Somerset Waste Partnership is warning of delays collecting household and business waste after Christmas. Somerset County Council is asking people to stay safe and be sensible this Christmas. A partnership in which firefighters work with ambulance crews in Somerset has been extended. An 11-year old girl from Somerset has become the first patient in the country to have a blockage removed in her kidney using special 3D equipment and a lost episode of the Morecombe and Wise TV Show has been found at a house in North Dorset.
Somerset Waste Partnership is warning of delays collecting household and business waste after Christmas. SWP is coping with staff absences due to Covid, a situation that it fears is likely to worsen during early January.
Somerset County Council is asking people to stay safe and be sensible this Christmas. Covid infection rates locally have increased in recent days. The County Council says anyone needing help should call the Coronavirus Hotline on 0300 790 6275
A partnership in which firefighters work with ambulance crews in Somerset has been extended. Since the start of the pandemic, the fire service has been working with South Western Ambulance. With the winter pressure now on the NHS, together with a surge in Omicron cases, the arrangement will continue to operate for a further six months.
An 11-year old girl from Somerset has become the first patient in the country to have a blockage removed in her kidney using special 3D equipment. By using 3D imaging, which is usually used for brain surgery, surgeons at the Bristol Children’s Hospital were able to get a better view of the problem and perform the operation faster, and with greater accuracy.
A lost episode of the Morecombe and Wise TV Show has been found at a house in North Dorset. It was filmed in 1970 and is being shown over Christmas on ITV. Eric Morecambe's son, Gary, who lives near Bruton, says he found the film in his mother’s attic.
Bird flu has been found at a nature reserve in Somerset, closing part of it down. St Margaret’s Hospice in Somerset is calling for the hospice sector to be given more central funding. The Barrington Boar in Barrington has been placed 12th in The Good Food Guide’s list of 100 best pubs in Britain... and more
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a mobile home near Yeovil. Somerset Council is suggesting people turn their pumpkins into soup this Halloween. People in Yeovil have until Sunday to comment on controversial plans to sell off four car parks in the town centre... and more.
Plans have been submitted to build 12 new homes in Chard. A nursery in Yeovil has been rated ‘overall good' by Ofsted. A Somerset mortgage broker has achieved national recognition. A stretch of the M5 at Wellington will be shut every night this week...and more
The Unite union has announced four days of strikes by its members at Leonardo in Yeovil. One of Yeovil’s busiest roads is closed to traffic today. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard raised £3,000 taking part in a Sleeping Ruff challenge at the weekend...and more
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
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