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Somerset Council sells part of County Hall to Developer of Key Worker Housing
Somerset Council has completed the sale of C Block of County Hall in Taunton to Prime plc.
11 April 2025
Somerset Council has completed the sale of C Block of County Hall in Taunton to Prime plc.
Liberal Democrat MP for Glastonbury and Somerton, Sarah Dyke, is collaborating with her fellow Somerset MPs to launch a ‘buy Somerset, back Britain’ campaign, urging residents to support local businesses
On Monday 7 April 2025, Taunton Town Council held its first Grants allocation meeting of the 2025/26 financial year.
The League of Friends of Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has given a grant of close to £90,000 to improve and expand eye treatments at the hospital.
Bridgwater is set to come alive with FREE music for everyone this spring, as the town hosts its first-ever Bridgwater Blues and Folk Festival on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April.
Gideon Amos MP is calling on people to join a delegation to Parliament as part of his efforts to get the Wellington and Cullompton Stations project back on track.
With the Easter holidays fast approaching, NHS Somerset is sharing some handy tips to keep you and your family healthy over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
The Somerset Corporate Parenting Board has unveiled its new strategy, co-written with children in care and care leavers.
This April the Fleet Air Arm Museum is combining chocolate, engineering and Concorde for a memorable Easter
Wellington’s MP, Gideon Amos, praised “the really engaged and happy atmosphere” at Wellesley Park Primary School after a visit, last Friday.
Somerset’s Pringles poppers can now recycle their empty tubes from the kerbside thanks to new style design that finally stacks up.
The MP for Taunton and Wellington, Gideon Amos, has joined calls for the scrapping of water regulator Ofwat after shocking new figures on the discharge of sewage were revealed.
NHS teams across Somerset have been thanked for their role in helping the county’s health service live within its means and achieve financial balance this year, 2024-25
Gideon Amos MP has hailed the roll out of a new fleet of pollution-free electric buses for Taunton and Wellington.
The buses, which come into operation this month, were showcased at Taunton’s Castle Green on Thursday
Two fire engines attended reports of a domestic fire in Wellington, this evening (28th March 2025)
Somerset Council’s highways contractor Keir has offered Somerset highways staff free prostate cancer tests.
Unpaid carers in Somerset are invited to join Somerset Council, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Community Council for Somerset (CCS) for a series of drop-in sessions throughout 2025.
On Saturday, 7th June 2025, participants of all ages will once again sleep under the stars to raise crucial funds for Arc (formerly Taunton Association for the Homeless).
Somerset Council is undertaking a formal review into the local government and electoral arrangements for Langport and Huish Episcopi.
More than 50 tonnes of plastic bags and wrapping has so far been recycled in Somerset Council’s trial collections.
All 16 of Somerset Council’s recycling sites will soon revert to their spring/summer opening schedule.
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