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Taunton High Street Car Park UPDATE
Plans to sell the High Street car park in Taunton are set to be reversed next month, Somerset Council has confirmed today (11 February).
11 February 2025
Plans to sell the High Street car park in Taunton are set to be reversed next month, Somerset Council has confirmed today (11 February).
The popular Reuse Shop at Priorswood Recycling Site in Taunton recently reopened with new trader Bob Bowyer running the centre on behalf of site contractor, Biffa.
Our rural county is to be celebrated on screen through an evening of archive film in Cannington on March 6th. Somerset Film, supported by SEED Sedgemoor will present “Somerset on Film”, a programme that includes home movies and news reel items to explore our shared history.
Somerset Film is offering a Somerset-based artist an exciting opportunity to become the Artist in Residence at The Engine Room in Bridgwater from mid-June to mid-September 2025
National HIV Testing Week, starting on Monday, 10 February 2025 is an annual event. It provides a critical opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of regular HIV testing to reduce stigma and help achieve the national goal of ending new HIV cases by 2030.
Valentine’s Day – 14 February – will mark the start of a new venture to encourage people to fall in love with Somerset and its rich natural heritage.
Somerset Council is welcoming more Government funding to help ease winter pressures on homelessness and rough sleeping, as it launches its new strategy to tackle the twin problems.
Somerset Council and their waste collections contractor, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK have launched a new campaign promoting recycling metal packaging.
February will see some changes to the Apple FM schedule.
Somerset Council’s share of Council Tax could rise by 7.5% – this includes 2.5% above the national cap of 5% – following an announcement from Government.
Surgeons and operating theatre colleagues at Musgrove Park Hospital have thanked charities affiliated with the hospital for their generous donations to help buy a specialist operating table for robotic surgery.
Children will be taking over The Helicopter Museum later this month when the Heli-Kids day takes place on Sunday 23rd February.
January may be nearing its end – but support for people who chose New Year to make positive changes to their lifestyle is still available from organisations supported by Somerset Council.
Somerset Council is seeking Exceptional Financial Support from Government as part of its budget setting for 2025/26.gh
Gideon Amos MP is taking his campaign for the return of a Post Office in Wellington to Parliament this week.
Somerset Council has secured half a million pounds of Government funding to bring hundreds of trees to towns across the county.
Somerset Council teams are supporting communities after heavy rain caused flooding in several locations in the county yesterday.
While many folk are waiting for the winter to pass and the dull days of January to yield to Spring and its longer daylight hours the West Somerset Railway has its ongoing planning in place for one of its major events during the year of Railway200 festivities.
Nursing students in the South West are urging people to follow them into the NHS by applying for a healthcare degree course.
Doctors at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are leading an important study into whether new mothers or birth parents would prefer to have a cervical screening
Taunton and Wellington MP Gideon Amos met with Telecoms Minister, Sir Chris Bryant, on Wednesday to call for support for people who have been hit by broadband provider Airband’s decision to pull out from large parts of his constituency.
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