Somerset’s Director of Public Health - Trudi Grant
Somerset’s Director of Public Health says some parts of the County are still experiencing increased cases of Coronavirus. Preston School in Yeovil has been rated as ‘good’ following an inspection by Ofsted. A Yeovil man is planning to walk the length of Hadrian's Wall dressed as the cartoon character and more....
Somerset’s Director of Public Health says some parts of the County are still experiencing increased cases of Coronavirus.
Although the average rate in the region as a whole has fallen, cases in Sedgemoor, Mendip and here in South Somerset have risen. Trudi Grant believes it maybe due to Lockdown Fatigue.
Preston School in Yeovil has been rated as ‘good’ following an inspection by Ofsted. Following an inspection in 2019, Ofsted said Preston School was ‘requiring improvement, the same rating they gave in 2017. Principal of Preston School, Gregg Morrison said everyone at Preston was extremely pleased to have received such a positive report from Ofsted, this time around.
Plans have been submitted to convert Castle Cary Post Office for residential use. Permission is being sought from South Somerset District Council to turn the building in Bailey Hill into apartments.
The Somerset Community Foundation is thanking people for supporting its ‘Surviving Winter Appeal’. £160,000 was raised in donations – far in excess of the target. The funds were used to help people in greatest need pay their energy bills.
A charity in Somerset that takes-in unwanted laptops to give to school children has said the pandemic has highlighted a digital divide in the County. SCHol has refurbished and given out 108 laptops since January to children in the greatest need to help with their home learning.
A Yeovil man is planning to walk the length of Hadrian's Wall dressed as the cartoon character - Where’s Wally. Billy-Joe Wilsher who will be raising money for Cancer Research and is hoping that dressing as ‘Where's Wally’ will get him more noticed.
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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