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MENDIP District Council has become the first UK local authority to declare a cost of living emergency and urged the government to take action to…

WE are barely two weeks away from the local elections in Somerset, with hundreds of candidates battling for the privilege of running the county for…

WE are barely two weeks away from the local elections in Somerset, with hundreds of candidates battling for the privilege of running the county for…

Decision on more than 300 new homes in Frome pushed back to early-2022 Two different developers will deliver the new houses 05:00, 28 JUL 2021 Masterplan of three connected developments in the Little Keyford area of Frome (Image: Pegasus Planning Group) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This...

Tutor Tom Killen talking to students in 1975 HOUSEWIVES, office workers and company directors were among students at a new degree course at Bolton Institute of Technology back in 1975. It was the first part-time honours degree to be given the seal of approval from the Council for National Academic Awards, and its success was to be closely watched by other colleges, said course tutor Tom Killen. The 76 students who enrolled arrived for the first lesson in their five-year course on humaniti...

A COUNCIL in Somerset could host a Universal Basic Income (UBI) trial, in a bid to beat poverty and equality. The motion was brought to Mendip District Councils full council on Monday (February 22) by Leader of the Green Party, councillor Shane Collins. A UBI offers a non-means-tested fixed sum paid by the state to cover the basic cost of living, which is issued to all residents regardless of whether they work, or are unemployed, or are rich or poor. The radical proposal has been widely...