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Article‘Strong sup­port’ for plan to merge par­ish with its neigh­bour­ing town

PLANS to merge a small Somer­set town with its closest neigh­bour are back on the table after another lengthy round of pub­lic con­sulta­tion. Lang­port is sur­roun­ded on three sides by the par­ish of Huish Epis­copi – with the lat­ter par­ish...

ArticleNurse to lead study into can­cer treat­ment brands

A SPECIALIST breast can­cer nurse has teamed up with Somer­set NHS Found­a­tion Trust’s research team to explore how changes in the brand of endo­crine med­ic­a­tion – taken to help pre­vent breast can­cer from return­ing – may affect the side effects...

ArticleRevised plans for 185 homes put for­ward

REVISED plans have been sub­mit­ted to deliver 185 new homes near Somer­set’s first David Lloyd leis­ure centre. Con­struc­tion is under way on the new leis­ure centre in the Bun­ford busi­ness park at the corner of the A3088 Lysander Road and...

ArticleGas leak brings town car­ni­val to halt mid-parade

ArticleTech plat­form to make pay­ing to park sim­pler

SOMERSET Coun­cil has joined an ini­ti­at­ive that aims to make pay­ing to park much sim­pler for motor­ists. The National Park­ing Plat­form (NPP) allows drivers to pay for park­ing at par­ti­cip­at­ing sites using their pre­ferred park­ing mobile...

ArticleWhatever the weather

BASED in Exeter the Met­eor­o­lo­gical Office is one the major fore­casters of weather in the UK. It was star­ted on August 1, 1854 ini­tially as a ser­vice for ships and sea­farers. The loss of the Royal Charter in 1859 a pas­sen­ger ship and over...