A new website has been launched to support people in Somerset with mental health issues. One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been sold. Artwork on the theme of aviation produced by students at Yeovil College has gone on display at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.A pupil at Tatworth Primary School near Chard has won a prize in a national competition for writing a book review...and more
People in Somerset experiencing mental health issues are being encouraged to visit a new website. The Open Mental Health Alliance website lists nineteen Somerset-based organisations that provide mental health support. Speaking as part of Mental Health Week, Helen Fielden of Rethink UK says those requiring support will find all the information they need on the website.
One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been sold. The Pall Tavern on Silver Street, a Grade II Listed building dating back to the early 18th century closed last September. Whether the Pall Tavern will reopen as a pub or be turned into flats is unknown.
Two hundred staff at Somerset Council have been accepted for voluntary redundancy as part of attempts by the Council to avoid bankruptcy. Of those, forty-nine will each receive redundancy payments of more than one hundred thousand pounds.
Artwork produced by students at Yeovil College has gone on display at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil. Students were tasked with producing artwork on the theme of aviation, with the best pieces given a permanent home in the boardroom at Leonardo's.
Somerset’s mobile reuse initiative, Fixy, has been recognised for encouraging the repair and reuse of broken electrical items. The project, which is managed by Resource Futures in partnership with Somerset Council and Donate IT, has been shortlisted in the Reuse Initiative of the Year category at the Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management.
A pupil at Tatworth Primary School near Chard has won a prize in a national competition for writing a book review. Isabella Collins a Year-3 pupil at Tatworth Primary came third with her review of 'Out of Nowhere' by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros, in a competition organised by the magazine Reading Plus.
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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