Concern's been expressed that too many of the 580 new council homes being built in Somerset will be clustered around Taunton and Bridgwater. Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman died following a crash on the M5. Haynes Motor Museum has been awarded £180,000 by The National Lottery to transform its Red Room gallery... and more
Concern's been expressed that too many of the 580 new council homes being built in Somerset will be clustered around Taunton, Bridgwater and the M5 corridor. It comes from Conservative opposition Lead Member for Housing on Somerset Council, Councillor Tom Power, who’s calling for the new homes to be more evenly spread across the county.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman died following a crash on the M5 in Somerset. It happened when a blue BMW was involved in a single vehicle collision between junction 24 at Bridgwater and junction 25 at Taunton in the early hours of last Sunday morning.
Gamesmaster Café in Ilminster has announced that it will close in June next year. The café, which provides internships for young people with special educational needs, says the business is no longer financially sustainable. Owner, Evelyn Ashford, has blamed the closure on the government cutting funding to the Access to Work programme.
People in Somerset are being invited to learn about fostering at drop-in events this month. Organised by Fostering in Somerset to mark Foster Care Fortnight, the sessions offer the chance to talk with carers and staff. More foster carers are urgently needed, with more than six hundred and fifty children currently in care across Somerset.
Haynes Motor Museum has been awarded £180,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to transform its Red Room gallery. The two-year project, called Red Room Reimagined: Engineering Futures, will introduce interactive STEM experiences, immersive displays, and a new learning programme designed to inspire future careers in automotive and heritage engineering.
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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