A SCHEDULE of waste collections across South Somerset over Christmas have been announced this week.

There will be no change to collections on December 23 or 24 but Christmas Day’s pick-up will be moved to December 27.

Collections on Boxing Day will be moved to Saturday, December 28, while the original pickup on December 27 will be made on Sunday, December 29.

There is no change to pick-ups on December 30 and 31 but collections on January 1, 2, 3 will all be made the following day after they were due to be picked up.

If you want to visit the council, the majority of offices are open until 3pm on the December 24 and back to normal working hours on the January 2.

If you have an urgent call you can still ring the council on 01935-462462 and you will be put through to their out of hours office.

It will be business as usual for their streetscene, enforcement and car parking inspector teams.

You can still complete online payments over that period by visiting www.southsomerset.gov.uk/online-services/