International Air Day at RNAS Yeovilton has again been cancelled for this year. A van has been damaged in a suspected arson attack in Martock. A fresh call has been made for national action to deal with the risk of pollution from phosphates on the Somerset Levels. Public health officials in Somerset are urging people to remain cautious in the face of rising numbers of Covid cases and an Ilminster woman has set up two collection points in the town for donations of items for Ukraine.
International Air Day at RNAS Yeovilton has again been cancelled for this year. In a statement, the Royal Navy says the events have been called off for ‘commercial reasons’ but that it’s hoped it will be back in 2023. This is the third year in a row that International Air Day at Yeovilton has been cancelled.
A van has been damaged in a suspected arson attack in Martock. It happened in the early hours of yesterday. Somerset Fire and Rescue Service say the vehicle was fifty percent damaged by fire, and the cause is believed to have been deliberate.
A fresh call has been made for national action to deal with the risk of pollution from phosphates on the Somerset Levels. In a new report, Somerset’s local authorities say the government needs to intervene to resolve the issue that has led to decisions being delayed with planning applications to build new homes in all areas of the county.
Public health officials in Somerset are urging people to remain cautious in the face of rising numbers of Covid cases. At the moment, case numbers in Somerset are above the national average. Meanwhile, local hospitals are reminding people that restrictions on visiting hospitals remain in place.
An Ilminster woman has set up two collection points in the town for donations of items for Ukraine. Sarah Tricker is asking for first aid bandages, blankets, baby clothes, food, and pet food. The places to take items are Ilminster Football Club, the Tesco store in Ilminster and Penhalagans the hairdresser on Silver Street in Ilminster.
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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