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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Monday 28th April

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Friday 25th April

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Thursday 24th April

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Wednesday 23rd April

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