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Route 60+

Somerset County Council’s Road Safety Team aims to reduce the number of casualties on the county’s roads through a programme of education, training and publicity.

Route 60+ is one of our most popular presentations and is run for older drivers.

The presentation addresses not only how vehicles have developed over the years, but also how our own driving skills and habits may have changed; it then addresses how we can go about updating those skills.

Driving provides independence…

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Added by geoff parcell on May 14, 2016 at 8:00 — No Comments

Special PC meeting Wed 18 May

A SPECIAL MEETING OF PEN SELWOOD PARISH COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY 2016 AT 7 P.M. IN THE VILLAGE HALL
Agenda listed under events

Anne Kaile
Clerk penselwoodclerk@hotmail.com

Added by geoff parcell on May 13, 2016 at 22:00 — No Comments

Election of Police and Crime Commissioner

If like me you don't know the candidates here is a link to the best I can find about the candidates (from the Bristol Post)
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Seven-confirmed-race-Avon-Somerset-Police-Crime/story-29075712-detail/story.html

Sue Mountstevens is the current PCC.

Added by geoff parcell on April 30, 2016 at 9:26 — No Comments

The Heart of the Village

Here is the latest RSN newsletter
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=cd5b83a46a39234dad311accb&id=6e8127f313&e=c2a816e5c3

Added by geoff parcell on March 23, 2016 at 10:30 — No Comments

Ofcom tells BT to open up cable network to rivals

They stopped short of splitting Openreach from BT but it may give us more options. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35657210

Added by geoff parcell on February 25, 2016 at 10:00 — No Comments

Call for volunteers at Stourhead's King Alfred’s Tower

http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/14261745.Call_for_volunteers_at_Stourhead_s_King_Alfred___s_Tower/

Added by geoff parcell on February 9, 2016 at 14:22 — No Comments

Rural homeowners told to wait for three years for minimum broadband speeds

Are you getting less than 10 Mb/ sec?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/countryside/12120912/Rural-homeowners-told-to-wait-for-three-years-for-minimum-broadband-speeds.html

Added by geoff parcell on January 27, 2016 at 12:10 — 5 Comments

Notice of Planning meeting - 17 Dec

Penselwood Parish Council will be holding a Planning meeting on Thursday 17th December in the Village Hall at 7.30pm to discuss the planning application below:

Planning Application No: 15/05122/FUL

Proposal: Conversion and extension of former Wessex Water Pumping Station and adjacent store building to provide 1no. dwelling and adjacent garage, plus alteration of the existing reservoir…

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Added by geoff parcell on December 13, 2015 at 10:30 — No Comments

Penselwood Parish Council has a vacancy for a Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer

Part-time and working for approximately 5 hours a week from home, you will support the Parish Council administratively and by providing advice to Councillors to support sound and legal decision making.

You will attend Parish Council meetings, produce agendas, formal minutes and handle the correspondence and the financial affairs of the council. Basic IT skills and good interpersonal skills are essential.

Salary will be circa £9 per hour (to be confirmed) in accordance with the… Continue

Added by geoff parcell on October 29, 2015 at 11:55 — No Comments

BT hasn’t put the money into broadband because it hasn’t been forced to

Guardian article http://gu.com/p/4c482

Added by geoff parcell on September 14, 2015 at 9:47 — No Comments

Pen Pub night - 7th August

Just what we need to get over the fete! Pen Pub night as usual on Friday 7 August.

Added by geoff parcell on July 31, 2015 at 9:01 — No Comments

Connecting Devon and Somerset decline BT broadband contract bid

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33296264

I'm not sure where this leaves us in Pen Selwood.

Added by geoff parcell on July 5, 2015 at 8:15 — 1 Comment

Pen Paper - Reminder for contributions

The June issue of The Pen Paper is due to be published and distributed by the end of May. This is a community newspaper so take the opportunity to communicate with other residents what has been happening in your club, committee and hamlet along with any pictures to illustrate. Also use it to advertise events and meeting coming up in the next 3 months. Consider what might be of interest for others to read. If you have ideas for what else might be…

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Added by geoff parcell on May 1, 2015 at 14:15 — No Comments

Village Hall AGM 15 April at 7:30pm

The success of the Black Bin Café and Pen Pub Nights together with the retention of all our regular users has increased the use of the hall but there are still plenty of gaps for anyone wishing to start a hobby, interest or well-being club or restart the gardening club perhaps. Hiring rates are very reasonable.

Given the age of the hall our biggest management problem continues to be maintenance and improvements of which we now have a list of 28 things to do. Here are some examples:… Continue

Added by geoff parcell on April 1, 2015 at 9:00 — No Comments

Your Village Needs You - Parish Council elections 2015

On 7th May 2015 you will have the opportunity to stand as a Parish Councillor for Pen Selwood. This would give you the opportunity to influence decisions made by the Parish Council on behalf of and for the benefit of all in the immediate village and wider parish.

All 7 places on the Council are up for election. One of the current Councillors is not standing for re-election and it is important the new candidates come forward to ensure there is good representation of all interests within… Continue

Added by geoff parcell on March 12, 2015 at 17:30 — No Comments

Slow broadband threatens rural economy

See debate in Parliament. http://rsnonline.org.uk/services/slow-broadband-threatens-rural-economy

Added by geoff parcell on March 9, 2015 at 9:51 — No Comments

Bath set to lose 400 car parking spaces from Avon Street next year

http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/8203-Bath-set-lose-400-car-parking-spaces-Avon/story-24571375-detail/story.html

Added by geoff parcell on November 20, 2014 at 13:11 — No Comments

A303 Roadworks - good news, bad news

The roadworks have been completed early.

There will be more resurfacing works on A303 between Wincanton and Sparkford, with detour via Castle Cary. See http://www.wincantonwindow.co.uk/a303-wincanton-sparkford-resurfacing.htm

Added by geoff parcell on October 14, 2014 at 17:18 — No Comments

Harvest Festival

This Sunday 28th September.

See event for details.

Added by geoff parcell on September 25, 2014 at 22:30 — No Comments

Neospora

Neospora abortion is now the most commonly diagnosed cause of abortion in cattle and is a serious concern for UK farmers. It can be caused by cattle ingesting the protozoan parasite Neospora Caninum which may be carried by dogs and excreted in their faeces. With your help the risk of cattle being infected can be reduced by picking up and disposing of your dogs faeces. Responsibly.

A new leaflet entitled ‘Enjoy the countryside responsibly with your dog’ is available to view on the NFU… Continue

Added by geoff parcell on September 21, 2014 at 13:20 — No Comments