Religious artefacts with a value of around £90,000 have been stolen from Sherborne Abbey. A Chard man has been banned from entering two supermarkets in the town following a spate of thefts. Yeovil Town kick-off their new season in the National League with a home game against Hartlepool United tomorrow...and more.
Religious artefacts with a value of around £90,000 have been stolen from Sherborne Abbey. Police say a processional cross, two verges and a bishop’s crook were taken in the break-in on Tuesday night. Police ask that anyone who saw people acting suspiciously in Hospital Lane, Abbey Road, Church Lane, and Half Moon Street at around 9 pm on Tuesday should call the non-emergency number 101.
A Chard man’s been banned from entering two supermarkets in the town following a spate of thefts. Oliver Caulfield of Brutton Way was appearing at Taunton Magistrates Court on 12 counts of theft that included stealing spirits and joints of meat. Caulfield who admitted all the offences was granted court bail, with conditions not to go to two supermarkets in Chard, pending a sentencing hearing in October.
Shepton Mallet Prison’s future as a visitor attraction has been secured. It follows the sale of the site to the Cove Group who had operating the prison as a tourist attraction on a short-term lease.
The National Farmers Union in Somerset says food could be in short supply this autumn due to poor crops and yields caused by wet weather. Data from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board shows wheat crops are at their lowest in twenty years, while the NFU says 65 percent of farmers’ incomes have dropped.
Yeovil Town kick-off their new season in the National League with a home game against Hartlepool United tomorrow, kick-off is at 3 pm.
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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