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.
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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