A local MP is calling for speed cameras to be introduced on the A30 dual carriageway between Yeovil and Sherborne. People in Somerset are recycling more of their waste than ever before. The Federation of Independent Retailers is calling on the government to provide grants to small businesses...and more.
Local MP Chris Loder is calling for speed cameras to be introduced on the A30 dual carriageway between Yeovil and Sherborne. The MP for West Dorset wants cameras added to the eastbound carriageway, describing the stretch as an "unofficial racetrack". His comments follow an increase in accidents on the A30 between Yeovil and Sherborne.
The Federation of Independent Retailers – who have members in Yeovil - is calling on the government to provide grants to small businesses to install increased security measures. The group, which represents stores like newsagents and off licences, says shopkeepers are fearing for their lives because of an increase in theft and violence.
People in Somerset are recycling more of their waste than ever before. Somerset Council says fifty-six percent of what we throw away at home is now being recycled with only half of household waste going to landfill compared to last year.
A Somerset group that supports families of children with additional needs has received a grant of three-hundred-and-eighty-six thousand pounds from the National Lottery. The money will enable the Somerset Parent Carer Forum to run more peer-to-peer support groups.
A footpath in Ilminster is closed for five days from today. It’s to allow Wessex Water to carry out works to make a connection to a water main under the footpath off Jordans Road.
Plans have been approved to convert a disused barn into a residential dwelling in Winsham. A two-bed unit will be created from the single-storey outbuilding on Ammerham Lane.
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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