A charity in Somerset is appealing for support after one of its sites was vandalised. The Leader of Somerset Council has been to Westminster to put the case for central government to provide councils with more money. A new primary school is to built-in Chard...and more
A charity in Somerset is appealing for support after one of its sites was vandalised. Brainwave says its Therapy Assessment Centre in Bridgwater was targeted with paint last weekend. A car also had its windows smashed.
The Leader of Somerset Council, Councillor Bill Revans, joined other local government leaders at Westminster yesterday to put the case for central government to provide local councils with better funding. Cllr Revans told the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee that funding from central government to Somerset Council had almost halved in recent years – down by 40 per cent – and that it was not realistic to expect Council Tax income to pay for essential services such as social care for adults and children.
Somerset Council is planning to spend 2 million pounds extending Herne View Church of England Primary School in Ilminster. The school is being enlarged to provide spaces for children living on the new Canal Way housing development. Once extended, Herne View will have accommodation for 600 children with the cost of the work recouped from local housing developments, including Canal Way. Meanwhile, a new primary school is due to open in Chard by late 2027. The new school is planned as part of the Chard Eastern Development Area that lies between the A358 Tatworth Road and the A30 Crewkerne Road where up to 2,700 new homes could be built. But Somerset Council says a site within the CEDA has yet to be allocated, and that an alternative site may have to be found.
A path that runs alongside the Canal in Ilminster will stay shut again today. Ilminster Town Council says the path, next to the Archie Gooch Pavilion, will stay closed until late Thursday for the removal of three Ash trees that are showing signs of Ash dieback.
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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