ILMINSTER NEWS: Cook up a treat for Fairtrade Fortnight
Posted: 3rd March 2017
THE Ilminster Fairtrade group is looking for people who fancy themselves as a bit of Mary Berry or Paul Hollywood. The group is supporting Fairtrade Fortnight from last Monday (February 27, 2017) through to Sunday, March 12, 2017, and one of the initiatives it is running is a Fairtrade Bake-Off. A group spokesman said: “This is a chance for people to prove their baking…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Public meeting to discuss Persimmon Homes’ plans for Canal Way
Posted: 2nd March 2017
A PUBLIC meeting is to be held in Ilminster to allow people to learn more about the plans for a 440-home housing development on land off Canal Way being put forward by Persimmon Homes and Somerset County Council. The meeting will be chaired by the Mayor, Cllr Val Keitch, and representatives from Persimmon Homes and Somerset County Council will provide information about…
SOMERSET NEWS: Secondary school admissions rise
Posted: 1st March 2017
OVER 97 per cent of Somerset’s children were offered a secondary school place at one of their top three school choices - figures released by Somerset County Council show on Wednesday (March 1, 2017). This is a slight increase on last year’s figure of 96.9 per cent - despite an increase in applications. This year Somerset County Council received 4,517 applications…
ILMINSTER NEWS: People asked to have their say on new school plans
Posted: 27th February 2017
PARENTS and the local community are being invited to comment on proposals to relocate an Ilminster school. The plans to move and expand Greenfylde First School have been announced by Somerset County Council in order to meet the expected demand for school places in the area. At the moment the school is located on Silver Street and can accommodate 380 children. The…
ILMINSTER NEWS: New school might not be a myth after all
Posted: 22nd February 2017
THE suggestion that a planned new school for Ilminster could be just a “myth” might not actually be strictly true – a meeting is going to be held about the project early next month! Members of Ilminster Town Council flatly rejected the suggestion last week that a site for a new school had been earmarked as part of a possible 450-home development by Persimmon Homes off…
SOMERSET NEWS: Scarlet fever on the increase in Somerset
Posted: 17th February 2017
THE number of cases of scarlet fever in Somerset have risen – although there is an overall downturn across the south west. Public Health England (PHE) South West is reporting a reduction in the number of scarlet fever cases so far this winter. Notifications from doctors have fallen by 18% across the region compared to the same period last year, but across England there…
SOMERSET NEWS: Scarlet fever on the increase in Somerset
Posted: 17th February 2017
THE number of cases of scarlet fever in Somerset have risen – although there is an overall downturn across the south west. Public Health England (PHE) South West is reporting a reduction in the number of scarlet fever cases so far this winter. Notifications from doctors have fallen by 18% across the region compared to the same period last year, but across England there…
SOMERSET NEWS: Grant boost for 22 youth clubs across the county
Posted: 16th February 2017
SOMERSET County Council has granted over £72,000 to 22 youth clubs across the county to help run popular activities. The grants from the county council are being matched by over £151,000 in locally raised funding and hundreds of hours in volunteers’ time – all for the benefit of Somerset’s young people. Cllr Frances Nicholson, the spokesman for children and families at…
ILMINSTER NEWS: New school idea is just a myth say councillors
Posted: 15th February 2017
COUNCILLORS have said it is a “myth” that Ilminster will be getting a new school as part of a proposed 450-home development off Canal Way. The outline planning application put forward by Persimmon Homes for the development shows an access to what has been signposted as a “new school.” But members of Ilminster Town Council are far from convinced that that school will ever…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Adams Meadow cannot cope with emergency vehicles
Posted: 15th February 2017
THE idea that the existing Adams Meadow estate could provide an access for emergency vehicles to a planned 450-home development in Ilminster has been labelled as bonkers by town councillors. It has been proposed by Persimmon Homes that an emergency access to its planned new housing estate behind Canal Way would come through the Adams Meadow development. Documents…
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