Eastover’s County Councillor Leigh Redman (Bridgwater North & Central) has been working with disabled Bridgwater residents who are calling for a new crossing to be provided in one of the town’s busiest retail areas. Sally Jones and Sue Wyatt rely on mobility scooters to travel between their homes and the town centre and have launched…
Eastover councillors and Bridgwater Town Council have welcomed the £19.7million funding for the former Bridgwater Hospital from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund The Grade II listed building, which has lain empty since the new Community Hospital was built in 2014, will now have a new lease of life as a Training Centre of Excellence for…
Eastover’s county councillors Leigh Redman and Hilary Bruce were joined by Mayor of Bridgwater Cllr Liz Leavy and Town Council Leader Cllr Brian Smedley to open a new cycling and walking route boasting eco-friendly lighting and forming part of the towns extensive and growing network. Children from Eastover Primary School were the first to cycle the…
Cllr Hilary Bruce, Labour District Councillor for Fairfax and County Councillor for Bridgwater North, which includes Eastover and Sydenham, has long been campaigning for community facilities and green space across her East Bridgwater wards. A new initiative to establish a wild life group in the Bower area has recently been given a boost through support…
At the elections of May 5th 2022, Labour won all 4 council places on Eastover, This means the 2 Unitary/County Council seats and the 2 Town Council seats. Labour also retains the 2 Sedgemoor seats for the ward for one more year until Sedgemoor is wound up. This means that your current councillors are as…
Eastover returns 2 Town Councillors to Bridgwater Town Council. This year Glen Burrows is standing down and the new candidate will be JACQUI SOLOMON. Jacqui will be standing alongside Tony Heywood. Her full biography is here.
Tony Heywood is currently Town & District Councillor for Eastover. He will continue as a Sedgemoor District Councillor for one more year while the Authority winds down. Tony will stand for election again for Eastover for the Town Council seat on May 5th. Biography here
Eastover has a full slate of Labour councillors. 2 for Town council, 2 for District council and 1 for County council. In May 2022 there will be elections for BRIDGWATER TOWN COUNCIL and for the new SOMERSET UNITARY council. Sedgemoor District Council will be abolished. For the new Unitary Council, Eastover will form part of…
Sedgemoor District Council has successfully prosecuted a Somerset landlord from Bridgwater who illegally evicted his tenant, locked him out of the house and disposed of all his belongings. All of this was planned whilst the tenant was working night shifts; the tenant returned home early in the morning after work to find himself homeless and…
Omicron case numbers in the South-West are still very high, so people with symptoms in the Bridgwater area are urged to use a newly opened PCR testing site in the town. The new walk-through coronavirus testing facility at Salmon Parade, Bridgwater, TA6 5AH has opened for people to book appointments as part of the government’s…