Tuesday 25th March

Tuesday, 25 March 2025 06:00

By Steve Haigh

A teenage boy has been arrested following an incident in Castle Cary. Somerset Council has announced “wide-ranging improvements” to bus services. Work has started upgrading a doctor’s surgery in Chard. The finalists have been announced for this year’s Somerset Business Awards...and more

A teenage boy has been arrested following an incident in Castle Cary. Police say he was arrested in Station Road following reports from the public that he was seen acting in a threatening manner. The Police ask that anyone who witnessed the incident or has video footage to call the non-emergency number 101.

The former Conservative leader of the old Somerset County Council, David Fothergill has described as ‘unfair’ a report claiming a "significant proportion" of the financial problems at the new Somerset Council are attributable to decisions made when he was in charge at County Hall. In their report, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy say freezing council tax or keeping it at a low level has led to the funding shortfalls now being experienced at Somerset Council.

Work has started upgrading a doctor’s surgery in Chard. The GP practice at Essex House on Fore Street is undergoing a complete refurbishment. While the work is being carried out, the medical team at Essex House are operating from temporary premises in Summerfield Road in Chard.

Somerset Council has announced “wide-ranging improvements” to bus services following confirmation of a £6 million funding boost from the government. The council says the money will be used to implement its Bus Service Improvement Plan, which includes better bus services for Yeovil, including the 376 Yeovil to Bristol service that will operate in the evenings and on Sundays. Money will also be invested in developing a public transport hub in Langport and carrying out a feasibility study into introducing a transport hub in Yeovil.

The finalists have been announced for this year’s Somerset Business Awards, with ARK at Egwood in Merriott – a community therapeutic day service provision – shortlisted in the Small Business of the Year category. The finals of the Somerset Business Awards, run by the Somerset Chamber of Commerce, take place this Friday in the Winter Gardens Pavilion, in Weston-super-Mare.

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Monday 24th March

Numatic International Ltd in Chard has been given planning permission to build a giant solar farm off the A30 Crewkerne Road. The RSPCA says incidents of dropped litter impacting the lives of animals in Somerset is a growing problem. Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is marking 25 years of saving lives across the two counties...and more
Friday 21st March

Leonardo in Yeovil is developing a new type of self-flying helicopter. A report into the creation of Somerset Council has found the case for it to be 'weak' and marked by 'poor decision making'. The village of Montecute has been told that it may have one of the country's oldest working clocks...and more.
Thursday 20th March

There has been a further delay to reopening Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in Wincanton in which a motorcyclist was killed. A debt advice charity in Somerset is recruiting more volunteers to help with an expected increase in people going into debt...and more.
Wednesday 19th March

A new report says survival rates from ovarian cancer in Somerset are among the best in England. Farmers say it’s only a matter of time before someone is killed due to criminal gangs using farmland for illegal hare coursing. A Victorian chemist shop, originally situated on the High Street in South Petherton, is being moved to a theme park in County Durham...and more
Tuesday 18th March

Police are appealing for witnesses to a ‘hit and run’ in Henstridge in which an 8-year-old boy was knocked off his scooter. People in Somerset wanting to hold street parties to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day won't have to pay for a road closure. Plans have been submitted to open a new farm shop in Sherborne...and more
Monday 17th March

A Yeovil woman, whose disappearance three weeks ago sparked a big police search, has been found safe and well. A new 3.2 million pound programme of flood risk reduction works has been approved by the Somerset Rivers Authority. Sexey’s School in Bruton has been voted Somerset’s happiest secondary school...and more
Friday 14th March

Four Somerset businesses, including one in Yeovil, have been handed a total of £170,000 in civil penalties for employing illegal workers. National garage chain ATS Euromaster has closed its branch in Wincanton. A farmer in Wincanton is being hailed as a hero after rescuing his pigs from a burning barn...and more
Thursday 13th March

A new campaign has been launched to persuade people in Somerset to stop smoking. Four people have been arrested in Chard in connection with the supply of Class A drugs. A dog from Yeovil has won the title of ‘best in breed’ at Crufts...and more.