Somerset Council is reminding residents that crews will be collecting all waste a day later during the week beginning Monday 29th May. This includes recycling, refuse and garden collections. For example, if your recycling and/or refuse is usually collected on a Monday, then it will be collected on a Tuesday. To help crews speed up … Continue reading Waste Collections One Day Late Next Week

Somerset Council libraries are looking for volunteers to help support this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, ‘Ready, Set, Read!’. The challenge, which runs across all Somerset libraries, aims to encourage children to read six books during the summer holidays, while also engaging in a host of fun events and activities, online or at their local library. … Continue reading Volunteers Needed for Somerset Libraries

Somerset & Avon Police has issued an alert about recruitment fraud, usually involving a job being advertised which doesn’t exist. The applicant is then asked to pay various fees to purchase a DBS check, specific training, or a work permit. Click here to read the article in full. There is more advice on fraud and … Continue reading Somerset & Avon Police Exmoor Update