The 54 and 58 bus routes that operate out of Yeovil have been saved from closure. Work has been completed on a four-year-long project to smarten up Chard town centre. The Conservative opposition Leader at Somerset Council is warning of 1200 job cuts as the Council makes savings of £100 million...and more.
Somerset Council and the operators of Buses of Somerset have reached an agreement that will ensure the 54 and 58 services out of Yeovil are kept running. Both services had been at risk due to low passenger numbers and budget cuts at Somerset Council but will now operate until March next year when a further review will take place. The 54 bus runs from Yeovil to Taunton passing through Somerton and Langport. While the 58 runs between Yeovil and Wincanton via Sherborne.
The Leader of Somerset Council, Councillor Bill Revans says he and his fellow Lib Dem colleagues had no alternative but to vote in support of cutting the Council’s spending by £100 million, otherwise, the authority would have been declared bankrupt. At a full meeting of Somerset Council earlier this week, Lib Dem councillors voted to put up the Council Tax by five per cent together with implementing deep cuts to a wide range of council services. Despite the cuts, Councillor Revans says the financial problems facing Somerset Council are far from over.
A Yeovil man has been fined £100 and given a community order for attacking a woman. Appearing at Poole Magistrates Court, Owynn Kew, aged 30, of Milford Road in Yeovil pleaded guilty to beating the woman in Lenthay Road in Sherborne in March last year.
Work has been completed on a four-year-long project to smarten up the look of Chard town centre. The Chard Heritage Action Project has involved relaying pavements and freshening up shop fronts. Restoration work has also been carried out at many of the 136 Listed Buildings in Chard, including the Guildhall and Chard School.
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
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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