A team of firefighters from Yeovil Fire Station's Red Watch have completed a 270-mile round trip visiting every fire station in Somerset raising money for good causes. Toxic algae which has formed on Chew Valley Reservoir has forced all water-based activities on the reservoir to be suspended. An actor who grew up near Chard has won a top award at the Cannes Film Festival...and more.
A team of firefighters from Yeovil Fire Station's Red Watch have completed a 270-mile round trip visiting every fire station in Somerset. The marathon raised money for the Firefighters Charity and the Little Princess Trust which supports a relative of a Yeovil firefighter who's being treated for a rare form of cancer.
An actor who grew up near Chard has won a top award at the Cannes Film Festival. Josh Taylor took the Best Actor Award for playing the lead role in The Chocolate Club described as a festive romantic comedy that was filmed in Cornwall. Josh who lived at Cricket St Thomas before taking up an acting career also stars in the Riders series which can be viewed on Amazon Prime.
Potentially toxic algae which has formed on Chew Valley Reservoir has forced all water-based activities on the reservoir to be suspended. Scientists say it’s normal for algae to form on warmer waters, but that it can be harmful to marine and human life. They say due to pollution and climate change, the formation of algae in open waters is on the increase.
An archaeological team on the Quantock have made discoveries from more than a thousand years ago. They've been excavating on the Cothelstone Estate where they've found a burial site from the Saxon times.
A bookshop in Shepton Mallet that raises money for local charities is celebrating five years of trading. Since its launch, the Community Bookshop at 15 the High St in Shepton has raised more than thirty thousand for local good causes.
The new owner of Yeovil Town says he’s in talks with Somerset Council about buying back Huish Park. Water levels at some of Somerset’s reservoirs are below what they should be for this time of year. A Chard woman has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours... and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic
because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.
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