Plans have been announced for a new rail service in Somerset that would be managed as a co-operative. Occupational therapy is being expanded across Somerset. More help is being provided to people in the greatest need in Chard. There's been a 50-percent increase in the number of disabled people losing benefits due to long hospital stays in Somerset...and more.
Plans have been announced for a new rail service in Somerset that would be managed as a co-operative. Go-op is a community-owned train operating company that plans to run services between Taunton and Westbury, including ten trains a day through Castle Cary and Bruton from next year. The company has applied to the rail regulator, who is now considering the idea.
Occupational therapy is being expanded across Somerset. It’s now available at local GP surgeries in Somerset as part of efforts to reduce pressure on local hospitals.
More help is being provided to people in the greatest need in Chard. The Chard Community Fridge project provides tinned food, cooked meat, fresh vegetables, and other food items, also hygiene products, and shampoos. It operates from the Chard Community Hub with food items donated by local supermarkets.
There's been a 50-percent increase in the number of disabled people losing benefits due to long hospital stays in Somerset. The Government doesn’t pay benefits to people when they are in receipt of long-term NHS in-patient care. It’s to stop the taxpayer from paying double to recipients but charities claim the ruling penalises the most vulnerable in society.
A girl from Broadway near Ilminster has raised £1000 to help provide new playground equipment in the village. Kaitlyn Harrop held a Halloween party last weekend, raising £1034 to help pay for new play equipment at Broadway Village Park.
More than 4,500 people have expressed interest in joining a new NHS dental practice in Crewkerne. Somerset Council says a long-term solution is needed to make Hendford Hill in Yeovil fully safe for motorists. A Somerset man has won first prize at the World Marmalade Awards... and more
Somerset Council says Hendford Hill in Yeovil should be fully reopened to traffic by the end of May. Plans have been approved to build 40 new homes in Crewkerne. A huge pile of illegally dumped rubbish in Glastonbury has been cleared... and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision at Rimpton. A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in South Petherton. Former Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson has been retained as first-team manager of Taunton Town for next season... and more
A former school in Sherborne has been badly damaged by fire. A care home in Yeovil has been rated outstanding. ublic spaces in West Coker owned by Somerset Council are being handed over to the parish council. Mendip Golf Club has presented a cheque for £12,000 to Mind in Somerset... and more
Plans have been submitted to turn a property on Preston Road in Yeovil into a House in Multiple Occupation. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has been recalled to the England Red Roses starting line-up for tomorrow’s Women’s Six Nations game against Wales. Three sisters from Yeovil will be running the London Marathon this weekend in support of Guide Dogs UK... and more
Helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton have completed six weeks of sorties, protecting Cyprus from attacks by Iran. People in Somerset who use domestic heating oil are calling on the government to regulate the oil supply industry. Patients are being invited to register at a new NHS dentist in Crewkerne... and more
Expectant mothers are using Yeovil Hospital once again to give birth following the reopening of the maternity unit. A Yeovil man has been jailed for four years for committing sexual offences against two young girls. Plans have been approved to convert a pub in Milborne Port into housing... and more
NHS Somerset has delayed closing the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. A former Avon and Somerset Police officer has been jailed for making indecent images of children. A Somerset man has been fined after pleading guilty to hunting a wild animal with dogs... and more
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