News in Frome

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Vicki Burke, author and musician to launch new book at Hunting Raven Books in Frome.

Local musician and writer, Vicki Burke, is to launch her new book at Hunting Raven Books in Frome on Thursday 24th February at 7pm. The book, the second in her trilogy, continues her journey from her arrival in Frome almost ten years ago. When Vicki, an established saxophonist and harpist, quickly started to engage in this vibrant town, she felt it begin to open doors and expand her way of looking at life.

Frome RFC welcomed Bracknell RFC to The Lane on Saturday looking forward to putting last week's defeat to Beaconsfield behind them.

From the ensuing kick off Bracknell moved the ball quickly through the hands and their 10 identified a gap in the Frome defence to break through and release his Flanker to score under the posts.

The Frome Methodist church has thrown open its doors to help local families still waiting for power to be connected.

Wesley Methodist Church

Homeowners around the Vallis area of Frome are still without power - 24 hours after it went off because of Storm Eunice.

Homeowners on Wallington Way are still waiting to be reconnected - one of over a hundred across the region still off the system.

Nearly 200 new homes will be built near a McDonald's in Somerset after councillors voted to approve amended plans.

Silverwood (Ditcheat) Ltd. successfully obtained outline planning permission in July 2020 to build 235 homes and commercial units either side of Sandys Hill Lane in Frome.

The clear up from Storm Eunice which stormed across Frome, along with the rest of Somerset began even as the winds continued to rage.

Somerset Highways reported that its teams were dealing with 167 incidents, 158 of them fallen trees, 5 collapsed walls and four cases where the road was closed due to debris.

There was widespread damage across Somerset today with highways teams having to deal with in excess of fifty trees down.

Two roads across the Mendips that were closed in late morning due to fallen trees, ï¸B3134 Burrington Combe andï¸Brockley Combe Road. Another road out of action, Brooks Road, in Street with a tree blocking the road. A further road in Sparkford was also closed to through traffic.

A new "development without a heart" will be built at the southern edge of Frome after plans were unanimously approved by councillors.

Barratt David Wilson Homes put forward plans in early-2020 to build 249 homes across two sites either side of the B3092 The Mount, in the Little Keyford area of the town.

In the second of her four part series, Lauren Martin from the Personal Injury team at Thatcher + Hallam Solicitors, looks at the misconceptions that surround people making personal injury claims. You can read Lauren's article from last week on the basics of personal injury claims here.

There is a common misconception that people claiming compensation are greedy, out to make a quick buck and should just 'get on with it' and learn to live with injuries they've suffered. However, this is not the case!