A charity in Somerset is appealing for support after one of its sites was vandalised. The Leader of Somerset Council has been to Westminster to put the case for central government to provide councils with more money. A new primary school is to built-in Chard...and more
A charity in Somerset is appealing for support after one of its sites was vandalised. Brainwave says its Therapy Assessment Centre in Bridgwater was targeted with paint last weekend. A car also had its windows smashed.
The Leader of Somerset Council, Councillor Bill Revans, joined other local government leaders at Westminster yesterday to put the case for central government to provide local councils with better funding. Cllr Revans told the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee that funding from central government to Somerset Council had almost halved in recent years – down by 40 per cent – and that it was not realistic to expect Council Tax income to pay for essential services such as social care for adults and children.
Somerset Council is planning to spend 2 million pounds extending Herne View Church of England Primary School in Ilminster. The school is being enlarged to provide spaces for children living on the new Canal Way housing development. Once extended, Herne View will have accommodation for 600 children with the cost of the work recouped from local housing developments, including Canal Way. Meanwhile, a new primary school is due to open in Chard by late 2027. The new school is planned as part of the Chard Eastern Development Area that lies between the A358 Tatworth Road and the A30 Crewkerne Road where up to 2,700 new homes could be built. But Somerset Council says a site within the CEDA has yet to be allocated, and that an alternative site may have to be found.
A path that runs alongside the Canal in Ilminster will stay shut again today. Ilminster Town Council says the path, next to the Archie Gooch Pavilion, will stay closed until late Thursday for the removal of three Ash trees that are showing signs of Ash dieback.
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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