Plans have been approved to convert Old Viney Bridge Mill in Crewkerne to residential use. The go-ahead has been given to decommission Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant in Somerset. We’re being asked to provide food for hedgehogs that come into our gardens this winter...and more.
Plans have been approved to convert Old Viney Bridge Mill in Crewkerne to residential use. Thirty dwellings will be created within the building, with a further 16 to be built on land once an ancillary building has been demolished. Seventy-seven car parking spaces and 46 cycle spaces will be provided within the site.
The go-ahead has been given to decommission Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant in Somerset, three years after it last produced electricity. EDF, the operator, has been granted permission by the regulator to decommission the plant after being reassured about public safety and environmental risks. The site will now be transferred to Nuclear Restoration Services for the work to be carried out.
We’re being asked to provide food for hedgehogs that come into our gardens this winter. The appeal comes from the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre, which is currently looking after 50 hedgehogs.
A date has been set for when work on building a new training centre for health and social care workers in Somerset will commence. Somerset Council is converting the former community hospital on Salmon Parade in Bridgwater, with building work set to start by Spring 2026. Somerset Council says the centre will address the shortage of trained staff to work within Somerset’s care sector.
Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned changes to the way it licenses charitable collections. The council is responsible for issuing permits for street cash collections and house-to-house collections of money and goods. The changes are aimed at reducing bureaucracy and the cost of running the licensing scheme. If you’d like to comment, you will find the consultation on the Somerset Council website.
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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