The murder of a two-week-old baby by his father at Yeovil Hospital could not have been predicted, according to a new report. A road in Ilminster is to close to traffic for eleven days later this month. A new Post Office counter is to open in Somerton... and more
The murder of a two-week-old baby by his father at Yeovil Hospital could not have been predicted, according to a new report. Daniel Gunter, aged 27, was jailed last October for killing Brendon Staddon in 2024, after inflicting what the jury heard were "catastrophic" injuries. A report by the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership into the incident said that despite Gunter's documented history of domestic abuse and the involvement of social services, it was not enough to limit access to his son.
Fewer new walking and cycling routes will be introduced in rural areas of Somerset over the next four years. The warning follows Somerset Council’s decision to spend £16 million on highway improvements in urban areas but only £1.6 million delivering new rural walking and cycling routes up to 2030. Speaking at a meeting of the council’s Executive, Councillor Ros Wyke said 49 per cent of Somerset’s population live in rural areas and the new local transport plan for Somerset would ignore a large number of residents.
A road in Ilminster is to close to traffic for eleven days later this month. Love Lane will be shut along its entire length from the junction with East Street from Monday, March 23rd to Thursday, April 2nd. The closure is to allow Network Plus to carry out new connection works on behalf of National Grid.
The government has announced funding of £90 million to build fifteen new flood defence schemes in Somerset. £59 million will be spent delivering a new tidal barrier in Bridgwater Bay. Meanwhile, the Environment Agency is expected to soon announce the permanent installation of pumps on the Somerset Levels.
A new Post Office counter is to open in Somerton. The new service at Stationery House in the Market Place launches on Tuesday May 5th and will open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5pm and Saturday 9.30am to 4pm.
The government is being asked to help fund Somerset's carnivals. Bridgwater Town Council wants more trains to stop at the town’s railway station. A fund raising pie throwing event is taking place for Red Nose Day in Chard... and more
Drivers are being told that it could take several more weeks yet before Hendford Hill in Yeovil reopens to traffic. A new bus service between Glastonbury and Castle Cary railway station is to start on a trial basis. Children in Chard are being given free reading books as part of a scheme founded by Dolly Parton... and more
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
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