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.
Somerset Council is asking the government for permission to raise next year’s Council Tax by more than 5 per cent. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident on the A3088 Cartgate Link Road in which a pedestrian was killed. A trainee at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil has been presented with a Rising Star award...and more.
Attacks on local ambulance crews have more than doubled in the past five years. The trial has begun of two Yeovil men, charged with murdering a neighbour. Somerset Council is due to make a decision early in the New Year on controversial plans to build 47 new homes at Horton, near Ilminster...and more.
Two weeks after Storm Bert, people in the village of Chaffcombe near Chard still do not have broadband and landline phones. A new report warns that drivers are far more likely to be killed or seriously injured on rural roads in Somerset than on urban roads. Staff and children at Tatworth Primary School near Chard are celebrating after winning the annual Somerset School's Maths Challenge.
Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Shepton Mallet in which a man was beaten up. A major emergency exercise is taking place at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil today. A Crewkerne dental surgery has been voted UK Dental Practice of the Year...and more.
Wessex Water has issued an apology for last Friday’s major disruption to water supplies in Yeovil. Planned reforms to stroke services at Yeovil Hospital could be delayed following the discovery of asbestos in parts of the building. Rail travellers are being warned of disruption on the West of England Line over the Christmas and New Year period...and more.
Work has started demolishing Glovers Walk in Yeovil. Chard Town Football Club says being given planning permission to build a new ground is a huge step forward for the Club. Police are appealing for information concerning the theft of farm equipment and a Land Rover. The Christmas lights are being turned on in Crewkerne tonight...and more
Residents in Somerset had the worst level of access to NHS dental treatment in England last year. Plans have been passed to build 300 new homes on the northern edge of Chard. Fourteen people have been arrested and 18 vehicles seized in five days of co-ordinated road policing operations by Avon and Somerset Police...and more
NHS Somerset says one hundred thousand people in the county have yet to receive the latest Covid booster jab. The road between Merriot and Lopen at Eggwood Hill remains closed following a landslip. Guests at a B&B in Cornwall can now book an overnight stay in a Lynx helicopter...and more.
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