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News roundup
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Unsung community heroes from across Somerset have been recognised at Somerset Council’s Chair’s Awards for their unstinting service to their communities.
The awards ceremony had been an annual event for many years for Somerset County Council. This latest event was a first for Somerset Council since it came into being on 1 April this year.
A developer failed to properly put back a cycle way and footpath it had dug up in Norton Fitzwarren despite repeated requests by Somerset Council over two years.
St Modwen Homes Limited had been authorised to carry out work in the area in 2021 by the Council which involved digging 20m down and connecting a manhole to the storm drain.
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Credit: Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service
A Taunton shopkeeper has pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit tobacco and has been ordered to carry out 100 hours of community work.
Allen Ahmadi, the proprietor of Wawel Polish shop, admitted selling counterfeit tobacco without the legal health warnings at Taunton Magistrates Court.
Image courtesy of HMRC
With October school holidays just around the corner, HMRC is reminding working families that they can get support with childcare costs.
Tax-Free Childcare can help pay for school holiday clubs, breakfast or after school clubs, childminders and nurseries.
Image courtesy of NHS England
You may not realise that a cough for three weeks or more could be a sign of lung cancer, but it’s vital that you contact your GP practice if you have a persistent cough, and don’t wait to see if it resolves on its own.
It’s probably nothing serious, but finding cancer early makes it more treatable and can save lives.
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Somerset Council’s recycling sites in Wellington and Bridgwater will remain open seven days a week until Taunton Recycling Site can safely re-open.
Wellington is usually closed on Mondays and Tuesdays but will open Monday to Sunday. Bridgwater usually closes on Wednesdays but is also open seven days next week.
Visitors are warned that Wellington is experiencing an influx of visitors on Wednesdays, the site’s previous first opening day of the week. If possible, Taunton visitors are asked to avoid this site and use Bridgwater Recycling Site instead, which is seeing less visitors on a Wednesday.
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Somerset Council is asking everyone to reduce waste this Halloween and stay-single use free during fright-night.
The beginning of October saw a ban on the sale of many single-use plastic items come into force, including plastic cups, plates and other items associated with parties like balloon sticks.
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Ten start-up businesses have been given a helping hand from Somerset Council’s innovative Launch Pad programme.
The businesses have all received a wide range of fully funded help to get them ready to move to the next level. The ten-week programme has included workshops, masterclasses and one-to-one mentoring tailored to businesses’ individual needs, and delivered by professionals, entrepreneurs and experts from industry.
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The first ever Somerset and Exmoor Coast Festival took place from 23 September to 1 October, offering a new way of celebrating the unique and stunning coastal areas across Somerset and Exmoor.
This new festival seamlessly wove together walking the coast with the beauty of nature, the rhythm of music, the vibrancy of the arts, the richness of local flavours and a little bit of history thrown in for good measure, all creating an unforgettable experience for attendees.
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Somerset Council’s Highways team urgently needs to remove a tree which is causing subsidence to the foundations of a private home.
The homeowner in Beechwood Avenue discovered the problem caused by the beech tree’s roots and reported it to the Council.
Somerset Council’s highways team is carrying out important vegetation clearance on the B3224 at Roundwaters near Exford next week.
This will need a road closure and the Council has agreed with Openreach to take advantage of an arranged closure which has been scheduled from 16 October.
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