Local News Monday 1st November

Monday, 1 November 2021 06:00

Police investigating an armed robbery at a shop in Yeovil at the weekend are searching for two men. The Leader of Somerset County Council, David Fothergill, has again appealed for adult social care to be better funded. Health teams will start visiting schools in Somerset from today to get more pupils aged twelve to fifteen vaccinated against Covid. A local man has been found guilty by magistrates in Yeovil of possessing a knife without good reason..and more.

Police investigating an armed robbery at a shop in Yeovil at the weekend are searching for two men. They were seen running away from the shop on Wessex Road at around 7.45 on Saturday morning after threatening staff and taking cash. Police are asking for motorists with dashcam footage of Wessex Road from around 7.45 am on Saturday to come forward.

The Leader of Somerset County Council, David Fothergill, has again appealed for adult social care to be better funded. From April next year, an extra £5.4 billion will be given to the sector however, David Fothergill says for adult social care to become sustainable, the government will need to give more.

Health teams will start visiting schools in Somerset from today to get more pupils aged twelve to fifteen vaccinated against Covid. Professor Adam Finn, a government adviser on the Covid vaccination programme, says having more school-aged children vaccinated will benefit everyone.

A local man has been found guilty by magistrates in Yeovil of possessing a knife without good reason. Oliver Flint of Limington Road in Ilchester was made the subject of a community order and told to pay court costs of £620.

A Chard motorist has been fined £309 and given six penalty points for speeding. Brian Simons of Boden Street was caught breaking the speed limit while driving in Exeter and was appearing before magistrates in Bodmin.

Somerset is one of the latest areas to receive government funding as part of a new pilot scheme aimed at providing homes and businesses with faster broadband speeds.

A man who burgled a house in Sherborne Road in Yeovil in July this year has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Jamie Coles of no fixed address who was appearing at Taunton Crown Court also asked for four thefts from motor vehicles to be taken into consideration.

A man from Yeovil is walking 30 miles, and picking up litter on his way. Kevin Doherty will be walking along the A37 dressed as Bananaman, to raise money for Children's Hospice South West. Kevin has done similar walks before, picking up litter between Yeovil and Dorchester.

More from News

Friday 17th May

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
Thursday 16th May

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.
Wednesday 15th May

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
Tuesday 14th May

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.
Monday 13th May

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.
Friday 10th May

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.
Thursday 9th May

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.
Wednesday 8th May

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.