Residents in the Langport area are being advised not to drink tap water following a major water leak. Permission has been given to convert the former Porter Blacks building in Lower Middle Street in Yeovil into ten flats. Yeovil Country Park has been presented with a Royal Horticultural Society five-star award for a fourth time...and more.
Residents in the Langport area are being advised not to drink tap water. Wessex Water says following a burst water main, the tap water in postcode areas TA10,11 and 12 may appear brown for the next few days. They say it’s not harmful but advise against drinking water straight from the tap due to it having a strange taste.
Permission has been given to convert the former Porter Blacks building in Lower Middle Street in Yeovil into ten flats. A change of use application by Somerset Property Ventures Ltd was approved by planning officers at Somerset Council rather than members of the Council’s Planning Committee South. Two applications relating to the property are still to be decided. They are to build an extension above the second floor to deliver an additional seven flats, and to turn the building into a house of multiple occupancy, providing an additional seventeen living spaces.
Chard is planning an all-day event to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Starting at 9 am on Thursday, June 6th a Flag of Peace will be raised over the Guildhall followed by poetry readings in local schools. Chard Museum will stage a display, and there’ll be live music at the Beacon which will be lit at 9.15 pm
The consumer magazine 'Which' has put Wells at the top of a list of best UK cities to visit. In a survey, England’s smallest city scored an 86 per cent satisfaction rating, beating places like Liverpool and Edinburgh.
Yeovil Country Park, also known as Ninesprings, has been presented with the Royal Horticultural Society’s South West in Bloom ‘Pride in Parks’ five-star award for a fourth time. The award was given in recognition of the Park’s community involvement, as well as the standard of the park itself.
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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