Plans have been submitted to convert a Yeovil pub into a school for children with special needs. Members of Ilminster Town Council have voted against buying the Council's former office premises on North Street. Work has been completed updating the sewerage system in Wincanton at a cost of £150,000...and more.
Plans have been submitted to convert a Yeovil pub into a school for children with special needs. Education provider, Five Rivers Child Care Ltd is asking for a ‘change of use’ on The Great Lyde Pub on the corner of Cavalier Way and Lyde Road. Somerset Council is due to make a decision on the application early in the New Year.
Work has been completed updating the sewerage system in Wincanton at a cost of £150,000. To keep disruption to a minimum and save money, Wessex Water used robots to reline the existing network of underground pipes in Church Street, North Street and Waterside Road.
Members of Ilminster Town Council have voted against buying its former office premises on North Street. The Council, who moved to new offices in the Old Magistrates Court in East Street 18 months ago, decided not to go ahead with a purchase due to the poor state of repair of the North Street building.
A stretch of the A303 on the Devon-Somerset border had to be shut in both directions yesterday after the road became blocked by fallen power cables. The incident, which led to long delays, happened at the turn-off to Chard at Upottery.
Repairs to St Peter's Church in Hornblotton, near Shepton Mallet, have been completed. Historic England gave £52,850 towards the project after the church's internal decorations were put at risk by a leaking roof.
A new play park is soon to open in Ilminster. The Winterhay Play Park has been funded through a new housing development on Whaites Drive.
The father of a one-month-old baby boy in Chard is to stand trial for the murder of his son. New figures show that just under 1300 crimes were reported to the Police in Yeovil during the final quarter of last year. A night in a prison cell is offered at Shepton Mallet Jail to those who want to be alone this Easter...and more.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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