POLICE have moved to assure people they are taking seriously an alleged assault of a woman in a Somerset village.

BIDDING is now live for Somerset Wildlife Trust's virtual auction with unforgettable experiences and prizes supplied by local businesses and artists from across the county.

FERNE Animal Sanctuary is set to receive a share of £16,000 from the Gannett Foundation's Cash for Charities giveaway - but it needs your help.

This week sees a re-visit that has taken more than two decades, after the project first began in 1999.

JUDGES and sponsors are preparing for a late flurry of entries with two weeks left to enter the Somerset Business Awards 2023.

A STRETCH of the A303 in Somerset will be fully closed this weekend during work to remove a temporary bridge.

TOWNS, parishes, and community groups across South Somerset topped the leader board with a host of prestigious awards after a successful In Bloom competition.

POLICE have issued this picture showing the state of a wheel on a car caught being driven on the M5.

AN Avon and Somerset police constable has been sacked for misusing force computers.

SOMERSET Community Foundation (SCF) has launched this year’s Surviving Winter appeal, encouraging people who can afford it to donate some or all of their Winter Fuel Payment to help vulnerable older people unable to afford to heat their homes.

Delays due to accident on A358 Axminster Road both ways from Pop Lane to Brockhole Lane.

THIS gallery shows images from the wedding fayre in Hornsbury, near Chard.

ILMINSTER Cricket Club held their annual season awards evening over the weekend.

A CRAFT fair in South Petherton has raised £313 for the village hall.

A TEMPORARY closure will affect a road in Ilton for 12 days.

Almost 750,000 people in the south west have no savings, according to a survey carried out in September 2022 by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a tractor fire in the Blackdown Hills this morning (Monday, November 7) - with a bucket of water.

A RAIN and wind weather warning has been issued for Somerset.

ILMINSTER Arts Centre has appointed a new manager.

THE next Bishop of Bath and Wells will use various forms of transport to attend the service installing him in the role.

EVERYONE is acutely aware of the cost of living crisis and the need to make savings on outgoings.

ONE of the main routes into Chard has completely reopened after a £100,000 scheme to renovate sewers in the north of the town was completed ahead of schedule.

PETER Knight is uprooting hundreds of miles to take over as managing director of Stagecoach operations in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

HILLSIDE is an impressive detached cottage which has been superbly extended and refurbished by the current owners.

HAVING been kept in the same family for many years, this much extended and improved property is now offered for sale in one of our most favoured areas right on the very edge of the town.

I HOPE all of you had a fantastic October. This week, I want to draw attention to two key areas: local business and our environment.

THE Charterhouse two-day collectors auction includes some stunning militaria from three soldiering generations of a family.

A SOMERSET-based law firm has expanded by merging with two other practices.

HOPEFULLY readers would agree that your Chard and Ilminster newspaper is good value at 75p.

RAIL unions have called off plans for its member to strike this weekend and next week.

ARTS organisations in Somerset have received a multi-million pound boost from Arts Council England today (Friday, November 4).

CHARD school students Meg and Milly, both aged 15, are holding a bumper event to help fund their trip of a lifetime.

Crewkerne town centre will get a new car park after waiting for a decade. There's just the small matter of 50 new homes needing to be built first.

TRAINEES working at Leonardo in Yeovil created an imaginative and memorable tour of the business for visitors from the local charity, The Hub Yeovil, who were welcomed on-site to immerse themselves in helicopter technology.

A WELLBEING project providing support to people not in work has helped more than 400 people across three Somerset towns.

A UNION leader has accused a bus boss of "mistruths and fictional figures" the day before drivers and other staff walk out for a third time.

PLANS to plant thousands of new trees in Somerset have received a £300,000 funding boost.

A FOODBANK in Chard is running a Christmas present appeal to do "something special” for the community.

AN 11-YEAR-OLD has raised more than £1000 with a Halloween fundraiser to help rejuvenate a park in her village.

ILMINSTER Arts Centre has teamed up with Somerset Art Works (SAW) to present a compelling exhibition which reflects the creative responses of leading local artists to the challenges of the Covid lockdowns.

Glastonbury coach and ticket packages went on sale tonight and within less than half an hour, they sold out.

All the tips you need to try to secure Glastonbury 2023 tickets as tickets with coach travel go on sale on November 3 and general tickets go on sale November 6.

BUS bosses in Somerset are blaming union leaders for a third strike day taking place on Friday (November 4).

ALL 10 schools from The Redstart Learning Partnership (TRLP) has joined forces with The Ogden Trust, a charitable trust that exists to promote the teaching and learning of physics. The collaboration between Ogden and TRLP officially launched in Septe...

A new solar farm could be built in a small Somerset village if new proposals are approved.

A PRIMARY school in Yeovil has become the first in Somerset to receive the nationally recognised bronze Modeshift STARS accreditation for providing safe and sustainable travel environments.

ILMINSTER Town Council has asked residents who may require a warm place to visit during the autumn and winter to complete a short survey.

TRAIN passengers are set for more misery with another set of rail strikes this weekend and into next week.

Impartial, responsible journalism is a cornerstone for a healthy, secure democracy. It must be protected.

A WOMAN who helped to set up a community fridge said she feels “honoured” to help people in Chard who are struggling during the current cost-of-living crisis.