Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is asking people not to drive through flood water and to obey road closure signs. Preston Road in Yeovil between the College roundabout and the junction with Westfield Road is being shut to traffic today for re-surfacing. A number of mature Ash trees are to be cut down in Crewkerne. A new care home for people living with dementia is due to open next month in Yeovil...and more.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is asking people not to drive through flood water and to obey road closure signs. It follows an incident at the weekend in which a mother and her baby son had to be rescued after their car got stuck in floodwater in Somerset.
Preston Road in Yeovil between the College roundabout and the junction with Westfield Road is being shut to traffic today for re-surfacing. This stretch of Preston Road will be closed each day until Friday this week between 7.30 am and 6 pm but will be reopened to traffic in the evenings. Beer Street in Yeovil is also closed today for repairs to a water main.
A number of mature Ash trees are to be cut down in Crewkerne. The Town Council says following checks, Ash Dieback disease was found in all the Ash trees under its control. The sites most affected are Townsend Cemetery, where ash trees border the A30 and Bincombe Beeches Nature Reserve, which is home to a large number of ash trees.
A new care home for people living with dementia is due to open next month in Yeovil. Chestnut Lodge on Hendford Hill, previously known as the Acacia Lodge Care Home, has been bought by new owners and is currently undergoing a major refurbishment.
Yeovil Town has signed Charlie Cooper on an 18-month contract. The 25-year-old is the son of Yeovil Manager, Mark Cooper, and previously played for Forest Green Rovers.
There’s been a call for the Somerset Levels to be designated a National Landscape. A Yeovil man has raised £2,000 for a new school minibus at Fairmead School in Yeovil by running the London Marathon. Exmoor Ales, which provides cask ales across the region and beyond, is closing its Somerset brewery and moving the business to Surrey...and more.
The long-awaited refurbishment of Yeovil police station is finally to get underway this summer. Plans have been approved to build 185 new homes off Bunford Lane in Yeovil. Police have arrested three men in Yeovil for being involved in the supply of Class A drugs. A Somerset jockey has been named Champion Conditional Jockey of 2025...and more.
New figures have shown that registering as a new patient with an NHS dentist in Somerset is still just as difficult as it was six months ago. The go-ahead has been given to build 160 new houses on Station Road in Castle Cary. A sailor from South Petherton has been chosen to lead a team in the round-the-world Clipper Race...and more.
Somerset Council is being criticised for taking too long to re-open Yeovil's Octagon Theatre. The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on Chard Town Council by one vote. Dates have been announced for this year’s illuminated carnival processions in South Somerset...and more.
Police are investigating the theft of a motorbike in Ilminster. Tributes have been paid to the former Yeovil Town player-manager, Cecil Irwin, who has died aged 83. Town criers from across the South West will be in Yeovil tomorrow competing for the loudest voice in the Yeovil Town Crier Competition 2025...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a child was struck by a car in Yeovil. This week, a planning inquiry is being held into plans to turn a Somerset shopping centre into a retirement complex. A Somerset woman is planning to walk the 70-miles of Hadrian's Wall to mark her 90th birthday...and more.
Tourism bosses in Somerset say they feel confident the County will have a good summer for visitors this year. A group representing care providers in Somerset is warning that some residential homes are at risk of going out of business due to rising costs. A Somerset animal charity has taken into care, three orphaned badger cubs...and more.
The Care Quality Commission has given two GP practices in Yeovil a 'good' overall rating. According to insurers, AXA, thefts at commercial premises in Somerset are on the rise. Bus users in Somerset could see changes to the frequency of services when the new West of England mayor takes office. Martock is to host its first Pride event in June...and more.
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