Fire service investigators say they may never know what started a huge blaze that destroyed a Yeovil pub. The site of The Bell on Preston Road has been sealed off since an early-morning inferno on Sunday, January 6. Full Story: Read More
BBC News – Hewish residents start anti-wind turbine campaign
An action group has been formed in an effort to stop a wind turbine being built close to a Somerset village. Southern Wind Power (SWP) wants to put up a 67m-high turbine near Hewish, Crewkerne but some residents believe it is out of keeping with the landscape. Protester, Matt Dobell said: “It’s going to overshadow and overpower this tiny village.” Full Story: Read More
BBC News – Wells-Burr death: Boyfriend Rafal Nowak denies murder
The boyfriend of a woman who was found dead in
the remains of her burning car has denied her murder. Rafal Nowak, 31, was charged after the body of Catherine Wells-Burr, 23, from Chard in Somerset, was found next to the A358 near Ilminster in September. Full Story: Read More