News in Frome

Frome Town Council has agreed to fund a new ventilation system for the Cheese & Grain.

Councillors voted to invest £20,000 in a new system which they were told will be needed once the venue is re-opened.

The Westway Co-op in Frome is closing up, the Post Office which operates from inside the shop has confirmed.

They are now looking for someone to take on the post office responsibilities. Since it is the biggest office and busiest in Frome in terms of volumes of post, it will need a reasonable large outlet to take it on.

Households across Mendip will soon be asked to take part in Census 2021.

Taking place on 21 March 2021, the Census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales.

David Warburton MP has pledged his support for the Long Live the Local campaign to help pubs in his constituency of Somerton and Frome survive.

David joins over 500,000 people who have signed the petition so far, including 1126 in his constituency.

Frome Town FC has responded with disappointment to news that they will not be back playing this season.

The FA has announced that, after consultations with clubs, that it was not 'viable' to extend the season beyond May.

The central Frome Co-op is, Nub News understands, going to shut its doors.

The Co-operative, which is run by the Radstock branch of the society, is reportedly not going to renew its lease and will close on June 24.

As the country looks to come out of the Covid crisis, Sandford cider-maker Thatchers has produced a guide to help people remember the key dates for the lockdown roadmap.

The Prime Minister yesterday (February 23) announced the government's roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England.

Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) is absolutely delighted to announce that the 2020/21 Surviving Winter appeal has smashed its target, raising an incredible, record-breaking £160,000, thanks to the generosity of local donors.

Mendip could host a Universal Basic Income trial, in a bold bid to beat poverty and inequality.

Councillors keen to see a pilot introduced believe it would tackle the inevitable impacts on employment prospects and household incomes following fall-out from the Covid pandemic and other factors such as Brexit, future automation and artificial intelligence.

Local domestic abuse services and partners had the chance for their questions to be put to newly appointed Domestic Abuse (DA) Commissioner Nicole Jacobs as part of a virtual Q&A chaired by PCC Sue Mountstevens.

Over 60 colleagues from local victim services, Avon and Somerset Police and local authorities attended the virtual event, which aimed to give the new Domestic Abuse Commissioner the chance to share more information about her role and answer questions from those working with victims on the frontline.