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A GREEN space in Frome has been saved from being turned into houses following a long battle by campaigners.

A NEW project has launched in Frome to provide social housing to those in need. The Fair Homes Project is a partnership used to identify potential plots on Mendip District Council (MDC) land suitable for the homes. This initiative has been launched by Frome Area Community Land Trust (FACLT), Selwood Housing Group and MDC. Chair of FACLT, Roger Saunders, said: “We know that there are at least 500 households in Frome who badly need a secure, affordable home – and the number is rising as the pandemic takes its toll. "The Fair Homes Project can be a first step in seriously addressin...

By Advertiser Reporter MacHardie outside Swindon Crown Court A SEX offender spared jail in 2016 has been warned he faces a custodial sentence – after he was caught with child sex abuse images. Callum MacHardie, who had been downloading the illegal material since he was 12, was given a community order five years ago after a judge heard he was suitable for a three year sexual offender treatment programme. He now awaits sentence for similar offences; downloading indecent images of children and using a computer network capable of hid...

BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media image captionPolice had asked protesters to join an online demonstration rather than gather outside Bristol Magistrates' Court on 25 January A police force has apologised and paid damages to four people who were fined for protesting outside a court during the last lockdown. Avon and Somerset Police had warned people gathering outside Bristol Magistrates' Court on 25 January that they would be breaking the law. Four others accused of criminal damage to a statue of slave trader Edward Colston appeared at the court later. It said its officers held "an ...

Convicted killer in 90mph police chase spared jail because of his family The dad accidentally shot dead his best friend as a teen and has been breaking the law ever since 05:00, 13 APR 2021 Carl Mello, now of Birkenhead but from Toxteth, pictured outside court at the age of 27 A dad-of-two who led police on a 90mph chase through a housing estate was spared jail because of his caring responsibilities. Banned driver Carl Mello said he got behind the wheel of his girlfriend's Ford C-Max because he was taking medicine to his cancer-suffering mum. The 33-year-old, of Arley Close, Beechwood, Birken...