Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh is investigating complaints about two-week delays in delivering the post in Yeovil. Plans to convert a Yeovil pub into a school have been turned down. A Crewkerne couple, whose name is Mr and Mrs White-Christmas say after three years together they've got used to people poking fun at their name...and more.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh is investigating problems with postal deliveries in the town. It follows claims that mail is arriving up to two weeks after it should at some addresses, with important letters like medical appointments arriving too late. Royal Mail says it’s committed to improving the quality of its services in Yeovil, but union leaders claim the post is not being delivered on time due to staff shortages.
Plans have been passed to build a new diagnostics centre, providing more than 70,000 tests and outpatient appointments at Yeovil Hospital. It will be located next to the main hospital at Higher Kingston, with building work due to start in February.
Plans to change a popular Yeovil pub into a school have been turned down. Education provider, Five Rivers Child Care Ltd, had wanted to convert the Great Lyde pub on Lyde Road into a school for children with special educational needs and disabilities. One reason given by planners for the refusal was that the Great Lyde was the only pub, within reasonable walking distance of local residents
The UK’s only couple called Mr and Mrs White-Christmas, who live in Crewkerne, say the festive season is their trickiest time of the year. Kieran White and Tilly Christmas married in November 2020 and became Britain’s first couple with the name White-Christmas. They say December is difficult because when they book a meal or order takeaway, restaurants don't believe their name is for real.
The Interim Chairman of Yeovil Town, Stuart Robins, says the club is close to finding a new owner. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is examining an incident in which a volunteer was struck by a wagon at the Gartell Light Railway centre near Templecombe. An Ilminster man has been charged with fox hunting. Councillor Tony Lock has been sworn in as the new Mayor of Yeovil...and more
A Somerset man is urging people with multiple sclerosis to be more open with friends and family about the disease. A week of events is underway in Somerset to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. Plans have been submitted to carry out major improvements to Dillington House near Ilminster...and more.
Somerset Council has written to the government calling for urgent action to tackle the worsening situation of access to NHS dentistry in the county. The Mayor of Yeovil is urging people to join in with next week's celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. A Somerset father, whose daughter died suddenly aged 15 months, is starting a month of running 5k a day in her memory... and more.
There’s been a call for the Somerset Levels to be designated a National Landscape. A Yeovil man has raised £2,000 for a new school minibus at Fairmead School in Yeovil by running the London Marathon. Exmoor Ales, which provides cask ales across the region and beyond, is closing its Somerset brewery and moving the business to Surrey...and more.
The long-awaited refurbishment of Yeovil police station is finally to get underway this summer. Plans have been approved to build 185 new homes off Bunford Lane in Yeovil. Police have arrested three men in Yeovil for being involved in the supply of Class A drugs. A Somerset jockey has been named Champion Conditional Jockey of 2025...and more.
New figures have shown that registering as a new patient with an NHS dentist in Somerset is still just as difficult as it was six months ago. The go-ahead has been given to build 160 new houses on Station Road in Castle Cary. A sailor from South Petherton has been chosen to lead a team in the round-the-world Clipper Race...and more.
Somerset Council is being criticised for taking too long to re-open Yeovil's Octagon Theatre. The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on Chard Town Council by one vote. Dates have been announced for this year’s illuminated carnival processions in South Somerset...and more.
Police are investigating the theft of a motorbike in Ilminster. Tributes have been paid to the former Yeovil Town player-manager, Cecil Irwin, who has died aged 83. Town criers from across the South West will be in Yeovil tomorrow competing for the loudest voice in the Yeovil Town Crier Competition 2025...and more
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