A TEENAGE boy was assaulted and required hospital treatment last month. Police are appealing for information after the assault at Mudford Recreational Ground in Yeovil on Thursday, August 26, around 3pm. The victim had head injuries, and it
ACCELERATE Trampoline Club welcomed its 100th member earlier this week. Congratulations to Olivia Hobbs from Wellington, who became the all important 100th member after joining the clubs home education classes at Wellington Sports Centre. The
POLICE want to speak to a man after an assault in Weston-super-Mare. The driver of a white Ford failed to stop following a collision with a parked black Citroen C2 on Birchwood Avenue. After challenging the driver, the victim – a man in his
READ MORE: Some petrol stations CLOSED in Somerset as fuel panic buying continues THE transport secretary has advised motorists to "carry on as normal" after BP closed a "handful" of its forecourts and queues formed outside some UK petrol stations
TWO of the eight roads destroyed by flash flooding in Chard have now been repaired. After the extreme rainfall on June 28, multiple homes and businesses were flooded. As well as this, villages on the outskirts of the town were hit by rising
A LANDMARK Victorian building in Taunton is set to re-open in January as a 'state-of-the-art' workspace. And people can visit the space next month with a guided hard-hat tour of the building on St Augustine Street. The building, called the
TRAVELODGE has launched its autumn recruitment drive, with the hotel chain looking to fill 750 jobs in the UK – and there are roles available in Somerset. There are full and part-time roles on offer at its UK hotels, offering flexible working
AS EA Sports FIFA 22 early access is now out, we wanted to take a look at the highest rated players with Somerset ties. The highest rated player from Somerset is a current England international, any ideas? “It’s a huge honour." @
WORK on a major £45m regeneration scheme started in Taunton on Wednesday (September 22). Representatives from ENGIE and Somerset West and Taunton Council (SWT) took part in a ground-breaking ceremony for the North Taunton Woolaway Project.
A NEW luxury day spa opened in Ilminster last Friday (September 17). The spa, based at Dillington Estate, welcomed 60 guests for an evening of canapes, drinks, tours, treatment demonstrations, live music and a charity raffle. Owner, Kerry Hole-Stuart
MORE than 7,000 EU nationals have been granted permission to stay in the Somerset West and Taunton district, new figures show. The3Million, which campaigns for EU citizens' rights, says it is concerned for the hundreds of thousands of people who
'OUR members have been left with no other choice but to vote to go on strike.' The general secretary of the Community union, which represents a number of workers at Somerset-based shoemaker Clarks, has spoken out about impending industrial action
WORK on a new £18 MILLION special educational needs school in Somerset is complete. Polden Bower SEN (special educational needs) School, in Bridgwater, is complete, creating additional much-needed school places for SEN students across the region
AS our local MP(s) broke the Conservative manifesto promise on the national insurance announcement, we might ask, is it fair? NO. All the new money comes from so-called ‘National Insurance’, which is just another form of tax, but much less
A MAJOR Somerset regeneration scheme has been narrowly approved for a second time – despite the imminent threat of legal action. Mendip District Council has been working with the Acorn Property Group to regenerate the Saxonvale brownfield site
THE Prime Minister recently set out the next steps in the Government’s Covid response, to help protect the gains of our historic vaccine rollout that has allowed life to return to a sense of normality in recent months. The Autumn and Winter Plan
