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.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says July has been its busiest month ever for emergency calls. Police have recovered a 1970s Austin Mini pick-up stolen in Shepton Mallet. A specialist spinal injuries service at Yeovil Hospital has treated three hundred patients in its first year... and more
The Environment Agency has declared a drought across Somerset as the hot weather takes its toll on the county's water supplies. Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident near Crewkerne. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...and more
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of moped thefts in Chard. A combine harvester has been destroyed in a farm fire at Forton, near Chard. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow... and more
The former Beales department store in Yeovil could be brought back into use as part of a wider masterplan for the future of the town. A yellow heat health alert is in place across Somerset from nine o’clock this morning until nine o’clock on Friday morning. A Somerset farmer says this year is the driest on his land since 1976... and more
Gooch and Housego, based in Ilminster and one of the town’s biggest employers, has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to an American private equity firm. A father who shook his four-week-old baby to death at a house in Chard has been sentenced to life in prison. A doctor who works for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of five people to have jointly set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police are warning people to watch out for scammers posing as Amazon. The CEO of the company that provides Somerset's recycling is warning of a major incident if people continue to put used batteries in waste bins. A former Yeovil pub could be demolished to make way for a major hotel expansion.
The West Country is officially one step closer to being declared in drought. Somerset Council says it's remodelling its service after a children's home was closed following an inspection. A new McDonald's planned off the M5 at Bridgwater could create up to 120 local jobs... and more
Two men have been jailed for stealing electrical items and cash from a property in Yeovil. Somerset Council has defended its use of Yeovil’s new performance area in The Triangle, in Lower Middle Street. Tintinhull Primary School, near Yeovil, has won a top national award for outdoor play... and more
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