David Warburton, the prospective MP for Somerton and Frome, showed his support for local business by meeting small business owners at the Woodside Court Wedding Fair at Woodside Studios in Sparkford.
Local Councillors Terry Napper and George Steer have welcomed Somerset County Councils decision to spend £170,000 upon the Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury to assist in improving the museum. The money will be used as the Councils contribution towards a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund which hopes to bring in a further £2.8 million in lottery and third party investment.
Local man David Warburton has been selected to contest the Somerton and Frome Constituency at the General Election in 2015 for the Conservatives. David, who was chosen by hundreds of local members, lives in Mendip with his wife Harriet and their two children and taught at an inner-city secondary school before going into a successful business career.
Marcus Barrett, local campaigner and Conservative County Council Candidate for Crewkerne & Misterton, has pledged to use new ways of keeping in touch with local people, if elected in May.
Conservative County Councillor John Woodman today launched a £8,000 Healthy Living project, in Highbridge. Working with the 1610 Leisure Trust, the project aims to encourage local people to improve their lifestyles by trying a sport free of charge.
From the County Gazette SAFETY of pedestrians near the primary school could be improved by a 'virtual' footpath planned for a road in the village later this year.
By Cllr Peter Burridge-ClaytonI thank you for the opportunity to put the record straight and call on Tessa Munt the MP for the Wells constituency to apologise for her recent attack on Somerset County Council given that she used what can only be described as wildly inaccurate figures.