Thursday 17th October

Wednesday, 16 October 2024 17:55

By Steve Haigh

Former Yeovil Town player, Anthony Barry, has been confirmed as assistant coach to the newly appointed England Manager, Thomas Tuchel. Somerset Council is making £3.8 million available to support families in the greatest need this winter. A cash machine that was broken beyond repair during a robbery in Crewkerne is to be replaced...and more.

Former Yeovil Town player, Anthony Barry, has been confirmed as assistant coach to the newly appointed England Manager, Thomas Tuchel. Barry played for the Glovers as a midfielder for 2 seasons from 2006 to 2008. The 38-year-old struck up a relationship with Tuchel during their time at Chelsea before the pair took up position at Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.

Somerset Council is making £3.8 million available to support families in greatest need this winter. The money has been provided through the government’s Household Support Fund and can be claimed for food and fuel costs. It will also be used to provide food vouchers to children eligible for Free School Meals during school holidays and to support hard-to-reach rural communities with warm hubs and access to food banks.

A cash machine that was broken beyond repair during a robbery in Crewkerne is to be replaced. The Nationwide has submitted a planning application to install a new cash machine outside its premises at 12 Market Street in Crewkerne.

A Somerset mother, who fought for years to get her disabled son through the county's social care system, has labelled the system as cruel. It comes as a new House of Lords report claims young disabled people are being "written off". Philippa Spearing who lives near Oakhill says she faced multiple barriers from Somerset Council when trying to provide education and housing for her son Angus, who is nonverbal and suffers severe epileptic seizures.

A shop in Taunton has been fined nearly two and half thousand pounds after it was caught selling vapes to under-18-year-olds. Appearing before local magistrates, Vijaya Bhaskar Malapati, who runs Reddy’s News on Priorswood Place pleaded guilty to selling a disposable cherry Elf Bar to a 15-year-old earlier this year.

A natural phenomenon that occurs in Somerset has been picked as one of the best things for travellers to see in 2025. The holiday rental site Vrbo has picked out 10 natural phenomena that holidaymakers should see next year, including the Starling murmurations that can be witnessed most days on the Somerset Levels.

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