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Western Gazette
Hunt hits back over safety risk to public allegations
MEMBERS of a Somerset hunt have hit back over claims that their annual Boxing Day meet poses a “high risk” to the public’s safety.
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January 01, 2026
Western Gazette
New year is a fresh start for the staff at Tamburino
Tamburino — the award-winning Italian restaurant — closed its doors on New Year's Eve after proudly serving the Yeovil community for more than 20 years.
1 min |
January 01, 2026
Western Gazette
Disappearance of ship worker in 1975 is a mystery haunting family
IN June 1975 a young man from Yeovil was reported missing from the ship he was working on near the coast of France.
2 min |
January 01, 2026
Western Gazette
Pupils bring festive light and hope to elderly residents
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School's carol service and, bottom, pupils with their handmade cards
1 min |
January 01, 2026
Western Gazette
Pupils mark spending the year as ‘Pilgrims of Hope'
YOUNG pilgrims have been baking sweet treats and crafting colourful messages of hope as part of a yearlong celebration of faith and unity.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
Western Gazette
'Glad to see authority bow to pressure over charges'
YEOVIL Constituency Labour Party has said Somerset Council bowed to pressure to drop plans to extend Sunday charges to all its car parks, following a campaign led by the local Labour Party.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
Western Gazette
Veterans dig in to help plant saplings
Veterans and employees from Leonardo planted 2,000 native saplings at the company's site in Yeovil last week, to create vital new habitats for wildlife while increasing the site's natural ability to absorb carbon.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
Western Gazette
'Businesses are doomed if car parks built on'
BUSINESSES in Yeovil town centre \"will not survive\" if several key car parks are built upon, a local businessman has stated.
3 min |
December 18, 2025
Western Gazette
Oil paintings go viral with worldwide appreciation
A Wincanton artist has gone viral after revealing her highly unusual artistic medium: she paints portraits of cars and aircraft using the actual engine oil taken from the vehicles themselves.
1 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Gazette
Man is charged after serious attack in town
A MAN has been named and charged after a serious attack in a quiet market town.
1 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Gazette
Review go-ahead leaves bid to build hundreds of homes in the balance
HUNDREDS of new Yeovil homes are hanging in the balance after a judicial review was given the go-ahead.
3 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Gazette
Treatment of switch-on reindeer is defended after group’s boycott call
A FARM attraction has defended the use of live reindeer at a Christmas lights switch-on event.
2 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Gazette
Plan for £1m ‘food-led restaurant bar’
ANEW £lmillion town centre food and drink business is being planned for Sherborne - part of the Loungers group.
2 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Gazette
Latest vehicles carry a recycling message
A PARTIAL re-fleet of fuel-efficient Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) is being introduced across the county by Somerset Council's collections contractor SUEZ recycling and recovery UK Ltd.
1 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Gazette
Residents’ safety worries ‘are of little relevance’ as developer wins appeal
CREWKERNE residents and Somerset Council have failed in their last-ditch efforts to stop nearly 150 new homes from being built at the southern edge of the town.
4 min |
December 04, 2025
Western Gazette
Supermarkets ‘squeezing us until the pips squeak’ says apple grower
A VETERAN West Country fruit farmer has called time on his decades-long relationship with the UK's biggest supermarkets, accusing them of double standards and driving producers to the brink.
2 min |
December 04, 2025
Western Gazette
Crews called out to garage blaze
A GARAGE with two vehicles inside burst into flames when a fire broke out.
1 min |
December 04, 2025
Western Gazette
Budget ‘comes as a letdown for county’
DORSET Council's finance portfolio holder, Chickerell councillor Simon Clifford, says the budget has been a ‘bitter disappointment ‘ for the county.
2 min |
December 04, 2025
Western Gazette
It’s season’s bleatings at sanctuary event
FERNE Animal Sanctuary, the Somerset rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming charity, will welcome visitors for a Christmas Festival and animal blessing event on Sunday, November 30 from noon.
1 min |
November 27, 2025
Western Gazette
Ed helps keep helicopters ready to fight in exercise
A SOLDIER from Chard is keeping the Army’s helicopters repaired and in the fight on a major multinational training exercise.
2 min |
November 27, 2025
Western Gazette
Festive crafters create new card
PENSIONERS at Yeovil u3a (University of the Third Age) Art Group have created a joyous Christmas tree in the form of seasonal card.
1 min |
November 27, 2025
Western Gazette
Residents only have a few weeks to stop solar farm
RESIDENTS of a small Somerset village only have a few weeks to stop a large solar farm being built on their doorstep.
2 min |
November 27, 2025
Western Gazette
Sunday car parking charges would cause ‘damage’ to town centres
SUNDAY car parking charges would “irrevocably damage” Somerset's town centres, a local church leader has said.
4 min |
November 27, 2025
Western Gazette
Community arts venue gets go-ahead for extension
SHERBORNE House on Newland has received the green light for a single-storey side extension to create an events kitchen.
1 min |
November 20, 2025
Western Gazette
MP launches petition to highlight local dentist crisis
SARAH Dyke, MP for Glastonbury and Somerton, has launched a petition for residents to demand urgent government action as the crisis over the total lack of NHS dentistry provision in Somerset’s “dental desert” deepens.
1 min |
November 20, 2025
Western Gazette
Mermaid shows off £200k makeover
POPULAR community pub The Mermaid, on Bristol Road in Sherborne, reopened last week following a combined investment of £200,000 from experienced licensee Jaime Howell, her partner Ashley and Admiral Taverns.
2 min |
November 20, 2025
Western Gazette
Campaign group seeks to defend villages against ‘poor planning’
HOUSING development in rural areas across Somerset has seen some heated debates and now a group called SCRAPP (Somerset Communities Raging Against Poor Planning) has formed to fight large developments in small villages.
1 min |
November 20, 2025
Western Gazette
‘Thriving’ charity shop marks 10 years with refurb
ONCE tipped to be a “retail horror”, a former Art Deco cinema-turned-charity shop has defied early scepticism to become a thriving community hub and a cornerstone of Yeovil’s high street.
2 min |
November 20, 2025
Western Gazette
'Debt' threat faced by county council
BANKRUPTCY could be facing Dorset Council - unless the Government finds solutions for ongoing problems with schools funding.
2 min |
November 13, 2025
Western Gazette
40 years' proud mileage for dealership colleagues
Two colleagues at the West Country car dealership group FJ Chalke, which operates Nissan dealerships in Yeovil and Wincanton, are each celebrating 40 years’ service with the company.
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