Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for stronger preventative measures to stop sewage discharges into local waterways. Somerset Council is to provide three new children's homes across the County.
Street Football Club has appointed a father-and-son team to manage the club... and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for stronger preventative measures to stop sewage discharges into local waterways. It follows figures showing that Wessex Water discharged raw sewage into rivers in the Yeovil area on 1,940 occasions in 2024. Mr Dance says immediate enforcement is needed to stop companies like Wessex Water operating with impunity. Meanwhile, Wessex Water has welcomed legislation banning the sale of wet wipes containing plastic. Water companies have long warned that flushed wipes are a major cause of sewer blockages.
Somerset Council is to provide three new children's homes across the County. It follows the government giving an extra £1.5 million to the Homes and Horizons Partnership, of which Somerset Council is a member.
A new section of the Strawberry Line Path in Somerset has opened to the public. The Strawberry Line Path, built along the route of the old Dorset and Somerset rail line, links Mendip with the sea. The newly opened path runs from the Cheddar Leisure Centre, around the perimeter of the Kings Academy playing field, and over a new bridge across the Cheddar Yeo, connecting to the existing stretch of the Strawberry Line, south of Cheddar.
Voting has opened to elect new members to sit on the UK Youth Parliament, three of whom will be from Somerset. The UK Youth Parliament works with senior politicians to influence government policy-making to create better outcomes for younger people. To vote, go to: somersetyouthparliament.org.uk/elections/. Voting closes on Monday, December 15th.
Street Football Club has appointed a father and son team to manage the club. Craig and Scott Laird have taken charge at the Tannery Ground where Street FC play in the 9th tier of English football.
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
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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