News in Frome

Thirty hungry children have been helped every day by the big hearts and brown boxes of a local pub.

The owners of The White Hart in Corsley are helping out local families with special boxes of food.

Acorn Property Group, who have put in the planning application for the centre of Frome have released their own release following news that their planning application for Saxonvale will be appearing on the Planning Board Agenda on January 28.

Saxonvale is set to include 300 open market and affordable new homes, 45,000 sq ft of commercial space and high-quality public space.

The fate of a Somerset council's flagship regeneration scheme will be decided in public at the end of the month.

Mendip District Council has been working with the Acorn Property Group to regenerate the Saxonvale brownfield site in Frome town centre through a mixture of housing, commercial outlets and shared public space.

The Somerset Coronavirus Appeal, launched by local charity Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) at the start of the pandemic, has raised a phenomenal £1.5 million.

The funding has enabled the Foundation to award grants to over 300 local charities in just 10 months, thanks to the generous support of local individuals, businesses, charitable trusts and public sector partners, as well as funding from a national appeal run by The National Emergencies Trust (NET).

Broadway Community Gardens have launched a series of films to inform people about the site and its potential as a communal allotment, wildlife meadow and orchard.

Here is the latest film of Alice Nelson, local resident and secretary of the group. Alice told Frome Nub News: "Our mission is to preserve and enhance biodiversity and create a green space for the community of Frome to grow, learn and enjoy".

My name is James Weller. I am a trainee solicitor at local solicitors Thatcher + Hallam.

Having passed both my degree and professional legal exams, before actually qualifying as a solicitor I have to undergo a two year period as a 'trainee solicitor', where I learn about the actual practicalities of legal practice.

The HSBC bank, which has a branch in the heart of Frome, is planning on closing 82 branches between April and September this year, they have announced.

But the list does NOT include Frome.

More free short-stay parking could be introduced in part of Somerset to entice people back into town centres after the coronavirus pandemic.

Mendip District Council is carrying out a review of its car parking provision, seeking to improve the experience for both residents and visitors to the area.

Two town centre sites which had been advertising property for rent in and around Frome, have cleared their window displays.

The Frome Letting Centre's window was today (January 18) empty of adverts.

Sixty five per cent of those surveyed in the South West in a poll have said shorter days and darker nights are negatively impacting mental wellbeing, with 42% feeling depressed and moody.

National lockdown and remote working mean almost half (49%) in the region feel gloomy about spending more time at home this winter, adding their mental health has deteriorated over the pandemic.