Bucklers Mead Academy in Yeovil has received a ‘positive’ report from Ofsted. Nine positive Covid tests were reported across South Somerset in the 24-hour period to 5 pm on Monday. A new wildlife webcam has been set up to allow people tune in online to watch a barn owls. A plan is being launched to look at where beavers should and should not be reintroduced in South Somerset....and more.
Bucklers Mead Academy in Yeovil has received a ‘positive’ report from Ofsted following an inspection in February. A previous report in 2019 rated Bucklers Mead as ‘inadequate’. Following the 2019 inspection, a new head was appointed and the senior leadership team at Buckler’s Mead was restructured
Nine positive Covid tests were reported across South Somerset in the 24-hour period to 5 pm on Monday. The infection rate in the district stands at 47.5 per 100,000 people. 148 people have now died from Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic in South Somerset.
A new wildlife webcam has been set up to allow people tune in online to watch a barn owl couple on the Blackdown Hills. It's hoped the owls called Finn and Orla will have eggs so people can watch them bring up their young.
A plan is being launched to look at where beavers should and should not be reintroduced in South Somerset. It's hoped the plan - being funded by the Somerset Rivers Authority - will prevent the animals being persecuted if released in an unsuitable location.
Yeovil United FC, previously known as Yeovil Ladies FC, is to merge with the women’s team at Bridgwater Town. The new club will be called Bridgwater United with games played at the new Bridgwater stadium beginning next season in September.
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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