Plans have been turned down to build 130 new homes in Henstridge. Projects that help tackle crime and antisocial behaviour in Somerset are now eligible for new funding. A Somerton woman has been fined for speeding on the M5. The Bishop's Palace in Wells has set up a 'Swan Cam' after one of its swans laid eggs. Young people in Castle Cary have been testing their skills in a bid to become skateboarding champions...and more.
Plans have been turned down to build 130 new homes in Henstridge. South Somerset District Council’s Area East Committee rejected the application from Barratt David Wilson Homes to develop land next to the A357 Stalbridge Road on the grounds of inadequate parking.
Projects that help tackle crime and antisocial behaviour in Somerset are now eligible for new funding. The Avon and Somerset Police Crime Commissioner has made £60,000 available to local groups to help tackle crime. Details can be found on the Somerset Community Foundation's website.
A Somerton woman has been fined for speeding on the M5. Antonia Baxter of Cherry Close was caught driving at 92 mph. She was fined £80 and had 4 penalty points added to her licence.
The Bishop's Palace in Wells has set up a 'Swan Cam' after one of its swans laid eggs. Grace, as she’s called, can be seen with her partner Gabriel in the family on the Bishop's Palace website.
Young people in Castle Cary have been testing their skills in a bid to become skateboarding champions. Free coaching sessions were held at the town’s skatepark at the weekend for the new hopeful. 11-year-old Lottie said she started skating after watching teenager Sky Brown win a Bronze medal at the Olympics.
Yeovil-based army veteran Jules Allen is celebrating after winning silver at the Invictus Games. Jules was competing for the UK in the wheelchair rugby and lost in the final to the USA.
Photo: Jules Allen from Yeovil who won silver for Team UK in the wheelchair rugby at the Invictus Games
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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