Somerset Council has declared "a financial emergency". The air ambulance was called in to assist when a member of staff at Neroche Primary School near Ilminster fell ill yesterday. Plans to create a second traveller site at Pitney, near Langport, have been approved. Buses of Somerset are introducing extra early morning and evening bus services from later this month...and more.
Somerset Council has declared "a financial emergency". It follows news that the Council is facing a one hundred million pound overspend in the next financial year. The Council’s controlling Lib Dem group agreed to declare the financial emergency at a meeting held in Yeovil.
The Dorset & Somerset air ambulance was called in to assist when a member of staff at Neroche Primary School in Broadway near Ilminster fell ill. South Western Ambulance Service say a land ambulance also attended and in the event the air ambulance wasn’t needed.
Plans to create a second traveller site at Pitney, near Langport, have been approved. The site to the north of Gore Lane will have space for a mobile home, day room and touring caravans.
Buses of Somerset are introducing extra early morning and evening bus services from later this month. The revised timetable will improve punctuality and reliability on the 51 route around Yeovil, beginning on Monday, November 27th.
People are being asked to take extra care in parks and open spaces as high temperatures and dry conditions increase the risk of fire. Plans to build hundreds of new homes in Yeovil can now go ahead after a High Court challenge by Mudford Parish Council was dismissed. A Somerset bakery chain has sparked a reaction after it stopped making iced buns... and more
The UK Health Security Agency has increased its heat health alert for Somerset to amber. Trading Standards officers have shut down three shops in Taunton after illegal cigarettes and vapes were discovered on the premises. Bridgwater Town Council is considering running its own bus services...and more
A Martock agricultural machinery business has gone into administration, putting around thirty jobs at risk. A new sensory room has opened at a Yeovil schook to support neurodiverse pupils. The headteacher of a Chard primary school is stepping down... and more
The National Farmers Union in Somerset has welcomed the government’s new trade deal with six Gulf countries. Campaigners say Somerset’s canals and locks are in urgent need new investment. The Liverpool comedian John Bishop is heading to Somerset later this year...and more
Police are being asked to cut the time the M5 is closed following accidents. Plans to build a major solar farm near Chard have been thrown out. Aldi is asking shoppers to help find locations for new stores in Somerset...and more
People in Somerset are being encouraged to get their cholesterol checked to cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes. A Chard man has appeared in court charged with using threatening behaviour. A gardener from Somerset has won a silver award at the Chelsea Flower Show... and more
A Somerset car boot business says it will no longer accept twenty-pound notes after being handed counterfeit notes.Taunton Flower Show is warning this year’s event could be its last. Numatic, makers of the Henry vacuum cleaner, have invested one-and-a-half million pounds installing new solar panels at their factory in Chard... and more
The RSPCA is investigating after eleven newborn puppies were abandoned in Snowdon Park in Chard. Major funding has been announced for a new two-year arts programme in Yeovil. Plans have been unveiled to improve sports facilities at Somerton Recreation Ground...and more
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