Concerns are being raised over the maintenance of the River Cary, following reports of planned cutbacks. It could be an earlier harvest for Somerset cider growers this autumn after a warm summer. The Teals Farm Shop has revealed plans to broaden its services...and more.
Concerns are being raised over the maintenance of the River Cary, following reports of planned cutbacks by the Environment Agency. The Somerset Rivers Authority has called for the reversal of all withdrawal decisions relating to main river maintenance in the county. This comes after the Environmental Agency’s announcement in mid-August to stop maintaining a significant proportion of rivers and waterways after receiving less funding from the Treasury than requested. The Somerset Rivers Authority chairman, Mike Stanton, represents a number of areas that were badly hit by floods between 2012 and 2014, and intends to raise the issue further at the board’s next meeting in September.
It could be an earlier harvest for Somerset cider growers this autumn. The warm weather and lack of rainfall in the summer months means apples could be dropping from the trees sooner than expected.
The Teals Farm Shop on the A303 at South Cadbury has revealed plans to broaden its services. The business is requesting permission from Somerset Council to add more retail space, enhance takeaway food facilities and expand the car park. The plans suggest ‘significant economic benefits’ and expect the development of the site to create new job opportunities.
Meanwhile, Yeovil’s new Costcutter is well into its first full week of trading, after its official opening on Friday. The Mayor of Yeovil, Councillor Tony Lock and local MP Adam Dance led the official ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Middle Street store, formerly the YMCA premises.
An investigation is underway after a man was found seriously injured in the Queensway Place area of Yeovil . A man has been charged with murder following an incident in South Petherton. Yeovil Town FC have confirmed that Mark Cooper has been relieved of his duties... and more.
Six hundred parking spaces could be lost in Yeovil town centre if plans to build new homes on public car parks go ahead. The Environment Agency is to stop maintaining some rivers and streams in Somerset to save money. People in Somerset are being warned about a scam involving fake communications from the tax authorities...and more
Yeovil MP, Adam Dance, says families and hospital staff should be given more information about re-opening maternity services at Yeovil Hospital. Yeovil’s renal unit on the Lynx West Trading Estate has been told it must improve on safety. Organisers of a Live Aid concert held in Yeovil 40 years ago are trying to contact the bands that played at the event for a reunion...and more.
The NHS says twenty-six thousand people in the South West signed up to stop smoking in the past twelve months. A teenager from Yeovil has raised more than four thousand pounds for a new dialysis machine at Bristol Children's Hospital. Yeovil Town take on Brackley Town in a National League fixture this evening, kick off at Huish Park is 7.45...and more
Families struggling to pay for their children to have breakfast over the summer holidays are being offered free breakfast bags at a church in Chard. Police are appealing for information after a sentimental gold pocket watch was stolen in North Petherton. A Bridgwater man sets off today on a 200-mile cycle ride to Barnstaple and Exeter, raising money for Kidney Research UK...and more.
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack in Yeovil. Women in Street and Glastonbury are being encouraged to take part in a scheme to highlight unsafe areas to walk alone. A Nottinghamshire man, on a pub-crawl around Britain to help boost the pub trade, is currently visiting pubs in Somerset...and more.
Services and acts of remembrance are taking place across Yeovil & South Somerset for VJ Day. An Ilminster café has unveiled a new defibrillator in the town. A room, named in honour of a member of Somerset Council’s Public Health team, has been opened at Yeovil Library...and more.
Yeovil residents are being asked whether they would pay for part of the Octagon Theatre refurbishment. Spending on buses in Somerset is the lowest per head in the region, according to the county's bus partnership. A Yeovil fraudster has been jailed for almost three years...and more.
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