Somerset Council are advising residents to have their bins out by 6am in the early part of this week. People in Wincanton paid tribute to a World War 2 aircraft crew at the town’s Memorial Hall. Staff at a Chard garage are hopeful after being announced as finalists at the 2024 Independent Garage Association awards...and more.
Somerset Council are advising residents to have their bins out by 6 am at the latest in the early part of this week. With the weather forecast to be hot over the coming days, and the addition of Glastonbury Festival traffic, crews are starting extra early across the county on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to cope. If your collection falls on those days, you’re advised to put your recycling and rubbish bins out the night before if you can.
Meanwhile, the Glastonbury Festival organisers have revealed that a drone show will launch the 2024 event at 10.30 this Wednesday night, followed by the traditional fireworks. The hope is that the display will be visible from a number of locations nearby, with the best views from the Pyramid field.
People in Wincanton paid tribute to a World War 2 aircraft crew at the town’s Memorial Hall yesterday. The plane, dubbed ‘Old Faithful’ and carrying 9 Americans, crashlanded nearby 80 years ago on its way back from a bombing raid on Toulouse.
Staff at a Chard garage are hopeful after being announced as finalists at the 2024 Independent Garage Association awards. Tytherleigh Vehicle Electrics, based at the Chard Business Park, have been nominated in the ‘business improvement’ category. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Birmingham on the 20th of September.
And two big-name TV comedians will no longer perform at Somerset’s Comedy Festival after ticket sales were in the single figures. Mark Watson and Sean Walsh were headliners at the annual event. The festival is a community interest company so not for profit – and they say they're hoping to boost ticket sales for the remainder of the festival.
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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