The Environment Agency has issued a warning about the dangers of people swimming in the River Parrett at Langport during the hot weather. Castle Cary Town Council has been given permission to carry out improvements to the historic Market House. A charity Tractor run was held in Haselbury Plucknett yesterday to raise money for the children’s charity, Young Lives versus Cancer...and more
The Environment Agency has issued a warning about the dangers of people swimming in the River Parrett at Langport during the hot weather. They say people should not enter the river, nor use the bridge in Langport to jump into the water. The Environment Agency says a blockage in the river has made it dangerous. Work to clear the obstruction is currently underway.
Castle Cary Town Council has been given permission to carry out improvements to the historic Market House in the town. The work will include restoring some of the Grade-2 listed buildings original features and installing a new lift to the top floor of the building.
Kingfisher, the parent company of Yeovil-based Screwfix, recorded sales of £3.3 billion in the first quarter of 2023. Kingfisher says Screwfix has opened two new stores in France since the start of the year and has plans to open a further eighty-five new outlets across the UK, Ireland and France.
Plans have been approved to build a new classroom extension at St Michael’s Academy in Grass Royal in Yeovil. Construction of the new art block is due to begin before the end of the year.
A road closure remains in place today in Ilminster. Greenway was shut to traffic last Friday for Wessex Water to carry out urgent repairs. The road should re-open tomorrow.
A charity Tractor run was held in Haselbury Plucknett yesterday to raise money for the children’s charity, Young Lives versus Cancer. It was organised by Lauren Ridout, whose son Artie was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year and received support from Young Lives versus Cancer.
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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