Calls for more Government investment in research and development have been made at a West of England Aerospace Forum held in Yeovil. Young people in Somerset are being urged to have their say on how the county tackles climate change. Plans have been submitted to convert buildings on a World-War-Two transmitter site at Somerton for residential use. New research from the charity Help for Heroes shows that nearly three-quarters of veterans struggle with their mental health every day...and more
Calls for more Government investment in research and development have been made at a West of England Aerospace Forum held in Yeovil. Industry leaders say climate change and the pandemic, together with other countries spending more on R and D, have put companies in the South West more at risk. Peter Marchbank speaks for the Forum. He says the UK has the skills but what’s needed is for the government to invest further in the sector.
Young people in Somerset are being urged to have their say on how the county tackles climate change. The Somerset Youth Parliament is being invited to join two zoom sessions with MPs and members of the County Council to discuss ideas.
Plans have been submitted to convert buildings on a World-War-Two transmitter site at Somerton for residential use. The application to South Somerset District Council shows six dwellings will be created, together with parking and landscaping, and three new dwellings built on the site in Watts Quarry Lane.
New research from the charity Help for Heroes shows that nearly three-quarters of veterans struggle with their mental health every day. Servicemen and women from RNAS Yeovilton are among those who the charity helps.
Tintinhull’s famous Christmas lights are set to be bigger than ever this year. The show-stopping display in the front garden of Dan and Mark Extance-Warr's home has become an annual attraction. The couple says this year’s illuminated display, which will be lit on December 1st, will for the first time stretch into the back garden of their home.
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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