Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash on the A358 that led to the road shutting for 24 hours. A diabetes remission programme, piloted by NHS Somerset, is being rolled out across England. A Yeovil woman has won a top award for her cake-making...and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage of an accident involving a black Range Rover and a white DAF lorry on the A358 at Hatch Beauchamp. It happened just before 3.50 pm on Wednesday between Bickenhall Lane and Griffin Lane. The A358 was closed for 24 hours between the A303 and A378 for investigators to examine the scene. If you witnessed the crash or have dashcam footage, you’re asked to please call 101.
A type-2 diabetes remission programme, piloted by NHS Somerset, is being rolled out across England. The scheme involves patients being fed a strict diet of soups and shakes to stabilize their diabetes and cut body weight.
Somerset-based defence company, Thales, says a new contract worth £1.85 billion, awarded by the British government to build new sonar technologies for the Royal Navy, will secure around 200 jobs at its site in Templecombe. Another 100 jobs will be safeguarded at Thales’s factory in Cheshire. Many of the jobs will be apprenticeships, working on sonar development.
More than one million recordings of birdsong have been made as part of a project to monitor bird populations on the Somerset Levels. The recordings are being analysed to help improve biodiversity on the Levels.
A Yeovil woman has won a top award for her cake making. Holly Miller, who started her cake business eight years ago, was presented with the National Wedding Cake Designer of the Year award at the Wedding Industry Awards held in London.
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
Somerton and Glastonbury MP, Sarah Dyke, says the government needs to get an urgent grip on the worsening dentistry situation in her constituency. Bridgwater Town Council has criticised plans by the Somerset Council to charge for Sunday parking. Somerset Council’s Libraries service has launched its Winter Coat Exchange scheme for a third year...and more
A new £7 million primary school and nursery is to be built in the grounds of Holyrood Academy in Chard. A public consultation has opened into plans to merge the parishes of Ansford and Castle Cary. The nomination papers that paved the way for Margaret Thatcher to become Britain's first female Prime Minister have been uncovered in a Somerset garage...and more
Two mothers in Chard are calling on carnival organisers to make carnivals more accessible to children with special educational needs. 4,000 people have been put on a waiting list at a new NHS dental practice in Somerset. Channel 4’s ‘Love It or List It’ is looking to feature properties in Somerset in a new series... and more
The maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital is to reopen within the next six months. There’s been a further delay to reopening Yeovil’s Octagon theatre. No CrossCountry trains will run through Somerset this weekend due to planned industrial action by the RMT union...and more.
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