Plans have been approved to upgrade Chard Police Station at a cost of £900,000. Plans to build four new homes in Wincanton have been turned down due to a lack of parking spaces. A Yeovil woman has raised more than eighteen hundred pounds for the mental health charity Mind, ahead of running this year's London Marathon...and more.
Plans have been approved to update Chard Police Station. The building will be fitted with solar panels and air source heat pumps to reduce energy bills and new fencing and gates for improved security. The work will also see a new breastfeeding room and faith room provided. Avon and Somerset Police, who are investing £900,000 in the up-grade, say it will bring the building up to a higher standard for both members of the public and the officers who work out of Chard Police Station.
A Yeovil woman has raised more than eighteen hundred pounds for the mental health charity, Mind, ahead of running the London Marathon. Six years ago, Ella White had to sit her GCSEs from a hospital bed while undergoing treatment for anorexia. Now, she's recovered and is studying medicine at the University of Bristol. Ella says running has helped get her back to full fitness.
A planning application to build four new homes in Wincanton has been turned down. The homes would have been built behind the Churchfields building, once used as offices by South Somerset District Council. The application to Somerset Council’s Planning Committee South was rejected on the grounds of insufficient parking spaces.
A project in Merriot, aimed at supporting military veterans, has been praised for changing the lives of those who rely on it. The Ark Community Farm at Egwood is now getting NHS funding to set up two similar hubs elsewhere in Somerset.
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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