Higher rates of Covid in Somerset are a result of faulty PCR test results, according to Somerset County Council. There’s been a resurgence in booking holiday breaks in the County. A new block of flats could be built in Yeovil. Work to replace telegraph poles in the Jubilee Woods area of West Crescent, Ilminster is due to start next month.
Higher rates of Covid in Somerset are a result of faulty PCR test results, according to Somerset County Council. 43,000 people in England and Wales were wrongly told their Covid tests were negative due to errors at a private lab. The County Council says people were wrongly told they didn’t have the Covid 19, they then didn’t isolate, spreading the virus around their local communities. The Taunton and West Somerset area now has the 3rd highest Covid rates in England.
There’s been a resurgence in booking holiday breaks in the County. The Professional Association of Self Caterers says visitor numbers to the County this year are up 40 percent, compared to 2019.
A new block of flats could be built in Yeovil. Plans have been submitted to build nine flats at Everton Road in the Hendford area. The corner plot site is currently used as a builder's yard. It’s expected South Somerset District Council will make a decision on the application before the end of the year.
Work to replace telegraph poles in the Jubilee Woods area of West Crescent, Ilminster is due to start next month. Western Power says some trees planted to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 will be relocated due to their proximity to power lines.
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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