In this week's Chard and Ilminster News (From Chard & Ilminster News)

In this week's Chard and Ilminster News

11:00am Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in News

THIS week's Chard and Ilminster News is out now, with 48 pages featuring all the top stories in South Somerset.

The February 22, 2012, edition includes all these stories and more:

• A pledge from Manor Court Primary School head teacher Sarah Wellman to improve learning standards following an OFSTED report.

• A request from an Ilminster care home for help to hold a garden party to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

• Police in South Somerset are flushing out offenders - warning that if they are caught urinating in shop doorways or in the street they could end up spending more than just a penny.

• A call to Chard hight street traders to support an initiative led by Mary Portas, known as Mary, Queen of Shops.

• Plans for an extension of Redstart Primary School in Chard receiving a big thumbs up from local councillors.

• A proposal to increase car park charges across Chard, Ilminster and Crewkerne.

• Advice for people living in cold homes or struggling with heating bills across South Somerset.

• Five artists from Somerset and Dorset showing their work in the latest exhibition at Ilminster Arts Centre.

• The latest village news from around South Somerset.

• YOUR letters in Postbag.

• The stories that hit the headlines in the News in years gone by - in Looking Back.

• A round-up of all the sporting action across South Somerset, including football, rugby, hockey, cycling, angling, bowls, skittles and angling.