Efforts are underway in Somerset to provide Afghan refugees with not only accommodation but also donations of clothes and furniture. The team responsible for providing vaccinations in schools in Somerset say they've almost cleared the big backlog created by the pandemic. The Castlebrook Inn in Compton Dundon near Somerton has been voted Traditional Pub of the Year in the South West England Prestige Awards...and more.
Efforts are underway in Somerset to provide Afghan refugees with not only accommodation but also donations of clothes and furniture. The County Council says the refugees won't speak English or have any processions and they will have experienced trauma. Council Leader David Fothergill says in finding families a place to live they'll be focusing on urban areas in the County.
The team responsible for providing vaccinations in schools in Somerset say they've almost cleared the big backlog created by the pandemic. Last year, the impact of lockdown meant around 6,500 Year-9 students missed their vaccines for meningitis and booster jabs for diphtheria, tetanus and polio. Teams have revisited schools and offered community clinics to help catch up.
The Castlebrook Inn in Compton Dundon near Somerton has been voted Traditional Pub of the Year in the South West England Prestige Awards. Licensees, Hannah and Tony Attwood took over running the Castlebrook last year and say their thrilled to have had their hard work recognized.
The owners of the Newt Hotel at Bruton are planning a new enterprise at Castle Cary railway station. They want to convert the former cheese factory next to the station into a café and shop to use to welcome guests as they stepped off the London trains.
Yeovil Town‘s delayed start to the new season finally kicks off tomorrow, Saturday. The Glovers host visitors Kings Lynn at Huish Park in the National League. Kick-off is at 3 pm with Huish Park subject to reduced Covid restrictions.
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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