A Chard woman has appeared in court after driving her car towards a crowd of people who, she claimed, were causing a disturbance. Crewkerne residents will soon be provided with a new banking hub. Work has started removing 14 trees along the embankment of Chard Reservoir...and more
A Chard woman has appeared in court after driving her car towards a crowd of people who, she claimed, were causing a disturbance. Magistrates were told that Shelley Wilson of Reed Road in Chard was behind the wheel of her car when she drove it off the road towards a group of people gathered in Henson Park, causing them to run for safety. No one was injured in the incident that happened on August 4th last year. Pleading guilty to dangerous driving, Wilson was told to return to Yeovil Magistrates Court for sentencing on February 4th.
Crewkerne residents will soon be provided with a new banking hub. Crewkerne is only the 5th town in England to be given a dedicated banking hub due to local banks closing. Cash Access UK, who will run the new service, are looking for somewhere in the town centre to put the banking hub.
Work has started removing trees along the embankment of Chard Reservoir. It’s to allow for other work to strengthen and raise the retaining barrier at the reservoir. The 14 trees being taken down are described as of low ecological value.
Organisers of the Shindig Festival, held for the past 10 years in the grounds at Dillington House near Ilminster, say this year’s festival will take place at Charlton Park in Wiltshire. Co-founder, Simon Clarke, says they decided against using Dillington House because of rising costs and tighter regulations. He’s described the move to Charlton Park as the start of a new era for the Shindig Festival.
A session of afternoon prize bingo is being held in Chard. The event. organised by Chard Inner Wheel, takes place at Jenny's Café and Bistro on Friday, January 17th at 4 pm.
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
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has backed calls for a cap on heating oil prices. Invitations are being sent out to those in Somerset eligible for the latest Covid vaccine. A pub near Chard has closed just four months after reopening... and more
Wessex Water has been told to pay £300,000 after a sewer spilled into the River Yeo killing dozens of fish. The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has been given a grant of half a million pounds. Today marks the official opening of the new visitor centre at Ham Hill... and more
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
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