Multiple flood alerts and warnings remain in place across South Somerset following the weekend’s heavy rainfall. Work starts today repairing a sinkhole on Station Road in Castle Cary. A business in Crewkerne is closing after 50-years trading in the town... and more
Multiple flood alerts and warnings remain in place across South Somerset following the weekend’s heavy rainfall with more rain to come today and tomorrow. Somerset Council says Red Flood warning are in force for the River Parrett at Langport with flooding expected to the Westover Trading Estate. And, the River Yeo at Muchelney with flooding expected to low lying properties. Amber flood alerts are in place on all rivers in South Somerset meaning flooding is possible. Somerset Council says multi-agency support continues with response teams on the ground. To report a flood call; Somerset Council on 0800 80 70 60 or the Environment Agency on 0300 123 2224.
Work starts today repairing a sinkhole on Station Road in Castle Cary which has blocked a busy road for more than four years. Station Road collapsed close to a new housing development in July 2021. Castle Cary Town Council say the road will shut to traffic between 8am and 5pm weekdays for the next two months while the sinkhole is repaired.
Eye operations in Somerset have been cancelled because money earmarked by the NHS for a private provider has been spent. It’s reported that SpaMedica in Taunton has fulfilled the 2-thousand procedures it was contracted to carry out and is rescheduling operations for the next financial year. Sheila Jeffrey, from Chard, was booked to have a cataract operation in February but says her appointment has been postponed.
Plans have been submitted to sub-divide retail premises in Crewkerne into three smaller units. If approved, 9 Market Street will be turned into two shops with the first floor converted to office space.
A business in Crewkerne is closing after 50-years trading in the town. Antiques Bazaar, on South St, will close at the end of March following the retirement of owner, Anthony Bucke.
Yeovil College has been upgraded to a Defence Technical Excellence College. Somerset Council is taking legal action against a housing developer that owes £35,000 in contributions towards local services in Broadway. An Ilminster couple have covered the first 400 miles of their epic walk around the coastline of mainland Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police has launched a new five-year plan to tackle anti-social behaviour. Additional GP appointments will soon be available at three local surgeries, following a £1 million investment to upgrade NHS facilities in Somerset. A Stoke-sub-Hamdon couple whose daughter died of cancer have raised £128,000 in her memory... and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for better support for survivors of domestic abuse living in rural communities. The RSPB in Somerset is urging people to stop feeding birds to prevent the spread of disease. Yeovil Town Football Club says an issue that had threatened it with removal from the register at Companies House has been resolved... and more
Maternity services at Yeovil Hospital will reopen on Tuesday April 21st. A Somerset woman, who relies on a wheelchair for mobility, has criticised changes to the Motor Motability scheme. Somerset Freemasons have presented a cheque for forty-three thousand pounds to Young Somerset, a charity that supports young people in the county... and more
Yeovil Town Football Club has received a warning that it could be struck off the register at Companies House. Somerset Council has been given £22 million to provide assistance to people facing cost of living pressures. Members of 1st Ilminster Scout Group have spent a night sleeping outdoors to experience the challenges faced by homeless military veterans... and more
A Yeovil school teacher has been banned from teaching for sharing inappropriate details about her private life with pupils. A Stoke-sub-Hamdon woman has been given a 17-month driving ban. A Yeovil woman who survived bone cancer is raising is running the London Marathon... and more
Somerset Council has set aside three hundred and seventy thousand pounds to keep open five leisure centres in the Mendip area. Watercombe Lane in Yeovil is set to close for thirty-one days for gas mains replacement works. It’s been announced that Martock will stage a Pride event in June...and more
The joint master of a hunt in Somerset has criticised the decision to hold a public consultation on banning trail hunting. Images of two men police want to speak to in connection with an arson attack on a barber’s shop in Wincanton have been released. The company that runs four leisure centres in the Mendip area has gone into administration... and more
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