The NHS in the South West has issued a final call to people to come forward for a Covid booster before the scheme ends next month. A Somerset hairdresser has become one of the first to sign up for a new scheme in which salons change their working practices to aid the environment. The story of the Roman occupation at Ham Hill is to be told in a new exhibition. Members of Chard Inner Wheel have donated £125 to Chard Young People’s Centre...and more.
The NHS in the South West has issued a final call to people to come forward for a Covid booster before the scheme ends next month. Sunday, 12th February, will be the last chance for 16 to 49-year-olds, who are not considered at risk, to get a third dose or booster.
A Somerset hairdresser has become one of the first to sign up for a new scheme in which salons change their working practices to aid the environment. Adam Reed is a celebrity stylist and is working on the initiative with Net Zero and L'Oreal.
The story of the Roman occupation at Ham Hill is to be told in a new exhibition. South Somerset District Council has been given £74,00 by the Wolfson Foundation to mount a permanent display about the Hill Fort’s 2,000-year existence at the new Ham Hill Visitor Centre.
Members of Chard Inner Wheel have donated £125 to Chard Young People’s Centre. Chair of the Chard Area Youth Committee, Tricia 0’Brien, said the money would help towards the extra costs of renting and heating the building.
People in Yeovil are being invited to take up netball. Lucie Rawlins has started practice sessions at Westfield Academy each Thursday evening. She says netball is a great sport that can be played at any age.
With just 100 days to go to the King's coronation in May those planning to hold a street party are being advised to start the process of applying for a road closure through their local council.
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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