Tuesday 7th May

Tuesday, 7 May 2024 06:00

By Steve Haigh

Somerset Council has decided against selling the former Wilko store in Lower Middle Street in Yeovil. There’s a treat for snooker fans with Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor coming to Yeovil. An Air Engineering Commander at RNAS Yeovilton is taking on the Jurassic Coast 100km Ultra Challenge for charity...and more

Somerset Council has decided against selling the former Wilko store in Lower Middle Street in Yeovil, despite failing to find a new tenant since Wilko closed last year. The building is one of several properties inherited by Somerset Council that the former South Somerset District Council bought as part of a commercial investments programme. Somerset Council says the Wilko building will remain in its ownership as it could be crucial to its plans to regenerate Glovers Walk and Yeovil Bus Station.

SUEZ, who collects all of Somerset’s waste under a contract with Somerset Council, is changing the days they pick up waste at households and businesses in South Somerset and Mendip. It comes after the company announced that it was renegotiating its contract with Somerset Council due to making heavy losses operating the contract.

There’s a treat in store for snooker fans in Yeovil with Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor coming to the town to recreate their 1985 World Championship Snooker Final. The game became known as the Ball Black Final and was watched by a record 18.5 million viewers on TV. The re-match will form part of a night of snooker nostalgia hosted by John Virgo at the Westlands Entertainment venue on January 29th.

An Air Engineering Commander at RNAS Yeovilton is taking on the Jurassic Coast 100km Ultra Challenge for charity. Polly Hatchard will be raising money for the Rainbow Trust, which supports the families of children with a terminal illness, when she attempts to complete the course from Corfe Castle to Bridport on Saturday, May 18th.

A Chard brewery is holding an open day this weekend to mark the opening of a new taproom. The event at Tapstone Brewery on Bartlett Park on Saturday, May 11th coincides with the business canning its beer for wider distribution and cultivating its own variety of hops.

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