Tuesday 17th December

Tuesday, 17 December 2024 06:00

By Steve Haigh

Emergency teams are still working across Somerset to remove trees damaged in last week’s Storm Darragh. Crewkerne Town Council has been asked to ban the Seavington Hunt from gathering in the town centre on Boxing Day. The London Standard newspaper has named the Lord Poulett Arms in Hinton St George as its "Country Pub of the Week"...and more

Emergency teams are still working across Somerset to remove trees damaged in last week’s Storm Darragh. Some roads in Somerset remain partially blocked by trees waiting to be felled.

Crewkerne Town Council has been asked to ban the Seavington Hunt from the town centre on Boxing Day. It’s become traditional for the Seavington Hunt to gather in Crewkerne on Boxing Day but Action Against Fox Hunting says the Hunt’s activities are abhorrent and want the Town Council to follow Castle Cary Town Council who have banned the Sparkford Vale Hunt from the town centre. The Countryside Alliance has hit back saying only a small group want the Seavington Hunt banned from Crewkerne.

Controversial plans to build 46 new homes in Castle Cary are due to be decided at a meeting of Somerset Council Planning South Committee on Tuesday, January 28th. The application to develop land north of the town’s cemetery in South Street has twice been delayed over concerns about access and drainage issues.

Councillors in Glastonbury have backed proposals to link the town to Castle Cary with a new community bus service. The initiative, led by the Somerset Bus Partnership, aims to make travel between the two towns easier, with improved access for rail passengers using Castle Cary train station.

Work will start in the New Year creating a car-free route between Curry Rivel and Langport. The Curry Rivel Active Travel Group says the route will make it possible for pedestrians and cyclists to avoid using the A378 to get from Curry Rivel to Langport. Eventually, it will form part of a wider planned active travel network stretching across the Somerset Levels and Moors.

Public access is now being provided through the grounds of Hazlegrove Preparatory School at Sparkford. South Somerset Bridleway Association applied in 2018 to secure a footpath through the grounds of the grade two listed Hazlegrove House, which has been a school since 1947. Somerset Council approved the request, despite claims that due process had not been followed, and concerns about pupil safeguarding.

The London Standard has named the Lord Poulett Arms in Hinton St George as its "Country Pub of the Week". The newspaper highlighted the pub's quintessential charm for its choice.

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