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
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. The blaze – the second in less than a week – broke out on Sunday night, with huge plumes of black smoke spreading across a wide area. Police are asking nearby residents with relevant CCTV, doorbell and dashcam footage to please come forward.
Yeovil College says the order with Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF is vital to its future. The College has training contracts with Leonardo worth £1.2 million. CEO Mark Bolton says without the NMH contract, Leonardo’s investment in the college would have been at risk.
A former NHS inspector claims that, after witnessing poor care in the baby unit at Yeovil Hospital, her advice was not heeded by hospital managers. Amanda Ford says that had her comments been acted upon at the time, the maternity unit could have avoided closure.
Junction 22 at Burnham-on-Sea on the M5 will be closed at night this week. It’s part of ongoing work to make the Edithmead Roundabout off the motorway into a through-about. Junction 22 will shut from 9 pm until 6 am the following morning, up until Friday.
A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day. The large-scale replica beast has been built by students at Taunton College to represent what makes Somerset special. Somerset Day 2026 takes place over the weekend of May 9th and 10th.
Expectant mothers are using Yeovil Hospital once again to give birth following the reopening of the maternity unit. A Yeovil man has been jailed for four years for committing sexual offences against two young girls. Plans have been approved to convert a pub in Milborne Port into housing... and more
NHS Somerset has delayed closing the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. A former Avon and Somerset Police officer has been jailed for making indecent images of children. A Somerset man has been fined after pleading guilty to hunting a wild animal with dogs... and more
Nearly one hundred roads in Somerset will be surface dressed this summer to prevent further damage. Almost all children starting primary school in Somerset in September have been offered a place at one of their top three school choices. People in Somerset are being asked to record wild mammals in gardens and other green spaces over the summer... and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has backed calls for a cap on heating oil prices. Invitations are being sent out to those in Somerset eligible for the latest Covid vaccine. A pub near Chard has closed just four months after reopening... and more
Wessex Water has been told to pay £300,000 after a sewer spilled into the River Yeo killing dozens of fish. The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has been given a grant of half a million pounds. Today marks the official opening of the new visitor centre at Ham Hill... and more
Yeovil College has been upgraded to a Defence Technical Excellence College. Somerset Council is taking legal action against a housing developer that owes £35,000 in contributions towards local services in Broadway. An Ilminster couple have covered the first 400 miles of their epic walk around the coastline of mainland Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police has launched a new five-year plan to tackle anti-social behaviour. Additional GP appointments will soon be available at three local surgeries, following a £1 million investment to upgrade NHS facilities in Somerset. A Stoke-sub-Hamdon couple whose daughter died of cancer have raised £128,000 in her memory... and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for better support for survivors of domestic abuse living in rural communities. The RSPB in Somerset is urging people to stop feeding birds to prevent the spread of disease. Yeovil Town Football Club says an issue that had threatened it with removal from the register at Companies House has been resolved... and more
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