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Press Release
Jul 15

Binning gas canisters poses serious fire risk

Somerset Council and its waste collections contractor SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK are warning residents not to put gas canisters…

Press Release
Jul 11

Wessex Leaders support regional projects in push for devolution

Leaders from across the Wessex Partnership region have today confirmed their joint commitment to a…

Press Release
Jul 10

Somerset children invited to join story competition – saving the planet, one peel at a time

Somerset Council and SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK, in collaboration with local author Ben Pulletz,…

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Press Release
Jul 24

Council takes action to tackle planning application backlog

Somerset Council is changing the way its Development Management service works to deliver improvements. In the short term, this means that…

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Bus it - you know it makes sense!

Somerset Council is joining forces with the Somerset Bus Partnership which represents passengers to encourage more people in the county to use the bus

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