Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident near Langport at the weekend in which a man died. The Somerset Surviving Winter Appeal, launched in November, has already raised 100-thousand pounds. A group in Chard is putting together boxes of food to give to local families in the greatest need this Christmas. Two long-serving firefighters in Chard have retired and there’s been a change to the kick-off time for the Third Round FA Cup clash between Yeovil and Bournemouth at Huish Park on Saturday, January 8th.
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident near Langport at the weekend in which a man died. It happened on the B3168 at Westport on Saturday night at around 8.40 pm. Police say the man’s car, a black Honda Civic, left the road and hit a building. They’d like to hear from anyone who saw or, who has dashcam footage, of a black Honda Civic being driven from Curry Rival to Westport at around 8.40 pm on Saturday night.
The Somerset Surviving Winter Appeal, launched in November, has already raised 100-thousand pounds. Somerset Community Foundation says it's distributing funds across the county and aims to support over 500 vulnerable older people. The annual appeal encourages pensioners to donate some or all of their Winter Fuel Payment if they don't need the money themselves.
A group in Chard is putting together boxes of food to give to local families in the greatest need this Christmas. Councillor Cath Morrison is one of the organisers of the Chard ‘Christmas in a Box’ scheme. She says around 100 local families will be given food boxes this Christmas.
Two long-serving firefighters in Chard have retired. Gary Knight has stepped down after 38 years and Neil Hazell after 25 years at Chard fire station.
There’s been a change to the kick-off time for the Third Round FA Cup clash between Yeovil and Bournemouth at Huish Park on Saturday, January 8th. The kick-off will now be at 5.30 pm and not 3 pm as previously advertised. The Club says ticket details for the Bournemouth game will be announced shortly.
A new website has been launched to support people in Somerset with mental health issues. One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been sold. Artwork on the theme of aviation produced by students at Yeovil College has gone on display at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.A pupil at Tatworth Primary School near Chard has won a prize in a national competition for writing a book review...and more
Work laying a gas main on the A37 Dorchester Road near the Quicksilver Mail roundabout in Yeovil is to continue for a further two months. Somerset Council says the public toilets in Yeovil bus station will close at the end of the month but the waiting room will stay open temporarily. Former Yeovil Town Captain, Josh Staunton, has set up in business as a professional gardener...and more.
Somerset Council seeking to save £40 million by cutting one thousand jobs says 201 employees have so far applied to leave the authority based on voluntary redundancy. East Somerset Railway near Shepton Mallet has been used for filming the TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel Rivals. An old-style red phone box in Castle Cary is being turned into Somerset's smallest museum...and more
Somerset's Chief Medical Officer says GP surgeries using healthcare professionals alongside doctors to provide treatments has freed up GP appointments. A farmer has been fined £15,000 for polluting a household water supply. Avon and Somerset’s new Police and Crime Commissioner has officially started work in the role. Chard Post Office is closed today for the handover of the business to new owners...and more.
Health inspectors have criticised Somerset's maternity services, including those at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset Council says re-opening Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre in its original form could cost up to £200,000 if a multi-million-pound upgrade of the building falls through. A film made by a Yeovil man on a budget of just five thousand pounds was screened at the prestigious British Independent Film Festival...and more.
The Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard says it needs an immediate injection of £100,000 to keep going. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has returned to Yeovil Rugby Club where she began her rugby career 20 years ago. Twenty-five Town criers from across the South will be in Ilminster tomorrow competing in the annual Ilminster Town Criers' Competition...and more.
Train services through Somerset are again being disrupted today due to continued strike action by the train driver’s union ALSEF. A campaign has been launched in Somerset aimed at stopping people overdosing on opioids. A Somerset business is raising a smile with its name.‘Top Of The Clops’, a tack shop near Taunton has won a place in the top ten of the UK’s funniest business names...and more.
A woman driver has been told she faces a prison term for causing the deaths of two people in a crash on the A303. The AA says there are more potholes than ever on Somerset’s motorway network, leading to an increase in damage to vehicles. The new cancer treatment unit at Yeovil Hospital should be open before the end of the year...and more.
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