Somerset County Council says it could take up to six months to investigate June’s major flooding incident in Chard. New ‘check your speed’ flashing warning signs are being trialed at roadsides across South Somerset. South Western Railway has introduced a new booking system for disabled passengers. Yeovil Freewheelers bloodbikes has launched an appeal for new members.
Somerset County Council says it could take up to six months to investigate June’s major flooding incident in Chard. The County County Council says those parts of Chard worst hit by the flash flooding event of June 28th that left homes underwater and roads closed are being investigated as a priority, that it could take to the end of the year to check for blocked and broken drainage pipes in other areas. Meanwhile, business owners on the Furnham Road Industrial Estate claim their premises are at daily risk of flooding due to blocked drains and are asking the County Council to make their situation a top priority.
New ‘check your speed’ flashing warning signs are being trialled at roadsides across South Somerset. The County Council's Road Safety Team says early indications are that the messages are forcing drivers to slow down by an average of 7 miles per hour in built-up areas.
South Western Railway has introduced a new booking system for disabled passengers. It means disabled passengers now have to give only 10 minutes notice of traveling, with stations providing a dedicated phone service to make bookings.
Yeovil Freewheelers Bloodbikes has launched an appeal for new members. The Freewheelers transport important medical supplies between NHS sites using a network of volunteer bikers. Chairman Mel Rowbottom says they need more bikers because of the extra journey they have to carry out for the NHS.
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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