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.
It's claimed the increasing availability of drugs such as ketamine and cocaine has normalised drug use among young people in Somerset. The trial of a man accused of killing his one-month-old son in Chard begins today at Bristol Crown Court. A stone pillar outside the Langport Arms Hotel in Langport has been replaced after it was destroyed in a car crash... and more
Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to the three aircrew from RNAS Yeovilton who died in last week's helicopter crash in Devon. Two men have been arrested and stolen vehicles seized following a major multi-agency operation in South Somerset. An event highlighting opportunities for women in the aerospace industry has been held in Yeovil... and more
The public will be consulted on how best to spend fifty million pounds of government funding to tackle flooding in Somerset. Avon and Somerset Police are backing a new road safety campaign aimed at reducing motorcycle fatalities. New welcome signs have been installed at entrances to the Mendip Hills National Landscape... and more
The government has announced a £50 million investment to strengthen Somerset’s flood defences. A woman from Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been banned from driving for 14 months after admitting drink-driving. Somerset Council has been told it must improve its adult social care services... and more
Plans for a new railway station in Langport remain stalled in Whitehall, according to Somerset Council. Plans to build 50 new homes in Broadway, near Ilminster, have been refused. The new water fountains in Yeovil’s Triangle, in Lower Middle Street, are being switched off during very hot weather because of safety concerns... and more.
A new NHS dental practice in Crewkerne says it won’t start operating at full capacity until July due to staff shortages. Somerset Council says it has no plans to show England matches in the World Cup on the Big Screen in Yeovil town centre due to safety concerns. A Somerset family has been thanked after completing a 73-mile walk raising money for a third world charity... and more
An investigation continues today into the crash of a Royal Navy helicopter, based at RNAS Yeovilton, in which all three aircrew were killed. Somerset Council has confirmed that a new operator will take over several leisure centres across the county. The new live-action Masters of the Universe movie, filmed in Somerset, is released this week...and more
A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with assaulting three police officers. Somerset Council has begun legal action to recover more than £320,000 owed by housing developers. The line-up has been announced for this year’s Ilminster Midsummer Experience...and more
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