The A358 between Ilminster and the M5 is set for nearly two weeks of night closures for repairs. The organisers of a concert by the seventies singing trio The Three Degrees in Yeovil later this week say they’ll give all profits from the show to Ukraine Disasters and Emergency Appeal. Somerset County Council is reporting that Covid cases are on the increase again in Somerset. Yeovil Town is taking part in an initiative to get fans back to Huish Park...and more.
The A358 between Ilminster and the M5 is set for nearly two weeks of night closures for repairs. The road will be shut from the Ilminster Road junction to the Langport Road junction from this coming Wednesday for thirteen nights until April 1st between 6.30 pm and 7 am the following day, but it will be open outside of these hours and at weekends. A diversion will be in place during the hours of closure.
The organisers of a concert by the seventies singing trio The Three Degrees in Yeovil later this week say they’ll give all profits from the show to Ukraine Disasters and Emergency Appeal. Also appearing with the Three Degrees at the Westland Entertainment venue this Thursday will be Yeovilton Military Wives Choir.
Somerset County Council is reporting that Covid cases are on the increase again in Somerset with hospitals being put under increased pressure. The County Council is advising people who feel unwell to take a PCR test and to stay at home if they have symptoms.
Yeovil Town is taking part in an initiative to get fans back to Huish Park. The National Lottery is funding 'The National Lottery Football Weekends’ which will see over 100,000 tickets available across all participating clubs on a ‘buy one get one free’ basis for certain matches.
Yeovil Hospital is one of only three NHS Trust hospitals in England to be given an NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award. It’s recognition of the training and support given to international nurses and midwives working at Yeovil Hospital.
Car parking charges at council-run car parks in Sherborne are to rise from next month. Charges will go up to £6 for 10 hours parking and to £3.50 for four hours parking from April 1st.
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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