Wednesday 15th January

Wednesday, 15 January 2025 06:00

By Steve Haigh

A Yeovil man has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in sexual communication with a child. A Community Fridge in Shepton Mallet says it saved ten tonnes of unwanted food from going to landfill in the run-up to Christmas. Somerset Council has started collecting empty toothpaste tubes for recycling at the kerbside for the first time...and more

A Yeovil man has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in sexual communication with a child. Avon and Somerset Police say the man, who hasn’t been named, was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation and released on conditional bail to allow for further enquiries.

Somerset Council is reassuring people that just because land is identified for development it doesn't mean the site will be built on. Somerset Council is seeking to identify sites for potential development as part of a new county-wide Local Plan. It comes as Somerset Council has been put under pressure to identify potential building sites to meet the government's new housing targets.

A community fridge in Shepton Mallet says it saved over ten tonnes of unwanted food from going to landfill in the run-up to Christmas. Volunteers at the Shepton Mallet Fridge Project spent December handing out the food to those in greatest need.

Somerset Council has rejected a request from Yeovil MP, Adam Dance, to carry out works to lessen the flooding risk in Donyatt. Heavy rain and wet weather often cause the River Isle to flood the A358, preventing traffic from passing through the village. Mr Dance says better drainage and regular river maintenance are needed to reduce the risk, but Somerset Council says it has no plans, at the moment, to tackle the problem.

Somerset Council, through its collections contractor, SUEZ, have started collecting empty toothpaste tubes for recycling at the kerbside. Changes to the materials used in the production of toothpaste tubes have meant that provided it says recyclable on the tube, empty toothpaste tubes can now be put out for recycling.

The Candlelight Inn in Bishopswood, Chard, has been named in a list of the best eight restaurants in Somerset. The Candlelight was praised in a public vote on Trip Advisor for sourcing local home-grown ingredients for all its dishes.

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Friday 13th June

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Thursday 12th June

Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
Wednesday 11th June

People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
Tuesday 10th June

A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Monday 9th June

Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Friday 6th June

Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Thursday 5th June

Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.