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 12th December

The Chief Executive of Somerset Council, Duncan Sharkey, has admitted to making mistakes in cutting jobs. Yeovil MP Adam Dance is supporting a Lib Dem initiative to introduce a new ‘Farm First’ training scheme. Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has launched an appeal to help buy a second helicopter... and more.
Thursday 11th December

A man has appeared in court in connection with an attack in Wincanton. A member of Somerset Council, jailed for 26 months for taking part in a Just Stop Oil protest, may not have to stand down as a councillor. NHS Somerset has announced that changes to stroke services at Yeovil Hospital will "go live" in the spring of next year...and more
Wednesday 10th December

Avon and Somerset Police say 62 drivers were arrested in the first week of the Christmas drink and drug driving campaign. A reindeer farm near Yeovil thinks it may have to close after being told it needs a Zoo licence. Father Christmas has made a special delivery of presents to Charlton Farm Children's Hospice in Somerset...and more
Tuesday 9th December

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset has criticised the government for axing the role. Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Ilminster in which a woman was seriously injured. Residents of Freedom Avenue in Yeovil are raising funds for charity with a big display of Christmas lights...and more.
Monday 8th December

Plans to build 150 new homes in Ilminster have been scrapped. A Somerset councillor has been jailed for 26 months. Marks & Spencer wants to build a new Food Store in Ilminster. Poundland has announced that it’s shutting its store in Middle Street in Yeovil...and more
Friday 5th December

Police are appealing for witnesses after an assault on a man in Chard. Lloyds Banking Group has announced a date for closing the Halifax in Yeovil. Train journeys on the Castle Cary to Taunton line will be disrupted next week due to engineering work. The mental health charity MIND in Somerset has produced a Christmas advent calendar... and more.
Thursday 4th December

The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police says her force is doing all it can to reduce anti-social behaviour. Somerset Council has deferred a decision on introducing Sunday car parking charges. People living in deprived areas in Somerset are being fast-tracked for hospital treatment...and more