Somerset Council: asbestos payouts, by-election and Roman replica project alongside 12-year dementia care milestone
A flurry of recent announcements ties Somerset Council’s £369,882 twelve-year asbestos liability, an upcoming Frome West by-election and a new library 3D-scanning project to the twelfth anniversary of a South West dementia care charity.
Somerset County Gazette and Bridgwater Mercury reported that Somerset Council has paid £369,882 in relation to asbestos-related claims over 12 years and that hundreds of its buildings contain asbestos-containing materials [3][4]. Somerset Council said five candidates will contest the Frome West by-election on 3 September: Dominic Ellison (Green Party), Drew Gardner (Liberal Democrats), David Quantrill-Simon (Conservative Party), Christopher Wildridge (Labour Party) and Joesph Williams (Reform UK) [5]. The council’s Library Service also announced it is producing a 3D-printed replica of the Ilminster Ring, dated to 297 AD, using a hand scanner funded by the British Library [1]. On the same day, the Weston Mercury reported that the Filo Project, a Somerset and South West not-for-profit, marked 12 years of dementia support through small, home-based day groups [2].
Sources
- Somerset Council news: Somerset Libraries 3D printing brings history to life
- Weston Mercury: South West dementia service celebrates 12 years of unique care
- Somerset County Gazette: Asbestos exposure claims cost Somerset Council hundreds of thousands of pounds
- Bridgwater Mercury: Asbestos exposure claims cost Somerset Council hundreds of thousands of pounds
- Somerset Council news: Five candidates to contest Frome West by election
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