Police are investigating a burglary at a house in Yeovil. South West Railway, which operates through Yeovil Junction station, is short of trains. Campaigners are questioning why Wessex Water is paying its director's environmental bonuses totalling more than £200,000. Liberal Democrats in Yeovil have chosen Adam Dance to stand as their parliamentary candidate at the next general election... and more
Police are investigating a burglary in Yeovil. It happened at a house in Thatcham Park where jewellery, watches, and cash were stolen. Police are asking anyone who was in the Thatcham Park area between Thursday, April 13th and Sunday, April 16th and saw an individual or group of people acting suspiciously to call the non-emergency number 101.
A temporary timetable has been put in place on the rail line through Yeovil Junction and Sherborne stations. South Western Railway say due to several of their trains being out of action, they are unable to run a full service. Passengers are being advised to check the South Western Railway website before they leave home.
Campaigners are questioning why Wessex Water is paying environmental bonuses totalling more than £200,000 to its Directors. They say it's wrong when sewage is discharged into rivers. Director of Infrastructure, Matt Wheeldon, says the company is exceeding its environmental targets and that an independent committee fixes bonuses paid to Directors.
Liberal Democrats in the Yeovil have chosen Adam Dance to stand as their parliamentary candidate at the next general election. Mr Dance, formerly a member of South Somerset District Council, currently represents the South Petherton and Islemoor division on the new Somerset Council. The next general election must take place on or before January 28th, 2025.
Children at a school in Yeovil have been given a history lesson with a difference. Pupils at St Michael's Academy have been entertained by a Sea Shanty singalong with a professional band. The school says it was to make history more fun to learn.
The new owner of Yeovil Town says he’s in talks with Somerset Council about buying back Huish Park. Water levels at some of Somerset’s reservoirs are below what they should be for this time of year. A Chard woman has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours... and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic
because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.