Thursday 27th August

Thursday, 27 August 2026 at 06:30

A 21 mile stretch of the M5 is to be given a 50mph speed limit for three years. Chard remains a safe place to work, live and visit say Avon & Somerset Police. Sunflowers of Somerset is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a photography competition and community activities... and more.

A 21 mile stretch of the M5 is to be given a 50mph speed limit for three years, as part of an ongoing project to repair the St Georges Bridge. It'll come into force next Thursday between junction 19 for Portishead and 22 for Burnham on Sea. A number of overnight closures and lane restrictions will also be taking place over the coming weeks.

Chard remains a safe place to work, live and visit; that’s according to Avon & Somerset Police who tell us that crime in the town has decreased slightly in recent months, despite their expectations of a rise this summer. The force says community policing remains important across the county, and that officers work with businesses and the local authority to support a safe night-time economy. Anyone experiencing crime or antisocial behaviour is encouraged to report it.

Meantime, a new business in the town has had to close for repairs after the shopfront was damaged, just one day after it opened its doors. Transformations Hair, Beauty & Aesthetics discovered smashed windows on the morning of Wednesday, August 5^th. The business had only just relocated from Ilminster.

Sunflowers of Somerset is celebrating its 10^th anniversary with a photography competition and collection of community activities. The Ilminster-based project distributed around 7,500 sunflower seeds to schools, care homes, cafes, churches and many more organisations in March and April, to mark both the start of spring and the passing of a decade for the organisation. Due to a wet couple of months, the seeds took longer to germinate for many, and the later hot weather scorched the fledgling plants, but an impressive number of sunflowers still made their way to maturity.

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