Farmers in Somerset say they're struggling after a doubling in the price of red diesel. Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised Donald Trump over his comments about people with learning disabilities. A Somerset woman whose father was killed in a crash on the M5 is running the London Marathon to raise money for South West Ambulance...and more
Farmers in Somerset say they're struggling after the price of red diesel used in tractors and other farm vehicles has doubled, from 70 pence to 135 pence a litre. The RAC says since the US-Israel war with Iran began, average petrol prices have risen by nine pence a litre, with diesel increasing by twenty pence a litre.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised Donald Trump after the US President said people with learning disabilities should not be given leadership positions. President Trump's remarks were directed at Gavin Newsom, the California governor, who is dyslexic. Mr Adam, who is dyslexic himself, says dyslexia is a common learning difference and does not limit someone’s ability to lead.
The daughter of a man who died in a crash on the M5 is running the London Marathon to raise money for South West Ambulance. Rod Walsh was killed in 2018 when a lorry went into the back of traffic waiting to exit junction 25. His daughter, Carys, is taking on the 26-mile challenge to raise funds as a thank-you to South West Ambulance.
Somerset Council says work building a new road junction in Crewkerne will begin after Easter. A new junction, linking homes at Wool Gardens with Station Road, was due to be completed when 55 homes on the development had been built. But the developer reached an agreement to delay building the junction until 200 homes had been completed. Somerset Council says work on the new junction will begin in early April and take five months to complete.
The murder of a two-week-old baby by his father at Yeovil Hospital could not have been predicted, according to a new report. A road in Ilminster is to close to traffic for eleven days later this month. A new Post Office counter is to open in Somerton... and more
The government is being asked to help fund Somerset's carnivals. Bridgwater Town Council wants more trains to stop at the town’s railway station. A fund raising pie throwing event is taking place for Red Nose Day in Chard... and more
Drivers are being told that it could take several more weeks yet before Hendford Hill in Yeovil reopens to traffic. A new bus service between Glastonbury and Castle Cary railway station is to start on a trial basis. Children in Chard are being given free reading books as part of a scheme founded by Dolly Parton... and more
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
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