Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is asking people not to drive through flood water and to obey road closure signs. Preston Road in Yeovil between the College roundabout and the junction with Westfield Road is being shut to traffic today for re-surfacing. A number of mature Ash trees are to be cut down in Crewkerne. A new care home for people living with dementia is due to open next month in Yeovil...and more.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is asking people not to drive through flood water and to obey road closure signs. It follows an incident at the weekend in which a mother and her baby son had to be rescued after their car got stuck in floodwater in Somerset.
Preston Road in Yeovil between the College roundabout and the junction with Westfield Road is being shut to traffic today for re-surfacing. This stretch of Preston Road will be closed each day until Friday this week between 7.30 am and 6 pm but will be reopened to traffic in the evenings. Beer Street in Yeovil is also closed today for repairs to a water main.
A number of mature Ash trees are to be cut down in Crewkerne. The Town Council says following checks, Ash Dieback disease was found in all the Ash trees under its control. The sites most affected are Townsend Cemetery, where ash trees border the A30 and Bincombe Beeches Nature Reserve, which is home to a large number of ash trees.
A new care home for people living with dementia is due to open next month in Yeovil. Chestnut Lodge on Hendford Hill, previously known as the Acacia Lodge Care Home, has been bought by new owners and is currently undergoing a major refurbishment.
Yeovil Town has signed Charlie Cooper on an 18-month contract. The 25-year-old is the son of Yeovil Manager, Mark Cooper, and previously played for Forest Green Rovers.
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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