Work is to start next year on re-opening Yeovil Police station. 60 jobs could be created in Crewkerne if plans for a new care home are approved. A coffee morning in Chard has raised £400 for a cancer charity... and more.
Yeovil Police station, closed now for 5 years, will reopen within the next two years, but without a new custody suite. The promise was made by Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Clare Moody speaking at a public meeting in the town. The PCC said they would start refurbishing Yeovil Police station next year, but didn't have the money to reinstate a custody suite. .
Up to 60 jobs could be created in Crewkerne if plans for a new care home are approved. LNT Care Developments Ltd want to build the care home on Blacknell Lane, between the National Grid sub-station and the Merriott Plastics industrial unit. It would form part of the Taylor Wimpey Wool Gardens Development that will eventually deliver 635 new homes. A planning application has been submitted to Somerset Council with a decision expected by Spring of next year.
Bristol Airport has been told that it needs to make sure it's parking system is fair. It follows an incident in which a woman motorist was fined £100 for driving for 56 seconds the wrong way down a one-way road. Lorna Howarth says she was confused while looking for a car park to pick-up a friend. The fine has now been lifted but legal expert Gary Rycroft says her driving error should not have led to such a large fine.
A coffee morning in Chard has been held to raise money for a cancer charity. The event at The Good Shepherd in Furnham raised £416 with all the proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Care.
A dog, stolen in Norfolk seven years ago, has been found 200 miles away safe and well in Somerset. A man who lives in Seavington St Michael near Ilminster has been jailed after driving a car at police officers. One hundred new affordable homes could be built near Langport...and more
A Yeovil man has been fined £1,200 for sending hostile text messages to his ex-wife. A report into the performance of Avon and Somerset Police has found it doesn't answer emergency calls quickly enough. Twenty-two swimmers at the Trident Swimming Club in Chard have won places in this year’s Somerset County Swimming Championships...and more
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a one-month-old baby boy in Chard. Kingfisher Primary School in Yeovil has been highly praised by Ofsted. Somerset Council says it’s “extremely disappointed” after its bid to form a devolved Wessex group of local councils was rejected by the government...and more.
The Liberal Democrat Leader of Somerset Council, Councillor Bill Revans, says they had no choice but to ask the government to allow them to lift the 5 percent cap on raising Council Tax. Two teenagers have been released on bail following the stabbing in Yeovil. More than six thousand pounds has been awarded to local groups by Chard Carnival Committee...and more.
Somerset has been permitted to increase its Council Tax share by 7.5 percent. An Ilminster man, forced out of his house by last week's floods, says he doesn't know when he will be able to return home. Ilminster Literary Festival has launched its annual children’s writing competition, designed to encourage local children to write creative literature...and more.
Five men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Yeovil. A 16-year-old is the second person to be arrested in connection with a stabbing in Yeovil. Yeovil’s new outdoor entertainment space in Lower Middle Street has been officially opened by the town’s MP... and more.
A teenager has been arrested following a stabbing in Yeovil. Water bills in Somerset are set to go up on average by £123 from April. Yeovil MP, Adam Dance will officially open Yeovil’s new outdoor performance space later today...and more
Lloyds bank is closing its branch in Chard. A Sherborne man has been jailed after defrauding a Yeovil woman of £40,000. A volunteer group in Chard is urging people to sign up to a flood victims register. A councillor in Shepton Mallet has become the first Reform UK member on Somerset Council... and more
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