A Chard motorist has had his licence endorsed with 10 penalty points for being over the drink-drive limit. Crewkerne Town Council is considering illuminating the town’s famous Lucombe tree at Henhayes to help combat antisocial behaviour. A Yeovil bakery has won a contract to supply Marks and Spencer with two Christmas products...and more.
A Chard motorist has had his licence endorsed with 10 penalty points for being over the drink drive limit while parked in a layby with the engine of his vehicle running. Tristan Evans of Henson Park failed a breath test after being found by at the wheel of his vehicle in a layby at Chillington. Evans, who pleaded guilty to the offence, was also fined £47 with £40 costs at Yeovil Magistrates Court.
St Mary and St Peter’s School in Ilton has been rated as overall ‘good’ following an Ofsted inspection. In their report, inspectors described the school as inclusive and welcoming, with a happy, calm and purposeful learning environment.
Crewkerne Town Council is considering illuminating the town’s famous Lucombe tree at Henhayes to help combat antisocial behaviour. LED lights working on a time-switch would be spread throughout the tree. The Council believes improving public lighting in the area around the Lucombe Oak will discourage vandalism.
NHS Somerset has launched a new outreach programme in Yeovil to support armed forces veterans. The Hub based at the Ark at Egwood near Merriot offers veterans, serving members of the military, family members, dependents and reservists, the chance to socialise and receive help and advice.
A giant sculpture of the moon can now be seen floating in Bridgwater Docks. Local artist Luke Jerram's 'The Fallen Moon' installation will be there until the 3rd of November. The Moon replica, is three-hundred and fifty thousand times smaller than the real Moon.
A Yeovil bakery has won a contract to supply Marks and Spencer with two Christmas products. Percy’s Bakery on Artillery Road on the Lufton Trading Estate already supply M and S with Collection Florentines and will supply the retailer with tins of Caramel and Almonds Muddles and Peppermint Bark for Christmas.
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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