Crewkerne’s pom-pom event to be bigger and better next year
CREWKERNE will be given a colourful transformation when the second annual pom-pom display hits the town in April next year.
Creative Crewkerne, which is a...
Wadham students recognised in national awards
THE achievements of four Wadham School students have been celebrated at a national event in London.
The PiXL Student Celebration Awards highlight the achievements of...
Chief Constable pledges to ‘make communities safer’
CHIEF Constable Andy Marsh has pledged to improve Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s detection rate and response to dwelling burglaries.
The pledge was made after the...
Chard builder wins brand new van from Bradfords
CHARD builder Wayne Dowell is the proud owner of a brand new works van, which he won in a competition.
Bradfords Building Supplies have handed...
Annual event helps keep Crewkerne safe
SAFETY advice a plenty greeted visitors to Falkland Square in Crewkerne on Friday, September 16th.
Crewkerne Town Council held its annual community safety event, which...
Speedy repairs to railway steps
THE Friends of Crewkerne Station are pleased with speedy repairs of steps at the station.
Friends secretary Gail Coleshill said that access at this point...
Ribbon cut on new music school at Perrott Hill
INTERNATIONAL conductor and violinist Sir Neville Marriner joined broadcast concert pianist and presenter David Owen Norris to formally open the new, purpose-built music school...
New efficient street lighting will pay for itself within seven years
A MASSIVE £3.6 million, six-month programme to replace 18,000 plus street lights across Somerset will start this month.
Somerset County Council will replace around one...
Golf day fundraiser
SOMERSET Chamber of Commerce’s annual golf day raised £3,200 for Stand Against Violence (SAV).
Now in its tenth year, the annual fundraising event, which took...
Wadham School students celebrate at awards night
WADHAM School celebrated the achievements of its students at St Bartholomew’s Church in Crewkerne.
Headteacher David Derbyshire introduced proceedings and thanked the students for their...
Local filmmakers invited to New Zealand
A CHANCE meeting in a church has led to a group of Crewkerne film-makers being invited to visit New Zealand where their film is...
Crackdown on out-of-county waste recycling ‘tourists’
SOMERSET is to take steps to discourage waste ‘tourists’.
Visitors from areas not covered by Somerset Waste Partnership – including Bath & North East...
Yeovil Hospital staff complete Cycle4Sepsis for second year
A TEAM of medical and nursing staff from Yeovil District Hospital have completed the Cycle4Sepsis challenge for the second year running to raise awareness...
Ex-soldier gives talk for U3A
FORMER soldier Andrew Simkins OBE told a meeting of Crewkerne & District University of the Third Age (U3A) about his work with the Winston...
Police force looking to hire 128 new officers
AVON and Somerset Police is looking to hire 128 new police officers to help tackle crime.
Constabulary staff are currently sifting through applications following a...
Hinkley Point green lighted after delays
THE go ahead for a new £18bn nuclear power station in Somerset has finally been given after the government imposed "significant new safeguards" for...
Magna to build 600 homes across region
LOCAL housing provider, Magna Housing, has announced that it will start building homes for rent and shared ownership in West Dorset and other areas.
Magna...
Petition launched in bid to end badger culls
THE Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is supporting an online petition initiated by The Wildlife Trusts’ President Emeritus, Simon King OBE, calling for the withdrawal...
Investigators suspect arson
Investigators believe that last night's barn fire in West Chinnock, which destroyed 150 tonnes of straw,...
Farmers warned after string of arson attacks on local barns
POLICE have issued an alert to all Somerset farmers after a string of deliberate barn fires.
Two of the fires took place in the South...
Community safety event to return
CREWKERNE Town Council’s Community Safety Group is set to repeat its community safety event in Falkland Square.
The event will take place on Friday, September...
Best ever GCSE results celebrated in South Somerset
FOLLOWING on from the previous week’s A-level success, it was the turn of GCSE students across South Somerset to celebrate.
Holyrood Academy in Chard saw...
Four people injured in ambulance crash
FOUR people were injured as an ambulance rolled onto its side in a crash on the A30, just outside Crewkerne.
Photos from the scene show...
High quality at Crewkerne Flower Show
THE Crewkerne Flower, Produce and Handicraft Show, organised by Crewkerne Gardening Club, featured plenty of high quality exhibits.
It took place in Henhayes Centre on...
Air ambulance backs ‘Missing Type’ campaign for new blood donors
THE team at Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) has announced that it is supporting this year’s Missing Type campaign for new blood donors.
The...
Local groups invited to bid for money seized from criminals
MONEY seized from criminals will be spent on community projects in Somerset.
The England Illegal Money Lending team, which investigates and prosecutes loan sharks, is...
Pokémon Go brings influx of young visitors to country parks
POKÉMON Go players in and around the Yeovil area can find a whole range of Pokémon and Poke Stops at some of South Somerset...
MP unveils Haselbury defibrillator
YEOVIL MP Marcus Fysh was on hand to officially open a new potentially life-saving amenity in Haselbury Plucknett.
Mr Fysh was invited on Saturday, August...
Popular village show attracts 850 entries
MORE than 850 entries - including more than 150 from children - were submitted to this year’s Clapton, Wayford, Drimpton and District Horticultural Society...
Station friends visit neighbours as part of rail partnership
THE Friends of Crewkerne Station (FOCS) had an outing to Templecombe to meet with the Friends of Templecombe Station.
As part of the Blackmore Vale...
