Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh has added his support to the government’s handling of the crisis in Ukraine. Somerset’s Director of Public Health is asking for people to protect others now that all Covid restrictions in England have been lifted. Recycling collections, suspended last week due to the bad storms, have resumed across Somerset. Four years after being on the brink of bankruptcy, Somerset County Council claims its new budget is one of the most sustainable of any authority in the country...and more.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh has added his support to the government’s handling of the crisis in Ukraine. He says even though Ukraine is not a member of NATO it is right for the West to defend the country. Mr. Fysh says he wants the British government to take a firm military response against Russia.
Somerset’s Director of Public Health is asking for people to protect others now that all Covid restrictions in England have been lifted. Trudi Grant says even without a legal requirement to isolate after testing positive with Covid, people should still act with caution.
Recycling collections, suspended last week due to the bad storms, have resumed across Somerset. Somerset Waste Partnership is asking households to limit the amount of waste they put out for collection and instead to take their waste to a recycling centre.
Four years after being on the brink of bankruptcy, Somerset County Council claims its new budget is one of the most sustainable of any authority in the country. The budget will see council tax bills rise by three percent from April and comes ahead of elections in May to elect the members to run the new Somerset unitary council that will take on responsibility for delivering all council services in Somerset in 2023.
A date has been fixed to hold this year’s Yeovil half marathon. The 13.1-mile event, cancelled for the past two years due to Covid, is being held on Sunday, 27th March. Up to 2,000 runners are expected to take part.
The Leader of Somerset Council has repeated his call for a reform of the way that councils are funded. Crimestoppers is stepping up efforts to help tackle violent crime in Somerset. A new radar satellite is playing a crucial role in collecting data about flooding in Somerset...and more
Somerset Council has approved a seven-and-a-half percent increase in council tax. People are being asked to return boxes of paracetamol bought from Boots Chemists in Somerset. It’s been revealed that five members of staff at Somerset Council are being allowed to work from home outside the UK...and more
Somerset Council has been told that hundreds of millions of pounds in loans taken out by former district councils, including South Somerset, have to be paid back. A Somerset charity says it needs more volunteers to help with research into new treatments for dementia. A local shop owner has welcomed Somerset Council’s decision to scrap plans to charge for parking after 6 pm...and more.
The population of Somerset has reached record levels with nearly one in ten born outside the UK. Stanchester School in Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been rated as ‘requiring improvement’. Experts have been called in to appraise a 15th-century piece of artwork in Sherborne...and more.
A woman from Crewkerne has been fined £280 for assaulting two emergency workers. Plans have been announced to open new NHS dental surgeries in Chard and Crewkerne. A Yeovil man has been thanked for raising £10,000 for the cardiac charity Heartbeat...and more
A local man has been charged after allegedly driving a tractor while under the influence of alcohol. One hundred bikes, collected with household waste in Somerset, have been donated to charity. The junction of the A37 Ilchester Road and Stiby Road in Yeovil will again shut this evening for resurfacing...and more.
Fourteen hundred people have added their names to a petition against Somerset Council's plans to scrap free car parks. St Margaret’s Hospice has won a share of £25 million of government funding. A man from Charlton Adam is preparing to visit Ukraine as an Aid Worker for a tenth time...and more
A local man has been charged with possessing an air weapon following an incident in Yeovil town centre. The Labour government has removed funding to the Amulet Theatre in Shepton Mallet that the previous Conservative government had allocated. Entries are now open for this year’s Minster Miles 10K fun run with organisers aiming to exceed last year’s number of runners...and more.
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