Flood defence projects across Somerset have been boosted by £200,000 of funding from Conservative-controlled Somerset County Council’s Flood Mitigation Fund.
Adoptions in Somerset have almost doubled in the last year. In 2012/13 there were 51 adoptions, 24 more than the previous year, a huge increase compared to the 15 per cent rise nationally.
Conservative-controlled Somerset County Council has been awarded £720,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards a £1.87 million project to redevelop Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury.
Delighted representatives of the RNAS Yeovilton Tall Trees Community Centre gathered at the Centre in Ilchester on Tuesday, 17 September to receive a £69,000 cheque awarded by the Armed Forces Community Covenant. County Councillor Christopher Le Hardy, Lieutenant Colonel (retired) and Chairman of the Somerset Armed Forces Community Covenant Partnership presented the cheque to Commodore Jock Alexander, Commanding Officer of RNAS Yeovilton, who gratefully received it on behalf of the Community Centre.
Conservative-controlled Somerset County Council has taken proactive and decisive action to reduce the risk of flooding the catchment areas of the Rivers Parrett and Tone
Local Conservatives are shocked that South Somerset District Council is giving back £13 million to Barratt Homes that was meant to benefit the people of Yeovil and part of a legally binding contract.
In a letter published in today's Wells Journal, John Osman, Leader of Somerset County Council, criticises the Liberal Democrat MP for Wells, Tessa Munt.
