Somerset Community Foundation has launched a new appeal, calling for donations to help people living in poverty. Four people, including a man from Chard, have been ordered to pay back more than £375,000 after being convicted of being involved in the supply of illegal drugs. Military veterans and their family members are being offered places on a new training course at the Somerset Recovery College and More women are being encouraged to take up fishing. It's part of a new project by the Westcountry Rivers Trust.
Somerset Community Foundation has launched a new appeal, calling for donations to help people living in poverty. ‘The Somerset Cost of Living Crisis Appeal’ will fund local charities which help people with their everyday living costs.
Four people, including a man from Chard, have been ordered to pay back more than £375,000 after being convicted of being involved in the supply of illegal drugs. The ringleader of the group, Wesley Wells-Burr, who owned a house in Chard, was jailed last week after police discovered cannabis factories that he ran near Taunton and in Chard. Wells-Burr was jailed at Taunton Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cannabis.
Military veterans and their family members are being offered places on a new training course at the Somerset Recovery College. It's called "The Art of Resilience for the Military Community" and teaches techniques for managing stress and anxiety.
More women are being encouraged to take up fishing. It's part of a new project by the Westcountry Rivers Trust which has secured funding from the National Lottery and Sport England.
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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