Wednesday 10th September

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 06:00

By Steve Haigh

Yeovil Town Football Club has been given a two-year extension to buy back Huish Park from Somerset Council. A takeaway business in Bridgwater has been stripped of its licence after three employees were discovered working there illegally. A company in South Chard has been celebrating its 200th anniversary...and more

Yeovil Town Football Club has been given a two-year extension to buy back Huish Park from Somerset Council. The current option period was set to end in May 2026, but it has been extended to May 2028. The Club says the decision marks an important milestone in reuniting the Huish Park ground with Yeovil Town.

Somerset Council has appointed an external contractor to help change how it delivers services and to stop it from going bust. The Council is striving to reduce a projected budget gap of £190 million over five years, with savings of only £1.5 million having been approved so far.

A takeaway business in Bridgwater has been stripped of its licence after three employees were discovered working there illegally. Deluxe Pizza on the High Street was fined 80-thousand pounds by the Home Office in 2024 after people were found working there illegally.

Local stonemasons, Adams Memorials of Cheddar, have been thanked for restoring a gravestone at no cost at Mendip Hospital Cemetery in Wells after it was accidentally damaged. The headstone marks the final resting place of Herbert Mackie, who died in 1910.

A by-election is to be held to fill a vacancy for the Dunster division on Somerset Council. It follows the resignation of Councillor Christine Lawrence, who has represented Dunstar on various councils, including Somerset, for more than 20 years.

A company in South Chard has been celebrating its 200th anniversary. Swisstulle UK, makers of bobbinet tulles, a fabric used in wig making and designer fashion wear, opened in 1825. The bicentenary was marked with a party, attended by local people, the Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, and Yeovil MP Adam Dance. Swisstule, who employ 70 people in South Chard, are considered to be the world’s largest manufacturer of bobbinet tulle fabric.

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