SOMERSET NEWS: General Election called for June 8
Posted: 18th April 2017
THE Prime Minister has announced that a General Election will be held on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Theresa May PM made the shock announcement on Tuesday (April 18, 2017) at just after 11am. It will mean the UK going to the polls on June 8 and here in Somerset there will be five constituencies up for grabs – Yeovil, Taunton, Bridgwater & West Somerset, Wells, and Somerton &…
SOMERSET NEWS: Motorcyclist dies two weeks after crash
Posted: 15th April 2017
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died following a road traffic collision last month in West Somerset. The incident happened at just before 1.40pm on Thursday, March 30, 2017, on the B3227 at Slape Moor Bridge near Wiveliscombe. A Toyota Auris was travelling towards Wiveliscombe when it stopped to turn right into Manor Grange, where an Audi A4…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Three cheers for the Save Shudrick Valley Group
Posted: 15th April 2017
THE sky may have been grey, but the sun was definitely shining in one garden in Ilminster on Saturday (April 15, 2017) morning as campaigners joined together to celebrate a hard-fought battle against development. Supporters of the Save Shudrick Valley Group met at a home overlooking the beautiful valley for a photo-call and to congratulate each other on a job well done…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Three adults and one child taken to hospital after fumes leak from boiler
Posted: 14th April 2017
FOUR people were taken to hospital on Friday (April 14, 2017) as a precaution after fumes were found to be leaking from a boiler at a farmhouse near Ilminster. Two fire engines from Ilminster and Chard were mobilised at just after 12.45pm to the incident at Donyatt Hill at Donyatt. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called by the occupants of the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Feed the bins, not the birds!
Posted: 12th April 2017
PEOPLE across South Somerset are being urged to feed the litter bins and not the birds in town centres this spring and summer. South Somerset District Council is advising people to ensure litter is put in bins provided and not to feed seagulls and pigeons that congregate in many areas of town centres. The feathered creatures are a nuisance to town centre businesses and…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Shudrick Valley saved as appeal is rejected
Posted: 11th April 2017
THE Ilminster-based Save Shudrick Valley Group is celebrating after finally winning its six-year battle to safeguard a picturesque part of the town from the bulldozers. A Planning Inspector has ruled in support of the SSVG and dismissed an appeal made by developers C. G. Fry & Son and Dillington Estate to build 220 homes on the picturesque Shudrick Valley site on the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Martock motorcyclist killed in Dorset crash
Posted: 10th April 2017
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a Martock motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Dorset at the weekend. The incident occurred at around 3.55pm on Saturday (April 8, 2017) in Sea Road North, Bridport, and involved a blue Honda motorcycle and a green Skoda Octavia. Sadly the rider of the motorcycle – a 50-year-old man from Martock – died at the scene. His next of…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Serious crash on Ilminster Bypass
Posted: 6th April 2017
EMERGENCY services have reported a bad accident on the A303 Ilminster Bypass on Thursday (April 6, 2017) morning. The alarm was raised at just before 11.30am and two fire engines from Yeovil were mobilised following reports of a crash on the bypass. Firefighters, on arrival, found one female trapped in one of the two vehicles involved. They set to work with hydraulic…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: People urged to report changes of circumstances quickly to avoid fines
Posted: 6th April 2017
PEOPLE are being warned that they could face fines if they fail to notify South Somerset District Council about any changes of circumstances that could affect their benefits. Councillors have approved the introduction of Council Tax Penalties and Civil Penalties in Housing Benefit from April 1, 2017. Not reporting a change that can affect any type of reduction in Council…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: People urged to report changes of circumstances quickly to avoid fines
Posted: 6th April 2017
PEOPLE are being warned that they could face fines if they fail to notify South Somerset District Council about any changes of circumstances that could affect their benefits. Councillors have approved the introduction of Council Tax Penalties and Civil Penalties in Housing Benefit from April 1, 2017. Not reporting a change that can affect any type of reduction in Council…
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