Somerset

Number Sixteen, in Wincanton High Street, will close on May 31. Picture: Google

Popular Somerset café, wine shop and deli announces it will close next week

A POPULAR Somerset café, wine shop and deli is closing next week. Number Sixteen, in Wincanton High Street, has been…

Roadworks to improve the water supply will be taking place around Wincanton in the coming months. Picture: Google

Drivers warned of weeks of roadworks around Wincanton in coming months

DRIVERS are being warned of potential traffic delays around Wincanton as water works get underway in the coming weeks…

Shock as Yeovil hospital maternity services CLOSED amid safety concerns

MATERNITY services at Yeovil District Hospital (YDH) have been closed amid “concerns about the safety of the care for…

The Bird in Hand, in Henstridge, is up for sale. Picture: Google

Your chance to buy shares – and keep Somerset village pub open

A COMMUNITY bid to buy the village pub in order to “keep it open as an essential meeting place”…

Work is starting this month on the new cinema in Wincanton

EXCLUSIVE: See inside new Wincanton cinema – with work starting in days

WORK will begin in days on bringing the big screen back to Wincanton. S&B Cinemas team has secured ownership…

Crews tackling fire at farm building ‘in danger of collapse’ between Frome and Bruton

FIRE crews a battling a blaze at a farm outbuilding in a village between Frome and Bruton – with…

Jon with wife Marie and their two girls Picture: Daniel Walker-Hemmingfield

Wincanton event to raise funds to help man with Motor Neurone Disease make memories with family

FRIENDS of an ex-Navy serviceman who was recently diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) have organised a fundraising event…

Andy Chilton, a popular member of the community in Wincanton, has passed away aged 73

Hundreds pay respects to pillar of the Wincanton community Andy Chilton

HUNDREDS of people gathered to say farewell to Andy Chilton – a “pillar of the community” in Wincanton. Navy veteran…

Lidl wants to open stores in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Picture: Lidl GB

Lidl details Dorset towns where it wants to open new stores this year

BUDGET supermarket giant Lidl is aiming to open a number of new stores in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire. New plans…

Bruton women to take on three peaks challenge in underwear to help end pant poverty

EIGHT women from the Bruton area are taking on a mountain of a challenge to raise awareness and funds…