Plans have been submitted to convert a Yeovil pub into a school for children with special needs. Members of Ilminster Town Council have voted against buying the Council's former office premises on North Street. Work has been completed updating the sewerage system in Wincanton at a cost of £150,000...and more.
Plans have been submitted to convert a Yeovil pub into a school for children with special needs. Education provider, Five Rivers Child Care Ltd is asking for a ‘change of use’ on The Great Lyde Pub on the corner of Cavalier Way and Lyde Road. Somerset Council is due to make a decision on the application early in the New Year.
Work has been completed updating the sewerage system in Wincanton at a cost of £150,000. To keep disruption to a minimum and save money, Wessex Water used robots to reline the existing network of underground pipes in Church Street, North Street and Waterside Road.
Members of Ilminster Town Council have voted against buying its former office premises on North Street. The Council, who moved to new offices in the Old Magistrates Court in East Street 18 months ago, decided not to go ahead with a purchase due to the poor state of repair of the North Street building.
A stretch of the A303 on the Devon-Somerset border had to be shut in both directions yesterday after the road became blocked by fallen power cables. The incident, which led to long delays, happened at the turn-off to Chard at Upottery.
Repairs to St Peter's Church in Hornblotton, near Shepton Mallet, have been completed. Historic England gave £52,850 towards the project after the church's internal decorations were put at risk by a leaking roof.
A new play park is soon to open in Ilminster. The Winterhay Play Park has been funded through a new housing development on Whaites Drive.
Bird flu has been found at a nature reserve in Somerset, closing part of it down. St Margaret’s Hospice in Somerset is calling for the hospice sector to be given more central funding. The Barrington Boar in Barrington has been placed 12th in The Good Food Guide’s list of 100 best pubs in Britain... and more
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a mobile home near Yeovil. Somerset Council is suggesting people turn their pumpkins into soup this Halloween. People in Yeovil have until Sunday to comment on controversial plans to sell off four car parks in the town centre... and more.
Plans have been submitted to build 12 new homes in Chard. A nursery in Yeovil has been rated ‘overall good' by Ofsted. A Somerset mortgage broker has achieved national recognition. A stretch of the M5 at Wellington will be shut every night this week...and more
The Unite union has announced four days of strikes by its members at Leonardo in Yeovil. One of Yeovil’s busiest roads is closed to traffic today. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard raised £3,000 taking part in a Sleeping Ruff challenge at the weekend...and more
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
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