Somerset Council has set aside three hundred and seventy thousand pounds to keep open five leisure centres in the Mendip area. Watercombe Lane in Yeovil is set to close for thirty-one days for gas mains replacement works. It’s been announced that Martock will stage a Pride event in June...and more
Somerset Council has set aside three hundred and seventy thousand pounds to keep five leisure centres in the Mendip area open. It follows the announcement that Fusion Leisure, which operates centres in Wells, Glastonbury and Street, along with Shepton Mallet Lido, has gone into administration. Somerset Council owns sixteen leisure facilities, which are managed through contracts with various companies.
Watercombe Lane in Yeovil is set to close for thirty-one days for gas mains replacement works. The closure will affect a one hundred and sixteen metre stretch, from the junction with Preston Road to the junction with Westbourne Grove, from Monday April 13th until Wednesday May 13th. Meanwhile, a road in Montacute will close to traffic for five days later this month. Townsend will shut at its junction with Park View from Monday April 13th to Friday April 17th for Wessex Water to carry out repairs.
It’s been announced that Martock will stage a Pride event in June. Taking place on Saturday June 20th, it will be the second year the village has hosted the event, celebrating LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusion.
New data shows the crane population on the Somerset Levels has risen again. The Somerset’s Levels and Moors are part of an ongoing project to increase numbers. There are now eighty-seven breeding pairs of cranes, bringing the total population across the UK to around two hundred and fifty.
Family and friends of a boy from Ilminster, who is on a waiting list for a heart transplant, have raised four thousand pounds for the hospital treating him. Cameron Manning was born with a rare heart condition affecting his ventricles and heart valves. His family, along with a group of friends, held a charity bingo event at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster, with all proceeds going to the Wallace and Gromit Children’s Unit at Bristol Children’s Hospital.
The joint master of a hunt in Somerset has criticised the decision to hold a public consultation on banning trail hunting. Images of two men police want to speak to in connection with an arson attack on a barber’s shop in Wincanton have been released. The company that runs four leisure centres in the Mendip area has gone into administration... and more
No money has been committed to major new road projects in Somerset. A road linking Chard and Clayhanger has been closed after it collapsed due to badgers burrowing under the surface. The Bishop of Bath and Wells is on day-2 of his pilgrimage across Somerset to mark the holy week of Easter... and more
Somerset Council says it doesn’t have the money to install solar panels on the roof of the Octagon Theatre. Three men have been charged in connection with an investigation into a hunt in Somerset. Changes have been announced to the times of waste collections in Somerset over the Easter holidays... and more
Avon and Somerset Police say its armed officers attended 2,700 incidents in Somerset last year. Plans have been submitted to build 40 new homes in Curry Rivel. South Western Ambulance is offering free CPR and defibrillator training to help improve cardiac arrest survival rates...and more
There's been a big improvement in ambulance response times in Somerset. Three local people have been charged with offences linked to the theft and supply of prescription-only drugs. A fragment of a jawbone found in a cave in Cheddar Gorge appears to show that humans kept dogs as pets as far back as 5,000 years ago... and more
Somerset Council is offering food vouchers during the school easter holidays to families whose children receive free school meals. A local man has been charged in connection with an incident involving a firearm in Yeovil. The Environment Agency says it could take up to 10 years to protect homes at Holway House Park and Home Farm Park in Ilminster from flooding...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has raised concerns in the House of Commons about the planned closure of Yeovil Hospital’s hyper-acute stroke unit. Police in Yeovil are appealing for information after a man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm. A 13-year-old terrier named Mole has been rescued after becoming trapped underground...and more
Yeovil College has received a glowing report following an Ofsted inspection. The main road between Chard and Ilminster is to be better protected from flooding. A six-thousand-year-old wooden walkway has been uncovered on the Somerset Levels... and more
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