There has been a big rise in the number of children being educated at home in Somerset. Plans have been submitted to build sixty new homes in South Petherton. Wells Cathedral is the setting this week of an immersive light show celebrating the Coronation of King Charles...and more.
The number of children being educated at home is rising sharply across the West, according to new figures. Four times more children in Somerset are being educated at home than in 2013. It's thought the Covid pandemic has accelerated the increase in home schooling
A quarter of the eight million pounds allocated to NHS dentistry in Somerset for the year ending in March still hasn't been spent, according to new research. The figures are contained in an article in the Health Service Journal, based on data gathered from Integrated Care Boards across England, including the one here in Somerset.
Plans have been submitted to build sixty new homes in South Petherton. If approved the houses will be built on land off Hamsfield Lane. Developers, Persimmon Homes South West say one in three of the new properties will be social housing, run by a local housing association.
Wells Cathedral is the setting this week of an immersive light show celebrating the Coronation of King Charles. The Crown and Coronation Show launched at the Tower of London in November and can be viewed at Wells Cathedral until the weekend. The display celebrates the experience of King Charles’s Coronation and the role of the Crown Jewels.
Cricket Lane in Dowlish Wake near Ilminster will shut to traffic for two days starting tomorrow. Openreach will be installing a new telegraph pole with the road scheduled to re-open late Friday afternoon.
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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