The Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard says it needs an immediate injection of £100,000 to keep going. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has returned to Yeovil Rugby Club where she began her rugby career 20 years ago. Twenty-five Town criers from across the South will be in Ilminster tomorrow competing in the annual Ilminster Town Criers' Competition...and more.
The CEO of the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard has been speaking about the deepening cash crisis facing the charity that could result in it having to close. Kevan Hodges says their vet bills alone are now running at over £80,000 a year and that they need an immediate injection of £100,000 to stay afloat. Kevan says in their 85-year existence, this is the biggest financial challenge they've ever faced.
Somerset Day is on tomorrow with everyone encouraged to celebrate all that’s good about living in our fine County. Somerset Day is inspired by Alfred the Great’s call to arms and the gathering of ‘all people of Somerset’ to march against the Vikings. The day is not like that anymore, of course, with organisers saying just meeting with friends for a drink and flying a Somerset flag will suffice.
Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has been on a visit to Yeovil Rugby Club where she began her rugby career 20 years ago. Fresh from winning the Six Nations, the Captain of the England Roses and World Player of the Year Marlie was at Yeovil Rugby Club’s ground off the Dorchester Road, helping with training.
Yeovil Town’s ground Huish Park is the venue tomorrow for the Yeovil Beer Festival with all profits from the event going to Children’s Hospice South West.
Town criers from across the South will be in Ilminster tomorrow competing in the annual Ilminster Town Criers' Competition. The competition will comprise two cries, a Home Cry followed by a Themed Cry with the usual restrictions of no mentions of religion, party politics and sex being applied.
Bird flu has been found at a nature reserve in Somerset, closing part of it down. St Margaret’s Hospice in Somerset is calling for the hospice sector to be given more central funding. The Barrington Boar in Barrington has been placed 12th in The Good Food Guide’s list of 100 best pubs in Britain... and more
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a mobile home near Yeovil. Somerset Council is suggesting people turn their pumpkins into soup this Halloween. People in Yeovil have until Sunday to comment on controversial plans to sell off four car parks in the town centre... and more.
Plans have been submitted to build 12 new homes in Chard. A nursery in Yeovil has been rated ‘overall good' by Ofsted. A Somerset mortgage broker has achieved national recognition. A stretch of the M5 at Wellington will be shut every night this week...and more
The Unite union has announced four days of strikes by its members at Leonardo in Yeovil. One of Yeovil’s busiest roads is closed to traffic today. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard raised £3,000 taking part in a Sleeping Ruff challenge at the weekend...and more
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
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