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.
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
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
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