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.
A new website has been launched to support people in Somerset with mental health issues. One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been sold. Artwork on the theme of aviation produced by students at Yeovil College has gone on display at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.A pupil at Tatworth Primary School near Chard has won a prize in a national competition for writing a book review...and more
Work laying a gas main on the A37 Dorchester Road near the Quicksilver Mail roundabout in Yeovil is to continue for a further two months. Somerset Council says the public toilets in Yeovil bus station will close at the end of the month but the waiting room will stay open temporarily. Former Yeovil Town Captain, Josh Staunton, has set up in business as a professional gardener...and more.
Somerset Council seeking to save £40 million by cutting one thousand jobs says 201 employees have so far applied to leave the authority based on voluntary redundancy. East Somerset Railway near Shepton Mallet has been used for filming the TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel Rivals. An old-style red phone box in Castle Cary is being turned into Somerset's smallest museum...and more
Somerset's Chief Medical Officer says GP surgeries using healthcare professionals alongside doctors to provide treatments has freed up GP appointments. A farmer has been fined £15,000 for polluting a household water supply. Avon and Somerset’s new Police and Crime Commissioner has officially started work in the role. Chard Post Office is closed today for the handover of the business to new owners...and more.
Health inspectors have criticised Somerset's maternity services, including those at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset Council says re-opening Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre in its original form could cost up to £200,000 if a multi-million-pound upgrade of the building falls through. A film made by a Yeovil man on a budget of just five thousand pounds was screened at the prestigious British Independent Film Festival...and more.
The Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard says it needs an immediate injection of £100,000 to keep going. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has returned to Yeovil Rugby Club where she began her rugby career 20 years ago. Twenty-five Town criers from across the South will be in Ilminster tomorrow competing in the annual Ilminster Town Criers' Competition...and more.
Train services through Somerset are again being disrupted today due to continued strike action by the train driver’s union ALSEF. A campaign has been launched in Somerset aimed at stopping people overdosing on opioids. A Somerset business is raising a smile with its name.‘Top Of The Clops’, a tack shop near Taunton has won a place in the top ten of the UK’s funniest business names...and more.
A woman driver has been told she faces a prison term for causing the deaths of two people in a crash on the A303. The AA says there are more potholes than ever on Somerset’s motorway network, leading to an increase in damage to vehicles. The new cancer treatment unit at Yeovil Hospital should be open before the end of the year...and more.
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