Hot on the heels of their success at the Association of Colleges’ National Beacon Awards, staff at Bridgwater College are celebrating again after being awarded a highly prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in the 2015-16 round. The Prizes, established in 1993, are awarded every two years to universities and colleges whose work is judged to show excellence, innovation, impact and benefit – not only for the institution itself, but for communities locally, regionally and nationally. Full story: Read more
Somerset Animal Sanctuary Plans to Expand Site
In their 75th year of helping animals, much loved Somerset charity Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Wambrook, near Chard are looking to improve and expand their current facilities. Plans to build four new buildings on their current site are shortly to be submitted for approval. These will include a new agricultural building and storage shed. Both are urgently needed to house all the wonderful donations the Sanctuary receives from the general public. Full story: Read more
SOMERSET RIVERS AUTHORITY IMPROVES CRIPPS RIVER
Work has begun on dredging the Cripps River on the Somerset Levels, as part of a Somerset Rivers Authority plan to improve flood defences across the county. Desilting of the full 1.6miles of the Cripps is being done by the Environment Agency on behalf of Somerset Rivers Authority, with long-reach excavators being used on both banks by a team of four. The Cripps connects the River Brue with the Huntspill, just down to the south-east of the M5 near Highbridge and up to the north-east of Bridgwater. Full story: Read more