The Leader of Yeovil Town Council is calling on the public to treat the town centre with more respect. Somerset Waste Partnership is asking householders not put blister packs or, pill packets as they’re called, out for recycling. Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash near Ilminster in which a learner motorcyclist was seriously injured .... and more
The Leader of Yeovil Town Council is calling on the public to treat the town centre with more respect. Councillor Andy Soughton says he’s been sickened seeing the newly-laid pavement slabs in the High Street and Middle Street blackened by cigarette ends, drink and food stains. He says the thoughtless actions of just a few, are under-minding the Council’s efforts through the Refresh project to improve the appearance of the town centre.
Somerset Waste Partnership is asking householders not put blister packs or, pill packets as they’re called, out for recycling. They say the packs are a cause of cross contamination with other waste items and are putting handlers at risk. They say blister packs should be taken for safe disposal to a local pharmacy.
Somerset Council has launched a public consultation into the future of the county’s pharmaceutical services. They’re asking the public for their thoughts and experiences of using the pharmacy service, in an online survey. The results of the consultation will be used to evaluate whether Somerset’s pharmaceutical services adequately meet the county’s needs.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash involving a learner motorcyclist near Ilminster. It happened when the rider skidded on mud and was thrown from his machine, while travelling through the village of Sea, on Monday night at around 10 pm. If you can help or have dashcam footage you’re asked to please call the non-emergency number 101.
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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.