Local News Monday 22nd February

Sunday, 21 February 2021 23:20

Two thousand people have now signed a petition calling for a decision to relocate a mental health ward in Wells to Summerlands in Yeovil to be reversed. Police are trying to find a driver who fled the scene of a crash on theA303 Ilminster by-pass. A Yeovil man has been given a community order after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and more.....

Two thousand people have now signed a petition calling for a decision to relocate a mental health ward in Wells to Summerlands in Yeovil to be reversed. The decision was approved by the Board of Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group last September but users remain angry and want the ward kept in Wells. Objectors claim the distance between Wells and Yeovil they would have to travel makes the move impractical.

Plans have been submitted to build 85 new homes with associated highways works, and landscaping in Crewkerne. The development would be on land at Gold Well Farm on Yeovil Road.

Police are trying to find a driver who fled the scene of a crash on theA303 Ilminster by-pass. It happened on Sunday 7th February, at around 11.30 am at the Southfields roundabout. The collision, which involved a car and a van, ended up with the van in a ditch and the car leaving the scene. Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call the police non-emergency number 101.

A Yeovil man has been given a community order after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer. Yeovil Magistrates Court was told that Lee Brown of Hillcrest Road in Yeovil was drunk at the time of the incident. Brown will have to complete eighty hours unpaid work within the next year. He was also ordered to pay a £95 victim surcharge and £85 in costs.

A woman from Somerton has appeared at Yeovil Magistrates Court charged with assault. Paris Ridley-Brown, of Russet Road in Somerton, pleaded guilty to carrying out the assault at Yeovil Hospital. She was given a 12-month conditional discharge and told to pay a £22 victim surcharge with £85 costs.

A family from Yeovil have been taking part in a virtual running challenge to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer. Prostate Cancer is now the most common form of cancer in men with 1 in 8 males diagnosed with it. Taking on the challenge have been Imogen and Jon Milsom and their son Toby.

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Friday 13th March

The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
Thursday 12th March

A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Wednesday 11th March

Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Tuesday 10th March

Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Monday 9th March

Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Friday 6th March

Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Thursday 5th March

Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
Wednesday 4th March

A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more