Residents in the Langport area are being advised not to drink tap water following a major water leak. Permission has been given to convert the former Porter Blacks building in Lower Middle Street in Yeovil into ten flats. Yeovil Country Park has been presented with a Royal Horticultural Society five-star award for a fourth time...and more.
Residents in the Langport area are being advised not to drink tap water. Wessex Water says following a burst water main, the tap water in postcode areas TA10,11 and 12 may appear brown for the next few days. They say it’s not harmful but advise against drinking water straight from the tap due to it having a strange taste.
Permission has been given to convert the former Porter Blacks building in Lower Middle Street in Yeovil into ten flats. A change of use application by Somerset Property Ventures Ltd was approved by planning officers at Somerset Council rather than members of the Council’s Planning Committee South. Two applications relating to the property are still to be decided. They are to build an extension above the second floor to deliver an additional seven flats, and to turn the building into a house of multiple occupancy, providing an additional seventeen living spaces.
Chard is planning an all-day event to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Starting at 9 am on Thursday, June 6th a Flag of Peace will be raised over the Guildhall followed by poetry readings in local schools. Chard Museum will stage a display, and there’ll be live music at the Beacon which will be lit at 9.15 pm
The consumer magazine 'Which' has put Wells at the top of a list of best UK cities to visit. In a survey, England’s smallest city scored an 86 per cent satisfaction rating, beating places like Liverpool and Edinburgh.
Yeovil Country Park, also known as Ninesprings, has been presented with the Royal Horticultural Society’s South West in Bloom ‘Pride in Parks’ five-star award for a fourth time. The award was given in recognition of the Park’s community involvement, as well as the standard of the park itself.
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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