Yeovil bus station could be transformed into a new 'transport hub'. NFU Mutual says complacency kills when it comes to dog owners letting pets off the lead near livestock. A local man has been jailed for 18 weeks for driving while disqualified. The charity Help for Heroes is expanding its support for military veterans in Somerset...and more.
Yeovil bus station could be transformed into a new 'transport hub' as part of the regeneration of Glovers Walk. If it happens, Yeovil bus station would have a new interchange for bus and coach services, electric vehicle charging points, new waiting areas, bike e-scooter storage areas, and taxi bays.
NFU Mutual says complacency kills when it comes to dog owners letting pets off the lead near livestock. New data on livestock attacks published by the insurer shows they paid 2 point four million pounds in claims for sheep worrying incidents in 2023.
The charity Help for Heroes is expanding its support for military veterans in Somerset. It's launching two new hubs – one in Yeovil - where serving and retired military people can access help.
A local man has been jailed for 18 weeks for driving while disqualified. Matthew Goodchild, aged 27, from Kingsbury Episcopi, was appearing before local magistrates, charged with driving while disqualified and using a vehicle without third-party insurance. He was also ordered to pay £85 in costs, and a £154 surcharge.
The idea of recording local history in a village album is making a return in Street. The tradition, dating back 200 years, will see drawings, photographs, local writings and items of memorabilia placed in an album for safekeeping, for all time. Students at Strode College are putting the album together.
The father of a one-month-old baby boy in Chard is to stand trial for the murder of his son. New figures show that just under 1300 crimes were reported to the Police in Yeovil during the final quarter of last year. A night in a prison cell is offered at Shepton Mallet Jail to those who want to be alone this Easter...and more.
Big changes are being made to where taxi ranks in Yeovil are located. Farmers are being told to keep an extra lookout for people acting suspiciously following the latest livestock theft near the Devon and Somerset border. Channel 4’s Location Location Location is coming to Somerset, with anyone looking to buy a property locally invited to apply to be in the show...and more
A 36-year-old man remains in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault in Yeovil. Yeovil Labour Club has had its drinks licence revoked. NHS Somerset has been taking its physiotherapy team around the county to cut waiting times for patients. A men-only cooking course has been launched in Sherborne with all ingredients and equipment provided free of charge...and more
A new banking hub has opened in Crewkerne. South Western Ambulance is asking people to only dial 999 in a life-threatening emergency over the Easter weekend. £1.8 million is being spent improving walking and cycling routes around a major new housing development at Up Mudford in Yeovil...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in Yeovil in which a man riding an e-bike was injured and later died in hospital. Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says the number of false alarm calls it receives is on the increase. A new micro-pub opens in Chard next week...and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for more targeted support for schools in Somerset. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident near Wells in which a cyclist died. Plans have been approved to convert a former care home in Yeovil into a house of multiple occupation...and more
A man from Yeovil has been jailed for stabbing another man in a pub in the town. Work is underway to help minimize the flood risk at Chard Reservoir. Plans have been submitted to build thirty-six new homes at Sparkford. A new Town Crier is needed in Glastonbury...and more
Work is underway to demolish the Glovers Walk Shopping Centre in Yeovil. A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with drink driving for a third time. Somerset Council has paid £35,000 in compensation for failing to deliver the right support to children with special educational needs. Another shop in Yeovil town centre is closing for good today...and more
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