Cars are being vandalised for being parked on the busy A371 outside Castle Carey railway station. Recycling centres will be open for longer from next month. A motorist in Crewkerne has thanked a pedestrian for alerting her to flames coming out from beneath her car before it exploded. A fifty-two mile Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge is being held to raise money for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
Cars are being vandalised for being parked on the busy A371 outside Castle Carey railway station. Passengers say the station’s car park is too small, leaving them with no option but to park on the road outside the station.
A motorist in Crewkerne has thanked a pedestrian for alerting her to flames coming out from beneath her car. Liz Earl was driving in Henhayes Lane and was able to get out of the car within seconds of it exploding in a ball of flames. Liz says she owes her life to the passer-by who left the scene without giving her the chance to say a big thank you. It’s believed the blaze was caused by an engine fault or a petrol leak. The car – a Fiat 500 - was completely burnt out.
Today is the last day for people in Castle Cary and Ansford to take part in a survey that will be used to help compile a new Community Plan for two parishes. The survey gives residents the chance to suggest services and facilities they would like to have provided over the next ten years. The survey can be found on the websites of both Castle Cary and Ansford parish councils.
Recycling centres change their opening times next month. Beginning from the first of April, the two recycling centres in our area in Yeovil and Chard will stay open for an extra hour. The two centres will open as usual at 9 am and stay open until 6 pm rather than 5 pm at present. Weekend opening hours at the two sites remain the same, 9 am to 4 pm.
There's just under a month to go to sign up for a fifty-two mile Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge to raise money for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. The annual event starts in Watchet and ends at West Bay in Dorset on 23rd April.
IT consultants Mark ONE of Yeovil took the runners up prize in the Family Business of the Year category at the Somerset Business Awards held at the weekend. Sparkford based, Sycamore Process Engineering, won the Large Business of the Year award with Bradford’s in Yeovil and Concept Products of Somerton sharing the runners up prize in the Environmental Achievement category.
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