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
A Somerset car boot business says it will no longer accept twenty-pound notes after being handed four counterfeit notes. Paul’s Promotions says it cannot afford to keep losing money through fake cash being used for entry fees. Customers are now being asked to pay by card, with ten-pound notes, or using one and two-pound coins.
Taunton Flower Show is warning this year’s event could be its last because of rising costs and falling visitor numbers. The show, which attracts around seventeen-thousand visitors annually, is the oldest flower show in the county and has often been described as the Chelsea Flower Show of the West.
Numatic, the makers of the Henry vacuum cleaner, have invested one-and-a-half million pounds installing new solar panels at their factory in Chard. The company says the panels are expected eventually to power the entire site, which employs around twelve-hundred people.
New figures suggest almost a fifth of people registered with GP practices in Somerset were diagnosed with hypertension last year. Blood Pressure UK says the trend is concerning and is urging more people to have regular checks. Doctor Pauline Swift, Chair of the charity, says high blood pressure can often go unnoticed.
Ilminster Entertainment Society has secured a place in the All England Theatre Festival finals, which will be held in Leicester later this month. The group earned its place after success with its production of Knockin’ on Dave’s Door at the Western Area Finals in Frome.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says July has been its busiest month ever for emergency calls. Police have recovered a 1970s Austin Mini pick-up stolen in Shepton Mallet. A specialist spinal injuries service at Yeovil Hospital has treated three hundred patients in its first year... and more
The Environment Agency has declared a drought across Somerset as the hot weather takes its toll on the county's water supplies. Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident near Crewkerne. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...and more
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of moped thefts in Chard. A combine harvester has been destroyed in a farm fire at Forton, near Chard. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow... and more
The former Beales department store in Yeovil could be brought back into use as part of a wider masterplan for the future of the town. A yellow heat health alert is in place across Somerset from nine o’clock this morning until nine o’clock on Friday morning. A Somerset farmer says this year is the driest on his land since 1976... and more
Gooch and Housego, based in Ilminster and one of the town’s biggest employers, has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to an American private equity firm. A father who shook his four-week-old baby to death at a house in Chard has been sentenced to life in prison. A doctor who works for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of five people to have jointly set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police are warning people to watch out for scammers posing as Amazon. The CEO of the company that provides Somerset's recycling is warning of a major incident if people continue to put used batteries in waste bins. A former Yeovil pub could be demolished to make way for a major hotel expansion.
The West Country is officially one step closer to being declared in drought. Somerset Council says it's remodelling its service after a children's home was closed following an inspection. A new McDonald's planned off the M5 at Bridgwater could create up to 120 local jobs... and more
Two men have been jailed for stealing electrical items and cash from a property in Yeovil. Somerset Council has defended its use of Yeovil’s new performance area in The Triangle, in Lower Middle Street. Tintinhull Primary School, near Yeovil, has won a top national award for outdoor play... and more
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