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.
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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