The go-ahead has been given to build one hundred new homes in South Chard, despite strong local objections. Sheep farmers in Somerset are calling for better protection against a virus that’s affecting newborn lambs. A Sparkford man is running three marathons in consecutive days in his bare feet raising money for a local school.... and more.
The go-ahead has been given to build one hundred new homes in South Chard, despite strong local objections. The decision by a Planning Inspector overrides local concerns and rules out Somerset Council’s decision to reject the application. The houses will be built by the Bath-based developers, The Crossman Group, on land between Perry Street and Factory Lane in South Chard.
Sheep farmers across Somerset are calling for better protection against a virus affecting newborn lambs. Cases of the Schmallenberg disease have risen this year throughout the South West. The virus, transmitted by midge bites, causes lambs to be deformed or stillborn.
There’s a warning about a new Facebook scam. This latest one takes the form of fake fetes and events being announced at local venues, encouraging people to pay for pitch fees despite no event having been booked.
A local man has embarked on running three marathons on consecutive days in his bare feet, raising money for his local school. Matteo Grasso is taking on a seventy-nine-mile route along the Jurassic Coast, fundraising to create a kitchen garden at Hazlegrove Prep School in Sparkford.
A Yeovil cricket coach has been recognised at the Lord’s Taverners Sport Gives Back Awards. Connor Hyde, a former pupil at Fairmead School in Yeovil was presented with an ‘Inspire Award’ for helping to deliver a walking cricket project with the Somerset Cricket Foundation.
The new owner of Yeovil Town says he’s in talks with Somerset Council about buying back Huish Park. Water levels at some of Somerset’s reservoirs are below what they should be for this time of year. A Chard woman has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours... and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic
because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.
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