As a national advertising campaign is launched to encourage voter registration ahead of the General Election, South Somerset District Council is encouraging local people to visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. On May 7 voters will go to the polls to elect a Member of Parliament for the Yeovil and the Somerton and Frome constituencies. Local District Council and Parish elections are also taking place on the same day. Full story: Read more
Join the Easter Eggstravaganza hunt at Ninesprings this half term
Join the South Somerset District Council Ranger team and find the Easter bunny to collect your prize this half term! On Tuesday 31 March South Somerset District Council is once again hosting its annual Easter Eggstravaganza hunt at Ninesprings, with the support of the Friends of Yeovil Country Park. There is no need to book, you just need to turn up between 10am – 2pm and collect a trail leaflet from the Friends of Yeovil Country Park stall which will be located opposite Ninesprings Café. The trail will cost £1 per child. Full story: Read more
A Very Young ‘Expert’ at Chilton Cantelo School
Chilton Cantelo School student, Ciara Munnery, aged 14, has just become one of the youngest pupils in Britain to pass the Microsoft Word ‘Expert’ Exam. Ciara has also passed Microsoft Office Specialist exams in Word, Powerpoint and Excel as part of her regular curriculum work in Year 10 along with other pupils. Kevin Wagland, ICT Subject Co-ordinator, said: ‘I am very proud of Ciara as this is an incredible achievement for such a young person. We have been running MOS at Chilton Cantelo for three years and we’ve already had one pupil go to Disneyland Florida to represent Britain in the MOS World Championships. I hope there is a chance Ciara will get to the UK finals at Microsoft’s Headquarters in Reading and then, who knows from there!’