid tribute to a World War 2 aircraft crew at the town’s Memorial Hall. Staff at a Chard garage are hopeful after being announced as finalists at the 2024 Independent Garage Association awards...and more.
Somerset Council are advising residents to have their bins out by 6 am at the latest in the early part of this week. With the weather forecast to be hot over the coming days, and the addition of Glastonbury Festival traffic, crews are starting extra early across the county on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to cope. If your collection falls on those days, you’re advised to put your recycling and rubbish bins out the night before if you can.
Meanwhile, the Glastonbury Festival organisers have revealed that a drone show will launch the 2024 event at 10.30 this Wednesday night, followed by the traditional fireworks. The hope is that the display will be visible from a number of locations nearby, with the best views from the Pyramid field.
People in Wincanton paid tribute to a World War 2 aircraft crew at the town’s Memorial Hall yesterday. The plane, dubbed ‘Old Faithful’ and carrying 9 Americans, crashlanded nearby 80 years ago on its way back from a bombing raid on Toulouse.
Staff at a Chard garage are hopeful after being announced as finalists at the 2024 Independent Garage Association awards. Tytherleigh Vehicle Electrics, based at the Chard Business Park, have been nominated in the ‘business improvement’ category. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Birmingham on the 20th of September.
And two big-name TV comedians will no longer perform at Somerset’s Comedy Festival after ticket sales were in the single figures. Mark Watson and Sean Walsh were headliners at the annual event. The festival is a community interest company so not for profit – and they say they're hoping to boost ticket sales for the remainder of the festival.
Bird flu has been found at a nature reserve in Somerset, closing part of it down. St Margaret’s Hospice in Somerset is calling for the hospice sector to be given more central funding. The Barrington Boar in Barrington has been placed 12th in The Good Food Guide’s list of 100 best pubs in Britain... and more
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a mobile home near Yeovil. Somerset Council is suggesting people turn their pumpkins into soup this Halloween. People in Yeovil have until Sunday to comment on controversial plans to sell off four car parks in the town centre... and more.
Plans have been submitted to build 12 new homes in Chard. A nursery in Yeovil has been rated ‘overall good' by Ofsted. A Somerset mortgage broker has achieved national recognition. A stretch of the M5 at Wellington will be shut every night this week...and more
The Unite union has announced four days of strikes by its members at Leonardo in Yeovil. One of Yeovil’s busiest roads is closed to traffic today. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard raised £3,000 taking part in a Sleeping Ruff challenge at the weekend...and more
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
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