Local News Friday 10th February

Friday, 10 February 2023 06:00

People in Somerset are being asked to give money to the earthquake appeal for Turkey. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a woman pedestrian was killed in Mosterton. Motorists are being reminded that from Monday for ten days one of Yeovil’s busiest roads will be shut to traffic. A public meeting is being held in Yeovil to discuss plans to centralise emergency stroke care services in Somerset...and more.

People in Somerset are being asked to give money to help those whose lifes have been destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey. Donations should be made online to the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal or by texting Radio to 70787. The money will be used for medical aid, emergency shelter, food and clean water in the affected areas. If you have items of bedding and clothing to donate to Turkey please take them to the collection point at the Redlief Care Home on Preston Road in Yeovil.

Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a woman pedestrian was killed and two others seriously injured after a car left the road in Mosterton. Police say the vehicle was travelling through Mosterton when it crashed into a wall and struck two women and a young boy on a footpath at around 8.15 pm on Wednesday night. A man from Yeovil – believed to be driver of the car - was arrested at the scene. If you witnessed the accident or have dashcam footage of a silver Mercedes convertible being driven through Mosterton on Wednesday night, please call the police non emergency number 101.

Motorists are being reminded that from Monday one of Yeovil’s busiest roads will be shut. The A3088 Cartgate Link between the Cartgate roundabout and the Garador roundabout will stay closed for ten days from Monday for the removal of diseased trees. The A30 between Crewkerne and Chard will also be shut on Monday.

Young people with special educational needs are helping to run a new cafe in Ilminster. The Gamesmaster Cafe serves food and drink and offers customers the change to play board games.

A public meeting is being held in Yeovil to discuss plans to centralise emergency stroke care services in Somerset. The proposal could see people who’ve suffered a stroke taken to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton rather than Yeovil Hospital for treatment. The meeting, with questions to NHS Somerset, takes place at Yeovil Rugby Club, off Dorchester Road, on Tuesday 21st of February, starting at 2 pm.

More from News

Friday 13th March

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
Thursday 12th March

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
Wednesday 11th March

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
Tuesday 10th March

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
Monday 9th March

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
Friday 6th March

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
Thursday 5th March

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
Wednesday 4th March

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