Deputy Head at Holyrood Academy in Chard, Rob Crocker.
Teachers in Somerset are urging the government to publish the guidance now on what precautions will be needed when schools reopen after the summer holidays. The site of Glastonbury Festival is being turned into a campsite for the summer. A car park in Chard has received an 'eco-friendly' facelift. Somerset Wildlife Trust is working with the Diocese of Bath and Wells to help people understand the wildlife in churchyards.
Teachers in Somerset are urging the government to publish the guidance now on what precautions will be needed when schools reopen after the summer holidays. The latest figures show the number of pupils now self-isolating has almost trebled in the past few weeks. Deputy Head at Holyrood Academy in Chard, Rob Crocker, says issuing the guidance now will avoid disruption when schools come back in September
The site of Glastonbury Festival is being turned into a campsite for the summer. With the festival cancelled again this year due to Covid 19, Michael Eavis has decided to run Worthy Farm as a family-friendly campsite under the name Worthy Pastures. Meanwhile, carnival clubs say their finances have hit rock bottom due to no Festival this year. Alan Dallimore, who helps organise the Somerset carnival circuit, says clubs would earn income by providing stewards for the festival and that without this money they’re struggling to pay the costs of building carnival floats.
A car park in Chard has received an 'eco-friendly' facelift. A new type of surfacing and low-energy lighting has been installed at the Boden Street car park. The new parking surface is aimed at reducing the risk of flooding and the low-energy lighting at cutting carbon emissions. Staying in Chard, and a road in the town has closed to traffic from today. Elizabeth Way will be shut for five weeks for resurfacing. Access to properties and businesses will be kept open.
Somerset Wildlife Trust is working with the Diocese of Bath and Wells to help people understand the wildlife in churchyards. "Wilder Churches" events are being held on zoom, with the next one is this coming Wednesday, to encourage people to learn more.
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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