The Leader of the Conservatives on Somerset County Council, Councillor David Fothergill believes Rishi Sunack has the required financial experience and temperament to make a good Prime Minister. The NHS in Somerset is encouraging people who are eligible to get their Covid boosters and flu jabs. Police say a man’s body found on the Lynx trading estate in Yeovil is believed to be that of a missing local man. A project’s underway to plant 100 miles of hedgerow from Forde Abbey near Chard into Dorset and a Martock woman has raised £400 for a breast cancer research charity.
The Leader of the Conservatives on Somerset County Council, Councillor David Fothergill believes Rishi Sunack has the required financial experience and temperament to make a good Prime Minister. He’s calling on his Conservative colleagues to get behind the new PM. Meanwhile, Rezaul Uddin from the British Bangledeshi Association in Somerset says he believes Rishi Sunak will be inspiring for young people.
The NHS in Somerset is encouraging people who are eligible to get their Covid boosters and flu jabs. It's because there are concerns over a so-called "twindemic" with people in hospital with Covid, flu or both this winter.
Police say a man’s body found on the Lynx trading estate in Yeovil is believed to be that of a missing local man. 50-year-old Alan was reported missing over a week ago after last being seen on Watercombe Lane on October 17th. Police say they don’t believe there are any suspicious circumstances and are treating the death as unexplained.
A project’s underway to plant 100 miles of hedgerow from Forde Abbey near Chard into Dorset. The Great Big Dorset Hedge Project will use existing trails and paths for the route of the hedgerow. Members of the Dorset Climate Network have organised the project.
A Martock woman has raised £400 for a breast cancer research charity. Carol Ansell held a coffee morning at All Saints Church in Martock with all the proceeds going to Breast Cancer Now.
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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