Monday 3rd November

Monday, 3 November 2025 06:00

By Steve Haigh

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.

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