A care home in Yeovil is asking for donations of blankets and clothing for sending to the Turkey and Syria where the death toll from Monday’s earthquake has continued to rise. A fire in the roof of a workshop near Hinton St George is being treated as accidental. A road through Ilminster is shut to traffic again today for urgent repairs. A wedding fayre is being held for the first time inside the Minster at Ilminster this weekend.
A care home in Yeovil is asking for donations of blankets and clothing for sending to the Turkey and Syria where the death toll from Monday’s earthquake has continued to rise. If you have items to give please take them to the Redlief Care Home on Preston Road and ask for Debbie who is co-ordinating the effort. Meanwhile, a search and rescue team made up of members from the South West has arrived in Turkey to help with the rescue effort.
A road through Ilminster is shut to traffic again today. The Cross closed yesterday and will remain closed until late tomorrow to allow for Wessex Water to carry out urgent repairs.
A fire in the roof of a workshop near Hinton St George is being treated as accidental. The blaze broke out around the flue of a log burner within the building and quickly spread into the roof. Crews from Crewkerne and Ilminster dealt with the outbreak..
A wedding fayre is being held for the first time inside the Minster at Ilminster this weekend. It’s been timed ahead of Valentine's Day for couples to plan their big day, meeting with local florists, caterers and photographers.
The Leader of Somerset Council has repeated his call for a reform of the way that councils are funded. Crimestoppers is stepping up efforts to help tackle violent crime in Somerset. A new radar satellite is playing a crucial role in collecting data about flooding in Somerset...and more
Somerset Council has approved a seven-and-a-half percent increase in council tax. People are being asked to return boxes of paracetamol bought from Boots Chemists in Somerset. It’s been revealed that five members of staff at Somerset Council are being allowed to work from home outside the UK...and more
Somerset Council has been told that hundreds of millions of pounds in loans taken out by former district councils, including South Somerset, have to be paid back. A Somerset charity says it needs more volunteers to help with research into new treatments for dementia. A local shop owner has welcomed Somerset Council’s decision to scrap plans to charge for parking after 6 pm...and more.
The population of Somerset has reached record levels with nearly one in ten born outside the UK. Stanchester School in Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been rated as ‘requiring improvement’. Experts have been called in to appraise a 15th-century piece of artwork in Sherborne...and more.
A woman from Crewkerne has been fined £280 for assaulting two emergency workers. Plans have been announced to open new NHS dental surgeries in Chard and Crewkerne. A Yeovil man has been thanked for raising £10,000 for the cardiac charity Heartbeat...and more
A local man has been charged after allegedly driving a tractor while under the influence of alcohol. One hundred bikes, collected with household waste in Somerset, have been donated to charity. The junction of the A37 Ilchester Road and Stiby Road in Yeovil will again shut this evening for resurfacing...and more.
Fourteen hundred people have added their names to a petition against Somerset Council's plans to scrap free car parks. St Margaret’s Hospice has won a share of £25 million of government funding. A man from Charlton Adam is preparing to visit Ukraine as an Aid Worker for a tenth time...and more
A local man has been charged with possessing an air weapon following an incident in Yeovil town centre. The Labour government has removed funding to the Amulet Theatre in Shepton Mallet that the previous Conservative government had allocated. Entries are now open for this year’s Minster Miles 10K fun run with organisers aiming to exceed last year’s number of runners...and more.
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