Local News Wednesday 16th March

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 06:00

Police are appealing for witnesses after items, including a brick, were thrown from the top floor of the car park at the Tesco store in Yeovil. Two new care homes could soon be built in Chard. The RSPB is urging us to watch our steps and keep dogs on leads when walking at its nature reserves. Frome has been named as an example of a town encouraging local pride and boosting its high street...and more.

Police are appealing for witnesses after items, including a brick, were thrown from the top floor of the car park at the Tesco store in Yeovil, narrowly missing a baby in a pushchair and others who were walking over a zebra crossing. The incident happened last Thursday afternoon. Police are looking for two youths wearing dark clothing seen on the top deck of the Tesco store car park at Huish. Anyone with dashcam footage of two youths matching the description or, who can help in any other way, is asked to call the non-emergency number 101.

A builder from Somerset who drove to Poland with donations of clothing and other items to give to Ukrainian refugees is now encouraging people to give money instead of goods to help with the war effort. Graham Monks drove 2,000 miles to Poland with things that he says he could have bought in Poland.

Two new care homes could soon be built in Chard. Plans to build a seventy-bed care home on East Street near the Lidl supermarket were submitted in May last year. Now, a second care home with sixty-six beds on Furnham Road has been proposed. South Somerset District Council is expected to make a decision on both applications in the autumn.

The RSPB is urging us to watch our steps and keep dogs on leads when walking at its nature reserves. It's to protect ground-nesting birds as we head into their breeding season.

Frome has been named as an example of a town encouraging local pride and boosting its high street. A report from the Federation of Small Businesses called ‘Freedom, Funding and Fearlessness’ says towns need the freedom to work out what they need and the funding to support new initiatives. It’s highlighted Frome’s independent market as an example of how a town can attract more shoppers.

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Wednesday 16th April

Big changes are being made to where taxi ranks in Yeovil are located. Farmers are being told to keep an extra lookout for people acting suspiciously following the latest livestock theft near the Devon and Somerset border. Channel 4’s Location Location Location is coming to Somerset, with anyone looking to buy a property locally invited to apply to be in the show...and more
Tuesday 15th April

A 36-year-old man remains in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault in Yeovil. Yeovil Labour Club has had its drinks licence revoked. NHS Somerset has been taking its physiotherapy team around the county to cut waiting times for patients. A men-only cooking course has been launched in Sherborne with all ingredients and equipment provided free of charge...and more
Monday 14th April

A new banking hub has opened in Crewkerne. South Western Ambulance is asking people to only dial 999 in a life-threatening emergency over the Easter weekend. £1.8 million is being spent improving walking and cycling routes around a major new housing development at Up Mudford in Yeovil...and more
Friday 11th April

Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in Yeovil in which a man riding an e-bike was injured and later died in hospital. Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says the number of false alarm calls it receives is on the increase. A new micro-pub opens in Chard next week...and more
Thursday 10th April

Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for more targeted support for schools in Somerset. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident near Wells in which a cyclist died. Plans have been approved to convert a former care home in Yeovil into a house of multiple occupation...and more
Wednesday 9th April

A man from Yeovil has been jailed for stabbing another man in a pub in the town. Work is underway to help minimize the flood risk at Chard Reservoir. Plans have been submitted to build thirty-six new homes at Sparkford. A new Town Crier is needed in Glastonbury...and more
Tuesday 8th April

Work is underway to demolish the Glovers Walk Shopping Centre in Yeovil. A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with drink driving for a third time. Somerset Council has paid £35,000 in compensation for failing to deliver the right support to children with special educational needs. Another shop in Yeovil town centre is closing for good today...and more