The A30 High Street in West Coker remains shut to traffic in both directions today as work continues to repair a burst water main that happened over the weekend. Eight candidates have been confirmed as standing in the Somerton and Frome by-election. A new charity has been launched to raise funds for the NHS in Somerset...and more.
The A30 High Street in West Coker remains shut to traffic in both directions today as work continues to repair a burst water main. It happened on Saturday with the A30 staying closed over the weekend. Wessex Water says the repairs will take until the end of the week to complete. Diversions are in operation.
Eight candidates have been confirmed as standing in the Somerton and Frome by-election to be held on Thursday, July 20th. The by-election follows the resignation of David Warburton who had held the seat for the Conservatives since 2015.
Women in Somerset are being urged to take advantage of free cervical screening on the NHS following figures showing a third of all women still ignore reminders. Cervical cancer remains the second most common type of cancer affecting women under the age of thirty-five.
People in Somerset are being encouraged to grow fruit and vegetables in wildlife-friendly gardens as part of the King's Coronation Gardens Scheme. The project is a partnership between the Wildlife Trust, Women's Institute, and the gardening group, Incredible Edible.
Yeovil Town Football Club has sent condolences to the family of former director Alan Chamberlain who died at the age of 78. Mr Chamberlain was also a trustee of the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust but left both his roles when Scott Priestnall bought the club in 2019.
A new charity’s been launched to raise funds for the NHS in Somerset. It follows the merger of Yeovil Hospital with Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and the creation of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. The new charity has been named as the Somerset NHS Charity.
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.
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