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.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says July has been its busiest month ever for emergency calls. Police have recovered a 1970s Austin Mini pick-up stolen in Shepton Mallet. A specialist spinal injuries service at Yeovil Hospital has treated three hundred patients in its first year... and more
The Environment Agency has declared a drought across Somerset as the hot weather takes its toll on the county's water supplies. Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident near Crewkerne. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...and more
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of moped thefts in Chard. A combine harvester has been destroyed in a farm fire at Forton, near Chard. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow... and more
The former Beales department store in Yeovil could be brought back into use as part of a wider masterplan for the future of the town. A yellow heat health alert is in place across Somerset from nine o’clock this morning until nine o’clock on Friday morning. A Somerset farmer says this year is the driest on his land since 1976... and more
Gooch and Housego, based in Ilminster and one of the town’s biggest employers, has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to an American private equity firm. A father who shook his four-week-old baby to death at a house in Chard has been sentenced to life in prison. A doctor who works for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of five people to have jointly set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police are warning people to watch out for scammers posing as Amazon. The CEO of the company that provides Somerset's recycling is warning of a major incident if people continue to put used batteries in waste bins. A former Yeovil pub could be demolished to make way for a major hotel expansion.
The West Country is officially one step closer to being declared in drought. Somerset Council says it's remodelling its service after a children's home was closed following an inspection. A new McDonald's planned off the M5 at Bridgwater could create up to 120 local jobs... and more
Two men have been jailed for stealing electrical items and cash from a property in Yeovil. Somerset Council has defended its use of Yeovil’s new performance area in The Triangle, in Lower Middle Street. Tintinhull Primary School, near Yeovil, has won a top national award for outdoor play... and more
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