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.
Somerset Council says Hendford Hill in Yeovil should be fully reopened to traffic by the end of May. Plans have been approved to build 40 new homes in Crewkerne. A huge pile of illegally dumped rubbish in Glastonbury has been cleared... and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision at Rimpton. A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in South Petherton. Former Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson has been retained as first-team manager of Taunton Town for next season... and more
A former school in Sherborne has been badly damaged by fire. A care home in Yeovil has been rated outstanding. ublic spaces in West Coker owned by Somerset Council are being handed over to the parish council. Mendip Golf Club has presented a cheque for £12,000 to Mind in Somerset... and more
Plans have been submitted to turn a property on Preston Road in Yeovil into a House in Multiple Occupation. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has been recalled to the England Red Roses starting line-up for tomorrow’s Women’s Six Nations game against Wales. Three sisters from Yeovil will be running the London Marathon this weekend in support of Guide Dogs UK... and more
Helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton have completed six weeks of sorties, protecting Cyprus from attacks by Iran. People in Somerset who use domestic heating oil are calling on the government to regulate the oil supply industry. Patients are being invited to register at a new NHS dentist in Crewkerne... and more
Expectant mothers are using Yeovil Hospital once again to give birth following the reopening of the maternity unit. A Yeovil man has been jailed for four years for committing sexual offences against two young girls. Plans have been approved to convert a pub in Milborne Port into housing... and more
NHS Somerset has delayed closing the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. A former Avon and Somerset Police officer has been jailed for making indecent images of children. A Somerset man has been fined after pleading guilty to hunting a wild animal with dogs... and more
Nearly one hundred roads in Somerset will be surface dressed this summer to prevent further damage. Almost all children starting primary school in Somerset in September have been offered a place at one of their top three school choices. People in Somerset are being asked to record wild mammals in gardens and other green spaces over the summer... and more
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