Somerset Council is being given extra funding by the government to repair potholes. Somerset Waste Partnership says it is changing the days when it collects household waste in some parts of South Somerset. A new mobile Post Office service has started operating in Somerset. A school in Chard has won the support of local MP Marcus Fysh,..and more.
Somerset Council is being given extra funding by the government to repair potholes. The announcement has been made in advance of today’s Autumn Statement when the government will set out its tax and spending plans for the year ahead. The money to fill potholes has been allocated from the HS2 budget and follows the decision to cancel building HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester.
Somerset Waste Partnership says it is changing the days when it collects household waste in some parts of South Somerset. The changes, that take effect from February, are aimed at making the service more efficient and reducing carbon emissions. Households affected will receive a letter in January advising them of the change.
A new mobile Post Office service has started operating in Somerset. In a typical week, the unit will visit more than a dozen local villages.
A school in Chard has won the support of local MP, Marcus Fysh, in having a pedestrian crossing built outside the school. Avishayes Primary School wants a 20 miles per hour limit introduced on Fairway Rise, and a new crossing built. Mr Fysh, who was at the school as part of Road Safety Week, said he would be pressing Somerset Council to act with urgency on the school’s concerns.
£130,000 of additional funding has been provided to carry out dredging on the Somerset Levels. The work will see water injected into the riverbed to suspend silt and carry it downstream. 200 metres of waterway between Burrowbridge and Northmoor will be treated in January and February.
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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