Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Shelford, is urging Somerset Council to 'think carefully' before cutting funding to Somerset's CCTV network. A Chard woman has been jailed for stealing £1,000 worth of alcohol from a local supermarket. Montecute House near Yeovil is currently closed for filming a period drama....and more.
Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Shelford, says Somerset’s CCTV network is vital to keeping the public safe. His comments come ahead of a meeting of Somerset Council on January 15th at which plans to end funding the CCTV network will be discussed. If the cutback is agreed, cameras in Yeovil and other towns in Somerset would be turned off, and the main control centre in Bridgwater shut down.
A Chard woman has been jailed for fourteen weeks for stealing alcohol from a supermarket in Chard. Appearing before local magistrates, Chelsea Fouracre, of Old Town, in Chard pleaded guilty to taking £1,000 worth of alcohol from Sainsbury's in Chard over nine days. Fouracre was also found guilty of three counts of using threatening behaviour, which she had denied.
Citizens Advice Somerset claims the cold weather is putting extra pressure on people struggling with the cost of living. A cold weather health warning -- issued by the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office - is in force for Somerset until Friday.
Montecute House near Yeovil is currently closed to visitors for filming a period drama. The National Trust says that due to a confidentiality agreement, they can’t say what the filming is for, or which actors are performing.
A road in Crewkerne will close for five days next week. Severalls Park Avenue will shut from Monday the 15 to Friday the 19th of January for Wessex Water to carry out supply separation works.
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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